Nursery Room Leader in Hornchurch

We are seeking a Nursery Room Leader on a full time, all year round permanent basis.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• To be the main contact for the designated Nursery room, working alongside a team of Practitioners to ensure that the room operates smoothly and provides a safe environment for the children within the setting.
• Plan, prepare and participate in a range of activities in line with the EYFS (Early Years Foundation Service) Framework, to promote each child's physical, intellectual and emotional needs to enable them to reach their full potential.
• Implement activities which encourage linguistic and social interaction between children and their carers.
• Support the Nursery Practitioners and students in the implementation and evaluation of children's planning and progress.
• Be a key worker for a group of children by observing, monitoring and recording each individual's development.
• Complete Tapestry entries for children within the setting - observing, monitoring and capturing information and progress which is logged within the individual online learning journals.
• Attend staff training, meetings, parents evenings and open days as required.
• Communicate with parents / carers about the day to day needs of the children by fostering parental involvement and encouraging positive parenting skills.
• Help children acquire self-help skills including dressing, feeding, toilet training and an awareness of personal hygiene.
• Ensure that the nursery meets safety and hygiene requirements and to report any issues to a senior member of staff. Along with the Nursery Manager and Deputy Manager set out a cleaning rota which should be completed by all staff within the allocated room.
• To be flexible within working practices in the Nursery. Be prepared to assist where needed, including the undertaking of domestic jobs (laundry and cleaning) within the Nursery.
• To be aware of and comply with all LifeLines policies and procedures including safeguarding, child protection, confidentiality and other relevant nursery policies.
• To keep up to date with developments in childcare and parent education through regular training as appropriate.
• To maintain records and documentation that complies with statutory requirements, and to support the nursery practitioners with the completion of such documents.
• Conduct staff one to ones and appraisals.
• To undertake such other duties and responsibilities of an equivalent nature as required from time to time.

Essential Qualifications:

• NNEB/CACHE, BTEC or NVQ in Childcare at Level 3 or above
• GCSE Maths and English Grade C and above / or Functional Skills Level 2 English, Maths and ICT
• Recent post qualifying experience
• Paediatric First Aid Certificate

Essential Experience/skills:

• Recent experience of working in a care/education early years setting
• Experience of planning, short, medium and long-term plans in an early years setting to meet the needs of both individual children and those in a group setting
• Experience of providing a nursery curriculum for 0-3 and/or 3-5 year olds
• Knowledge/experience of meeting the needs of children and families
• Experience of maintaining accurate records
• Ability to work with people from a wide range of backgrounds and organisations
• Ability to build relationships with children
• Be able to work independently using your own initiative as well as within a team
• Ability to identify and deal with problems and to know when to refer on
• Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to prioritise tasks and work under pressure to meet deadlines
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Company benefits:

• Pension: 3% employer contribution; 5% employee contribution.
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 25% childcare Discount
• 1 hour lunch break
• Staff meals daily
• Uniform included
• 25-29 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• 51-week nursery, closed for Christmas break
• Pay and progression scale
• 3x Inset days per year
• Staff appreciation employee of the month, £20 per month