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About the Role

As a Room Leader, you will lead, mentor, support, and inspire a team to deliver exceptional care and education, helping all children within the room to develop and meet their individual milestones. You will promote and ensure child welfare, health and safety, and safeguarding, and maintain strong partnerships with colleagues, parents, and other professionals to meet each child’s needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, support, and inspire a team to deliver exceptional care and education.
• Help all children within the room to develop and meet their individual milestones.
• Promote and ensure child welfare, health and safety, and safeguarding.
• Maintain strong partnerships with colleagues, parents, and other professionals to meet each child’s needs.

Requirements

• Full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification.
• Previous experience working within an Early Years setting – ideally as a Room Leader, Nursery Nurse, Nursery Practitioner, Early Years Educator or similar.
• Passion for creating fun and inclusive learning environments.
• Strong understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
• Strong knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding, Child Protection, and the wider legislative requirements for working with children.
• Ability to develop trust and strong working partnerships with both colleagues and parents/ carers.
• Ability to use a variety of communication techniques with both children and adults.
• This post is subject to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check.
• Due to our sector all roles are subject to an Enhanced DBS.

Skills

• Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
• Safeguarding
• Child Protection
• Communication techniques

Location

• Canary Wharf, London

Work Type

• 40 hours over 4 or 5 days

Experience Level

• Previous experience working within an Early Years setting – ideally as a Room Leader, Nursery Nurse, Nursery Practitioner, Early Years Educator or similar

Education Level

• Level 3 or above Early Years qualification

Salary/Compensations

• From £32,864 per annum (dependant on qualification/s and experience)

Benefits

• Childcare discount of 50% for first child
• Enhanced parental leave
• 20 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and paid Christmas closure.
• Ability to also purchase additional leave*
• Pension
• Financial and wellbeing benefits including 24/7 virtual GP appointments, early access to wages, and more
• Professional development programme access for every stage of your career, including access to a careers coach

About the Company

• Bright Horizons Heron Quays Day Nursery & Preschool offers early years professionals a purpose-built, spacious setting designed to nurture both children and staff.
• With five age-specific rooms, a beautiful garden and an adventure play area, the nursery provides a warm and inclusive environment where educators can thrive.
• Commuting is easy, with Heron Quays DLR and Canary Wharf Underground stations just a short walk away.
• Bright Horizons has been voted Great Place to Work every year since 2006.
• Proud to be a Great Place to Work for 20 years.

Equal Opportunity

• We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all ages and backgrounds to apply.
• We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants.