Nursery Practitioner

**About The Role**:
First things first, here’s what you can expect from a career with our amazing nursery at East Kent Canterbury College.
- Genuine rewarding role
- Competitive holiday entitlement
- Store, retail and gym discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Opportunity to progress, train and develop - we have a fantastic teaching programme
- Generous pension scheme

Sound good? Well, here’s more about the role and our setting.

The East Kent Colleges Group is home to three amazing nurseries serving students, staff, and the local community from our Broadstairs, Canterbury, and Folkestone College campuses, and thanks to our popularity, we're looking for a full-time Nursery Practitioner to complement our friendly Canterbury team. Could we be looking for you?

A great team spirit; and warm and nurturing surroundings for the children in our care are at the heart of who we are and what we do and thanks to our popularity we’re looking for an experienced Level 3 qualified Nursery Practitioner to support the Nursery Manager and work within our amazing team.

So, if you’re looking for somewhere to share your Early Years Level 3 knowledge and skills and make a difference in children's liveslooking for great benefits - good rates of pay and holiday, a reward system and promotion opportunities - and an even better teamand most of all, you’re committed to safeguarding, then you're looking for us too

**About You**:
We are looking for hardworking, experienced Level 3 practitioners with the knowledge and skills to deliver high-quality care and education and make a difference in children's lives.

You must have experience with working within a nursery environment and an understanding of the EYFS. The position will be required to take on a key person role in delivering high-quality early years education, working in partnership with parents/carers and implementing welfare requirements to the highest standards.

**About Us**:
**Outstanding Ofsted Provider**

East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our ‘Strong’ skills grading by Ofsted.

**Commitment to Safeguarding**

**Commitment to Equal Opportunities**

We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in-house recruitment team.