Nursery Officer - Early Years Practitioner in Leeds, Yorkshire

An opportunity to join our team at Copper Beech Day Nursery registered GOOD with OFSTED to provide Early Years care and education for children aged 3 months to 5 years.

Key responsibilities:

• Under leadership of Nursery Manager and Nursery Supervisor, work as part of the team to provide safe, high-quality education and care for all children that attend the setting.
• Share in the planning and delivery of the EYFS by providing creative and appropriate educational opportunities for all children within an inclusive environment.
• Assume responsibility for the running of the room in the absence of the Nursery Supervisor.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Ensure childcare knowledge and skills are kept up to date, taking note of all new policies and procedures.
• Ensure daily risk assessments are carried out and conduct risk assessments as required.
• Show prospective parents around nursery.
• Share responsibility for the guidance and development of any students within the setting.
• Share responsibility for ensuring all planning is complete to a high standard and is beneficial to the children's development.
• Keep administrative procedures up to date and accurate, record all incidents appropriately.
• Ensure that nursery is clean and hygienic at all times, ensure that daily cleaning is done, and any other cleaning as required.
• Attend training as seen appropriate, some of which may be out of nursery hours.
• Delegate responsibility and duties to staff when required.
• Undertake other duties as required for the effective running of the nursery.

The successful candidate(s) will be able to demonstrate:

• A full and relevant Level 3 qualification.
• At least 2 years experience of working in an Early years/Childcare setting.
• Ability to demonstrate a working knowledge of Early Years Foundation Stage.
• Ability to demonstrate a working knowledge around safeguarding principles and procedures.
• Confident with IT - including a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Ability to work within the Christian ethos of The Salvation Army.

In order to complete your application please download and read the job profile and any other attachments. In the job profile you will find the criteria required for the role please make sure that you address this in your supporting statement as this forms the basis of our shortlisting.

Appointment subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK, Enhanced with the barred Child Workforce DBS Disclosure and relevant qualifications.

For details of how to prove your right to work in the UK please click here and please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship.

Please note that any Salvation Army employees who are under notice of redundancy and apply for this position will be given priority consideration.

We reserve the right to close this advert earlier if we feel that we have received sufficient applications.

Promoting equality in the workplace and as a disability confident leader scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet all the minimum essential criteria for the vacancy.

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (pro rata for part-time).
• A contributory pension scheme.
• An employee assistance programme.

Working hours: 40 hours per week (Term-time only option available).

Closing Date: Wednesday, 7 Jan 2026.

Interview Date: 12th January 2025.