Nursery Room Leader

NURSERY ROOM LEADER - Kindred Rayleigh

**JOIN THE UK'S NUMBER #1 NURSERY GROUP**

Our Rayleigh Nursery, part of Kindred Nurseries has a rare opportunity for a motivating early years leader to inspire a small team.

**The key responsibilities for a Room Leader is to**:

- Lead the team of early years educators with a hands on approach to deliver on Kindred's pedagogy
- Model and monitor best practice in accordance with regulatory guidelines
- Work closely with your team to create a shared vision of the room
- Supervise, support, and allocate tasks and duties to your team
- Support with new starter inductions, welcoming them to the team and wider Kindred family
- Performance management when required through supervisions and one to one meeting’s
- Deputise in the absence of Senior Management
- Conduct nursery tours with confidence to sell available spaces
- Be a key holder for the nursery

Located between Chelmsford and Southend-on-Sea, Kindred Rayleigh is open from 7:30am to 6:00pm.

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**To be successful for this role you should**:

- Hold a full and relevant Early Years Level 3 Childcare Qualification or higher
- Have experience working with children
- Have good time management, meeting deadlines
- Excellent organisational ability and attention to detail
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Provide outstanding customer service

This would be the perfect role for an already experienced Senior Practitioner seeking a new and exciting adventure, or an existing, qualified Nursery Nurse looking for their first step into management.

**What we can offer you**:

- 50% childcare discount
- 6 fully paid sick days
- Additional day off for your birthday
- Week off between Christmas and New Year
- Reward and recognition schemes including annual awards
- Cashback heath plan covering dental, opticians, physio and alternative therapies
- Free virtual GP appointments and cashback on prescriptions
- Employee benefits portal, including 100's of high street discounts
- Free on-site parking
- Access to 24 hour counselling support, including financial and debt advice
- Discounted gym membership

**More about Kindred Nurseries**

Rayleigh is a part of a family of inspiring nurseries and preschools with a passion for creating a friendly and inclusive place to work. Our mission is to create inspiring worlds full of awe and wonder, our recent double award win at Nursery World and NMT shows that we are the place to work.

**Our values are at the centre of everything we do**
- We are Always Learning
- We are Inspirational
- We have a Family Feel