Early Years Educator

4 weeks ago


Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom Bright Horizons Full time

Nursery: Bright Horizons Eddington Day Nursery and Preschool

Job Type: Full Time / Permanent / 40 hours / Mon-Fri

Salary: £26,698 per annum

We are seeking a dedicated Early Years Assistant to join our team at Bright Horizons Eddington Nursery and Preschool. Our nursery is located in a sustainable housing estate with excellent links to Cambridge town centre.

This is an incredible opportunity to become part of a strong and culturally diverse team passionate about Early Years and Education.

Our staff room features kitchen facilities, a relaxing lounge, and free parking. We also offer a range of benefits, including:

  • Above industry standard salary with annual reviews
  • Discounted childcare of 40% for the first child
  • Up to 33 days holiday per year with the option to buy additional days
  • Smart Health access, including Virtual GP appointments, fitness programmes, and mental health support
  • Financial support through early access to wages, low-interest debt consolidation loans, and discounts across high street brands, travel, utilities, and days out
  • Development programme access for every stage of your career, tailored to your individual journey
  • Access to our Future Leaders programme, preparing you for a Room Leader position
  • Employee Appreciation throughout the year, including our annual Awards of Excellence gala's
  • Happy to Talk Flexible Working

Why Bright Horizons?

We are driven by our HEART values (Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork). If your values align, you'd be a great fit to join one of our 300 nurseries across the UK.

We've been voted Great Place to Work every year since 2005 and have achieved Great Place for Wellbeing and Great Place for Women. Our Bright Horizons Foundation for Children charity supports the lives of thousands of children and families in crisis, across almost 100 locations.

What you'll be doing

  • Working as part of a nursery team looking after babies and children up to the age of 5
  • Having daily adventures with our children through interactive play, activities, reading, and helping them with their curious minds through the learning curriculum
  • Communicating with parents daily on their child's activities
  • Providing a caring and supporting environment where the children feel safe and looked after
  • Supporting colleagues to encourage the children's development towards key milestones
  • Promoting and ensuring child welfare, protection, health, and safety, and safeguarding

What we're looking for

  • Previous experience working with children is ideal but not essential
  • Passion for making learning fun and engaging for each child
  • Ability to build trust and strong working relationships with both colleagues and parents
  • Ability to use a variety of communication techniques with both children and adults
  • Sound understanding of child protection and the safeguarding of children

Childcare discount for staff is based on availability within the nursery.

We look forward to receiving your application.


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