Mandarin Teacher - Baby Room - Paddington

Do you have Mandarin as your mother tongue and are passionate about teaching Mandarin to young children? We have a position for a Mandarin Teacher for Early Years in our nursery in Paddington. This is a permanent position, full-time 38 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Salary: starting from £25,115, depending on Qualification

Paid holidays: 5 -7 weeks per year, depending on Qualification

If you are not qualified in Early Years, we can support your studies. Visa sponsorship - to be discussed during the interview.

Les Petites Etoiles - Bilingual Montessori is a chain of high-quality nurseries across North London. Since 2008, we have been dedicated to providing exceptional childcare services in an enriching and nurturing environment. As a Multilingual Nursery, we are committed to providing a comprehensive language experience for children. In addition to our primary focus on French and English, we introduce children to the beauty and richness of Mandarin Chinese.

The chosen candidate will be the Mandarin teacher for our children at Baby Room. Mandarin teachers have the honour to be responsible for teaching Mandarin through play and activities to the children. We do not have “language lessons”, instead the children learn through participating in activities, and also in day-to-day interactions. We ask that you only ever use Mandarin when speaking to the children.

To be able to be an effective Mandarin teacher, on top of the caring responsibilities, you will have important administrative duties too. Examples include:

• Supervising children in their daily activities, organising and preparing activities and materials
• Assisting with settling in new children following the Settling in Policy and guidelines contained in our Policies
• Taking the children through the classroom materials
• Having responsibility for recording relevant information in relation to the children's progress
• Written observations for the children
• Weekly individual diaries for the parents
• Reports for the parents twice a year (typed)
• Organising and preparing art activities

Required Experience: at least one year experience in childcare, preferable in a nursery setting including Baby Room.

Required Skills:

• Understanding children
• Great people skills including the ability to communicate effectively with parents
• Proficient level of spoken and written English
• Competent IT skills (Word, email)
• Confidence to put into practice what you know
• Openness to be told/learn how to improve
• Empathy and patience for children who are not yet speaking, or are struggling to do something
• Great listening skills
• Problem-solving & a positive can-do attitude
• Resilient (strong) yet also caring and great empathy
• Able to take constructive criticism
• Able to be self-reflective to improve constantly

We will provide training and support to help everyone who works in our team, to help them and us constantly improve in quality. Your first week with us will be staff training, and we will also invest in your long-term training.

Safeguarding: Les Petites Etoiles and Bilingual nurseries is dedicated to taking every possible step to ensure the highest levels of child protection and safeguarding. All references will be thoroughly checked, and we will apply for a DBS update service as well as a DBS equivalent from any country the applicant was in prior to the UK and within the last 5 years.

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status. Children and young people should never experience abuse of any kind. We have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all children and young people, to keep them safe and to practise in a way that protects them.