Early Years Assistant

7 months ago


Cambridge, 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 looking for a full-time Early Years Assistant to join our Bright Horizons Eddington Nursery and Pre School. The Nursery is set up in an award winning sustainable housing estate with very good links to Cambridge town centre by bus, car and bike.

Incredible opportunity to become a part of professionally strong and culturally diverse team with great passion for Early Years and Education .

Staff room with kitchen facilities for the team to relax, as well as a separate relaxing lounge to eat lunch and have a chat. Toiletries in our staff toilets Free parking available.

What we can offer you

Our benefits include, but are not limited to;

Above industry standard salary, with annual salary reviews Discounted childcare of 40% for first child* (T&Cs apply) Up to 33 days holiday per year, with the option to buy additional days Smart Health access, including 24/7 access to Virtual GP appointments, fitness programmes and mental health support Financial support through early access to wages, low interest debt consolidation loans and a wide variety of discounts across high street brands, travel, utilities and days out Development programme access for every stage of your career, tailored to your individual journey, with opportunities across our network of nurseries Access to our Future Leaders programme, preparing you to step into 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 also been voted Great Place to Work every year since 2006 - as well achieving Great Place for Wellbeing and Great Place for Women.

Did you know, Bright Horizons Foundation for Children charity has been established since 2005 supporting the lives of thousands of children and families in crisis, across almost 100 locations? Each Bright Horizons colleague is entitled to a paid volunteer day every year

What you’ll be doing

Working as part of a nursey 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  Provide a caring and supporting environment where the children feel safe and looked after Supporting colleagues encourage the children’s development towards key milestones Promote and ensure child welfare, protection, health and safety and safeguarding

What we’re looking for

Previous experience working with children ideal but not essential - Nursery Bank Staff, Nursery Assistant, Teaching Assistant, Nursery Practitioner, Early Years Educator, Nanny, Childminder or similar. 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

We look forward to receiving your application



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