Room Leader

Ramsey Day Nursery

Room Leader | Full Time | 40 Hours Per Week

**Salary**: £25,480 per annum

Level 3 Childcare Qualification essential

Ramsey Day Nursery, are seeking to appoint a qualified Room Leader in our Pre-School Room. Our nursery is committed to providing excellent childcare in a friendly, welcoming and secure surrounding.

We are located in Great Whyte, spread across two spacious buildings, the nursery offers quality childcare for children aged 6 weeks to 5 years old, where children have the opportunity to explore and expand their natural curiosity and learn through play.

We love the great outdoors, and our nursery features open spaces for our children to enjoy, the nursery is open from 7.30am-6.00pm - Monday to Friday.

**Room Leader duties and responsibilities**:
Provide stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development

Enhance the all-around daily needs of children, including their physical, intellectual, social and emotional development

Assist staff in updating the EyLog system and their child learning journals with the highest quality

Promote respect and credibility for this position by leading as a role model with impartiality and consistency

Assist with embedding an effective key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments and identify training or development needs for staff

Maintain accurate records and accounts relating to children and staff on EyMan system and on file

Ensure the safety and wellbeing of every child, staff, parent and visitor at all times

Understand and ensure that the requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS are met
- Duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive, changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added.

**Room Leader requirement and skills**:
Full and relevant Level 3 in Childcare qualification - Essential

Over 1 year’s experience working in Early Years - Essential

Over 6 months’ experience working in a senior position - Desirable

Sound knowledge of Ofsted expectations to achieve a Good or Outstanding rating - Desirable

Knowledge of the statutory framework for the EYFS and regulatory requirements - Essential

Fluent in written and spoken English - Essential

We’re a family by name, and we’re a family by nature too. We are defined in many different ways, by many different people. Different cultures. Different ideas. Different ages, genders and skillsets. Whilst every individual will have their own definition of family, these definitions all come together to show Family First for who we are.

**We are**: Defined by Family

Ramsey Day Nursery is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group.

INDR5HP Benefits

Family First benefits include annual leave starting at 24 days on top of a paid birthday day off and bank holidays. On top of this we have discounted nursery fees for all our teams, friends and family, access to a discount/perks platform with exceptional learning & development opportunities tailored to you.

**Posted via**: eyrecruit