Nursery Room Leader

Be Me Day Nurseries Highbury, Angel and Melody Lane are operated by the Kent Family. We are an Ofsted rated Outstanding family run business who provide childcare for children aged 3 months – 5 years.

Employee benefits:

• Become an elite member of an engaged and motivational team of 150 professionals, providing care and education across our 5 nursery settings.
• Salary offers starting at £30,000 (dependant on qualifications and experience).
• 25 days holiday each year, plus bank holidays.
• Loyalty Bonus Scheme: Additional £300 on annual salary for every 1 year staying with our team.
• Personal and Professional Growth opportunities, we have a culture of empowerment and development for our team!
• Leadership Coaching Programmes, including Myers Briggs team dynamics training.
• Progressive and generous salaries with annual review in January.
• Referral Bonus Scheme: Additional £250 if you recommend someone to join our team.
• Wellbeing Programme, including individual wellness plans, staff appreciation culture, staff Wellness Lounge, nutrition workshops, evening exercise sessions, team building events, “bring yourself to work days” (celebrating unique individuals) and more!
• Staff Training and CPD opportunities, including NoodleNow online training portal, and funding opportunities for additional learning and qualifications.
• Annual Team Awards Evening, with celebrations, food and drink and fun team games!
• 3x paid Inset Days which include staff training, team building and free staff social.
• Staff Social Budget to build positive team culture, a company budget to go out with your team for dinner and drinks to spend time outside of work and just have fun.
• Resources Budgets for each room to regularly refresh resources and materials, extended budgets awarded for excellent teamwork and Outstanding education for our children.
• Heavily discounted childcare places for working mums, up to 75% discount!
• Amazing all-inclusive Christmas party.
• Free Uniform.
• Free DBS and Suitability Checks.

Requirements for Nursery Room Leader:

• Previous experience as a Deputy Room Leader.
• A positive, welcoming attitude and good communication skills.
• Commitment to delivering a high level of childcare and customer service.
• Excellent personal presentation standards.
• Ability to work effectively and positively as part of a team.

Main responsibilities:

• Working effectively in partnership with other team members, parents and outside professionals.
• Partaking in the nursery’s daily routine and ensuring the highest level of childcare is being delivered.
• Organise the daily running of the room, including staff breaks, outings, reviewing observations, completing the rota etc.
• Supporting and motivating your team with team effectiveness strategies.
• Ensuring that the children in the nursery are safe at all times and being vigilant for signs of abuse or neglect.
• Completing regular training to progress personal and professional development.

Safeguarding Statement: Be Me Day Nurseries are committed to keeping children safe; therefore, it is necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record Disclosure and Barred check to be undertaken. All posts involving direct contact with children and vulnerable adults are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. All candidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions; you may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your employment commences.