Nursery Room Leader

**We are a family-run chain of nurseries with a strong reputation for delivering great childcare and looking after each member of the team.**

**If you are a strong and experienced room leader, with a genuine passion for working in childcare, high emotional intelligence, bags of enthusiasm and desire to make a difference in the lives of children and the staff, then we would love you to join us. Previous leadership experience is desirable however we will consider highly experienced nursery practitioners too.**

**About Cybertots**:

- _**Free Uniform**_
- _**Free DBS**_
- _**Birthday off (included in our generous holiday entitlement)**_
- _**Healthcare cover worth over £700 per annum**_
- _**Pension**_

**Our offer**:

- Competitive salary up to £29,000 p.a.
- Be part of a strong, successful and well supported team
- Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 22 days plus 8 bank holidays pro rata increasing with time
- Healthcare cashplan offering money towards your optician, dental and health requirements
- Participation in various early years workshops and training events
- Generous discounts on childcare
- Make savings on your daily shopping with our benefit's scheme.
- A weekend away for you and a friend after your 5yr anniversary and an all inclusive week away for you and a friend after your 10yr anniversary

**Purpose of Post**:
1. To be an inspirational leader and to ensure the efficient running of the Room through the on-going cycle of evaluation, planning, preparation, organisation and monitoring.
2. To take an active role within the management team

**Responsibilities**:
Main Duties and Responsibilities:

- To be an excellent role model, lead a team and support colleagues by undertaking own duties diligently, maintaining good communication, sharing ideas and being professional and respectful.
- To exercise a general duty of care for colleagues and to be responsible for ensuring a safe working environment for all employees, students and volunteers under the supervision.
- To have a good understanding of all Cybertots policies and procedures and ensure they are followed by everyone in the team including students and volunteers.
- To manage staff effectively, working in partnership with the Deputy Manager/Manager and other Room Leaders in ensuring correct ratios are maintained throughout the Nursery.
- To oversee the Room planning, Health and Safety records and individual record keeping of each key person in the Room.
- To ensure all parents/carers in the Room are well informed of their children’s progress and are always made to feel welcome in the Nursery.
- To assist the Deputy Manager/Manager in inducting new members of staff and appointing a mentor for the duration of their probationary period.
- To supervise, direct, support and be a good role model for nursery assistants, apprentices, work placement students and volunteers.
- To carry out regular room and peer observations, and to assist the Deputy Manager/Manager in carrying out staff appraisals, supervisions and performance reviews.
- To ensure transitions from home to nursery are smooth by liaising with the family and other professionals, where appropriate, appointing a key person, organising home visits and settling in sessions.
- To ensure transitions from room to room are smooth by actively communicating with the Room Leader of the ‘feeding’ or ‘receiving’ room, liaising with the family and other professionals, where appropriate, making all necessary arrangements to welcome the child (e.g. name pegs) and ensuring the Transition form is completed at least two weeks before the first settling in session.
- To assist the Deputy Manager/Manager in organising and to attend staff meetings, staff training days and training courses; to disseminate the findings to the team and implement what is learnt.
- To assist the Deputy Manager/Manager in organising parents evenings, coffee mornings and family events.
- To ensure the Room meets the needs of children who might have additional requirements and make reasonable adjustments.
- To act appropriately in an emergency situation, ensuring that the safety and wellbeing of children is maintained at all times.

**Reports to**:
Deputy Manager/Nursery Manager/Area Manager

**If you are interested and feel that you meet the criteria, please get in touch with us**

**Cybertots provided the following inclusive hiring information**:
We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status or disability status.

Work remotely
- No

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £25,500.00-£29,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Company pension

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Ability to commute/relocate:

- West London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required