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Pre-school Room Leader

Cheltenham

Are you a passionate Early Years Practitioner?

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our nursery and become part of our team.
We are seeking to appoint a dynamic, enthusiastic, creative, and committed member of staff to be our Pre-school room leader.

This role is working 44 hours per week and all year round.

It is an exciting time to join our constantly evolving team as we design an innovative, ambitious, memorable, and engaging curriculum for the children we work with.

You will be supportive to all age groups. attentive to children's accomplishments and challenges. You will be responsible for the planning, preparing, and delivering  stimulating and engaging activities with the staff team to ensure children are making outstanding progress. Role modelling a variation of teaching styles to influence and coach staff's understanding of teaching in the early years.
We have high expectations of ourselves and other, believing that our children deserve the skills, knowledge and expertise to achieve.

About you:

• minimum level 3 degree qualification in Early Years / childcare
• experience of working within the Early Years sector
• passion to deliver high quality childcare and exiting learning opportunities
• be an excellent role model, with high standards of teaching and promoting high expectations for all members of the nursery
• Providing a example of 'excellence' as a leading classroom practitioner and inspire and motivate other staff in all areas of the EYFS
• working within the senior leadership team to sustain high expectations throughout the nursery

Employment Benefits:

• Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications,
• Your birthday off on us, a day to celebrate you!
• 31 days annual leave, (28 days standard annual leave, one day off for your birthday and two days towards our Christmas closure week)
• An extra days holiday after 5 years of employment
• Committed team supporting all staff in their personal development and career progression including access to NoodleNow, an industry leading online learning platform
• Up to 50% Staff Childcare Discount for Qualified Staff
• Employee recognition and long service award vouchers
• Staff Recommend a Friend Scheme, £500 after employee complete their probation period
• Pension scheme
• Staff non uniform day last Friday of the month

“Blossom Lodge Day Nursery is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.”

As part of this commitment, we follow safer recruitment procedures which will include various checks including identity, DBS, satisfactory references and a probation period. You must have a legal right to work in the UK.

All positions that involve working with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. You are therefore required to declare any convictions that you may have, including those that would otherwise be regarded as 'spent' under this Act.

Employment Benefits:

• Recruitment bonus of £1000, payable of months 3, 6, 9 and 12 (T & C’s apply)
• Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications
• 50% childcare discount for practitioners and 75% for room leader positions
• Staff incentive schemes
• Staff non uniform day each Friday
• Recommend a Friend scheme, high street voucher for recommending a successful recruit of a new member of staff and child/family
• The nursery is closed between Christmas and New Year
• 28 paid annual leave and additional days awarded for length of service (T & C’s apply)

Please click on Apply Now and email your CV and covering letter.

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