Nursery Room Leader

Want to work at an OUTSTANDING nursery? Receive excellent in-house training? Be part of a nurturing culture?

**An exciting opportunity has presented itself for a qualified Nursery Room Leader in our Toddler room.**

If you are hardworking, a team player and able to build good relationships with children and parents alike we can offer you competitive salaries, a full range of professional development courses through our training company and flexibility that suits you

**Company History**

First established in 1993, The Little Learners is a family run business with a dedicated team of highly trained Montessori staff and qualified childcare specialists. We offer accredited Montessori education from the age of 6 months - 5 years and are proud to have received OUTSTANDING by Ofsted across all four of our branches.

As a family business, we strive to create a nurturing environment for our staff to grow and excel. We invest the time and effort to support all our staff to continue their professional development through our excellent in-house training scheme.

We are committed to the highest level of training, which is why we offer our staff a variety of training courses to further develop them in their role. Further funding is also available for the Montessori Diploma Course.
- **Brief**:_

The Room Leader is a qualified childcare professional with responsibility for the day to-day running of their room. They perform an important role caring for children, maintaining a high-quality, stimulating learning environment, supervising staff and imparting their knowledge and skills to others. They are creative and reflective leaders able to implement new ideas and use a range of strategies to continually improve practice and support the management team
- **Main Duties**:_
- Provide high standards of childcare and education - this includes providing a safe, caring environment to enable the emotional, social and educational development of children, through individual attention and group activities.
- To support the aims and objectives of the nursery and assist the proprietor in the organisation of a high quality establishment.
- To reflect on practice and routines, tailoring them to meet the individual needs of each child throughout the day.
- To lead planning and the provision of a stimulating range of age-appropriate activities and ensuring your room is well-resourced and creatively set-up.
- To work in partnership with all parents/carers, building and maintaining relationships that encourage trust, open communication and involvement in nursery life.
- To lead observations and the assessment of children’s learning and development ensuring records are kept up-to-date, are of a high standard and are shared effectively.
- To promote stimulating resources for the children to engage and develop in.
- To report any concerns promptly to your Manager or Area Manager.
- This job description is not an exhaustive list of duties and the post holder will be_ _required to undertake any other reasonable duties discussed and directed by the line manager._
- **What we can offer you**:_

**-**Access to the following professional development training through our training academy:

- Level 5 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner
- Montessori Diploma
- Montessori Apparatus Workshops (9-day course)
- Access to industry leading CPD courses and regular online workshops

**-**Performance Bonus of £300 per annum, £100 each term. (Room Leaders Only - Managers get £900 annually)

**-**Termly team bonding events, as well as our annual Christmas & Summer party.

**-**Clear onboarding program with termly supervisions.

**-**Attendance to our annual Professional Development Day, receiving expert-led workshops from award winning trainers

**-**Free Uniform and DBS

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

**Salary**: £26,000.00-£29,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Employee mentoring programme

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

School type:

- Day nursery

COVID-19 considerations:
Application question(s):

- Do you hold a Level 3 Qualification in Childcare?
- What makes you a 'Good Fit' for The Little Learners Team?

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Room Leader WF