At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a passionate team to inspire and nurture young minds in a vibrant nursery environment.
- Company: Join Little Faces Nursery, part of the Storal family, dedicated to high standards and teamwork.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, performance bonuses, childcare discounts, and wellness days.
- Other info: Dynamic community with opportunities for professional development and a supportive work culture.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in children's lives while growing your career in early years education.
- Qualifications: Level 3 Early Years qualification, QTS, and experience with all age groups in Early Years.
Nursery: Little Faces, Pontlands Park, West Hanningfield Rd, Great Baddow, Chelmsford CM2 8HR
Hours: Full Time 40 hours MAT Cover, Monday - Friday - 12 months
Salary: Up to £15.19 per hour (depends on qualification and experience)
Welcome Bonus: £1000
Benefits: Performance related bonus, 50% childcare discount, wellness day and much more.
We are looking for a passionate and ambitious Lead Early Years Educator (Third in Charge) who will work in partnership with the educator team to ensure the successful running of the nursery.
Little Faces Nursery is part of Storal, a group of nurseries across England. It is our vision at Storal to be the nursery group that every family and educator wants to be part of. Our values are built around creating this environment for teams and children. We believe in high standards, praising each other, pulling together as a team whilst actively helping others to grow.
About the role:
- As an Early Years Teacher you will be a key part of keeping our children safe, loved and inspired to learn.
- Key activities include:
- Applying the Storal curriculum & our pedagogy principles to our children daily
- Seeking out learning opportunities in everyday routines such as mealtimes & transitions
- Bond with your children and their families by engaging in meaningful moments
About you:
- A true love for child development and care
- Able and willing to work in a team
- Ability to communicate effectively with management, your peers and parents
- High levels of care and empathy that every opportunity can be a learning opportunity
- Knowledge of the EYFS framework
Must haves:
- Early Years qualification at Level 3 and above
- QTS
- Experience working with all age groups within Early Years
Why work for us:
- For you - enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, extra wellness day off (yearly) and accessing your pay before payday with PayCaptain
- Family matters - Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity (and more)
- Health & wellness - Partnerships with Vitality & Peppy; fertility & menopause support, gym discount, free movie tickets and more
- Development - Investing in your future Micro-learning, financial stability tools & Storal Support Fund
- Our community - Growing together Termly inset days, team app & Storal Awards gathering.
We pay for your DBS upfront along with reimbursing your annual update service charge. We partner with world-leading third parties such as Pay Captain, Vitality, and Peppy.
Storal is the highest of standards when it comes to safeguarding, the welfare of children and creating a work environment that encourages feedback-discussion-resilience. We take our role in the safety of children, our families and our team extremely seriously.
Lead Early Years Educator in Chelmsford employer: Storal
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