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About the Role
We are looking for a Third in Charge to join our Chantry Hall Day Nursery and Preschool in Muswell Hill. This role involves leading, mentoring, and inspiring a team to deliver exceptional care and education, promoting child welfare, health, and safety, and maintaining strong partnerships with colleagues, parents, and professionals.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, support, and inspire a team to deliver exceptional care and education.
- 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.
- Act as Designated Safeguarding Lead at the nursery when required.
- Promote the nursery to support retention and ongoing occupancy growth.
- Engage with the Local Authority to understand the local offering and support practice across all areas of the nursery.
Requirements
- Full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification.
- Previous experience working within an Early Years setting – ideally as a Third in Charge, Room Leader, Early Years Educator or similar.
- Confident decision maker, with previous experience providing support and leadership to others.
- 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.
Skills
- Leadership
- Mentoring
- Team Support
- Child Welfare
- Health and Safety
- Safeguarding
- Partnership Building
- Communication
Location
- Muswell Hill, London
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Dependent on qualification/s and experience
Education Level
- Level 3 or above Early Years qualification
Salary/Compensations
- Starting from £34,132.80 per annum
Benefits
- Childcare discount of 50% for first child
- Competitive bonus of up to £1,500, awarded in line with Ofsted inspection outcomes
- Enhanced parental leave
- 20 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and paid Christmas closure
- Ability to 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 Chantry Hall Day Nursery and Preschool is an organisation driven by HEART principles – Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork.
- The nursery has great transport links and parking.
- The 82-place setting features spacious and well-resourced rooms with natural light, and a garden area perfect for outdoor teaching and learning.
- 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.