Nursery Room Leader

Nursery: Holly Corner Day Nursery, 104 Shrub End Road,
Colchester

Salary:  £29,265 per annum

Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday, All year round

Are you an experienced Nursery Practitioner ready for your
next challenge? Or perhaps you're already a Room Leader looking for a fresh
opportunity? If so, we’d love to meet you!

Holly Corner is a charming nursery situated on Shrub End
Road in the historic town of Colchester, Essex with easy access to Colchester’s
amenities, making it a convenient and desirable location for residents and
visitors alike. There are great commuter links to Colchester Town Centre,
Colchester Train Station and the A12 Motorway.

Why Join Us?

At Family First, we value our team members and offer a
comprehensive benefits package, including:

Generous
Annual Leave: 24 days to start, plus bank holidays and your birthday
off – paid!

Childcare
Discount: 75% off nursery fees for your little ones

Health
& Wellbeing Support: Confidential employee assistance helpline

Career
Growth: Personalised learning and development opportunities

Refer
a Friend: Earn up to £750 with our referral scheme*

Room Leader duties and responsibilities:

Provide
stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments and resources to
children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development

Enhance
the all-around daily needs of children, including their physical,
intellectual, social and emotional development

Assist
staff in updating the EyLog system and their child learning journals with
the highest quality

Promote
respect and credibility for this position by leading as a role model with
impartiality and consistency

Assist
with embedding an effective key person approach to enable children to form
secure attachments and identify training or development needs for staff

Maintain
accurate records and accounts relating to children and staff on EyMan
system and on file

Ensure
the safety and wellbeing of every child, staff, parent and visitor at all
times

Understand
and ensure that the requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS
are met

Room Leader requirement and skills:

Full
and relevant Level 3 in Childcare qualification - Essential

Over
1 year’s experience working in Early Years - Essential

Over
6 months’ experience working in a senior position - Desirable

Sound
knowledge of Ofsted expectations to achieve a Good or Outstanding rating -
Desirable

Knowledge
of the statutory framework for the EYFS and regulatory requirements -
Essential

Fluent
in written and spoken English - Essential

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare
of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  A Disclosure and Barring Service
Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to
enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.

Holly Corner Kindergarten is part of the Family First
Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights
and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a
child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and
anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their
individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion
or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender
reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political
belief has no place within the Family First Group