Deputy Room Leader

**Description**:
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- Are you a qualified and experienced childcare professional looking for a new challenge?
- Are you passionate about outstanding childcare, and helping team members deliver it?
- Are you an aspiring nursery manager in the making, ready to take the next step in your career?

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Due to the expansion of our Nursery at Wilberfoss, we are looking for a Deputy Room Leader to work as part of the leadership team, supporting our existing Room Leaders in providing exceptional childcare within our Nursery. This role is ideal for someone looking to progress from the Practitioner level (min. Level 3).

**About the Role**:
As a Deputy Room Leader at Muddy Boots, you will help to lead a team to ensure that all children receive high-quality care and support, are kept safe, and receive rich and stimulating play experiences that meet their individual learning needs, all whilst having a tonne of fun every day

The kind of person who thrives in the role are:

- Highly creative - No two days are the same at Muddy Boots, with ever-changing interests and curiosities being developed. We love Deputy Room leaders who love helping our little ones constantly discover their new favourite things, all whilst helping our educators to do the same.
- Love the outdoors - We love being outdoors, and love Deputy Room leaders who can develop amazing activities in our outdoor environments
- Permanently passionate - We love people who are passionate about seeing children flourish and thrive, growing into their unique personalities by receiving rich and stimulating play experiences that meet their individual learning needs

**Skills, Knowledge and Expertise**:
For this role, we require you to have:

- A relevant Early Years Qualification
- Over 1 year of experience working in an Early Years / Nursery setting (essential)
- Over 1 year of experience working in a childcare environment (preferred)

Muddy Boots is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to ensuring that the terms and conditions of employment for staff and selection processes for potential employees are equitable and non-discriminatory.

**What we offer**:
At Muddy Boots Nurseries, we ensure our team receives a high level of pay and a vast set of benefits & perks. This includes:

- A full-time role, which is 38 hours per week spread across 4 full days and a set day off each week (part-time hours will also be considered)
- Pay rate £13.30 to £13.70 per hour (21yrs+)
- Additional holiday days for length of service
- Access to ‘Wider Wallet’ - granting discounts to supermarkets, large retailers and restaurants
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme - which includes free one-to-one counselling, a 24/7 helpline, and an online health portal.
- 50% staff discount towards childcare fees at Muddy Boots & our Pioneers Out of School Clubs
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption leave & shared parental leave
- Paid personal training & development
- Free lunches cooked by our in-house chef & free uniform
- Free Car Parking & Uniform

**About Muddy Boots Nursery**:
Since opening our doors in January 2012, with only a few team members and a handful of children, we have continually worked to build day nurseries with a strong family ethos and home-from-home feel, which have now been enjoyed by over 1000 families and counting.

Here is how we do it:

- We focus on developing the uniqueness of every child: We work with every child’s constantly changing and unique interests to ensure their development is about them, not employing a one-size-fits-all approach
- Our outstanding team builds strong relational bonds with our families, built on quality communication: This ensures our parents have the peace of mind to get on with their busy lives, knowing their child is with a team who know and love them
- We focus on outdoor adventures, always: Muddy Boots isn’t just a name, it’s a daily way of life. We believe in as many outdoor adventures as possible and create amazing outdoor experiences to facilitate them

The name ‘Muddy Boots’ really sums up our whole ethos - to not be afraid to let children learn by getting muddy, exploring, going on adventures and getting out there and having a go Children enjoy a wide range of activities both indoor and out, planned by a qualified and experienced staff team who genuinely love and care for all the children. Our aim is that every individual child thrives and flourishes into their unique selves in our positive, family-feel environment.