Early Years Pre-School Room Leader
Location
South East London | United Kingdom
Job description
Come and Join us....
Every year we review our salaries and benefits at Monkey Puzzle West Norwood, and we have an exciting year ahead! We are value our staff, we are offer leading salaries in area, flexible working and encourage a positive work-life balance.
Who we are looking for:
We are looking for passionate, qualified and experienced Pre School Leader to join our growing team in West Norwood Nursery. This is a great opportunity to for career progression and as well as becoming a part of a well established growing team.
We understand work life balance is important after listening to our staff we have created full-time working week, is spread over 4 half days per week or part time work 2 days per week or 2.5 days per week. Whatever you decide!
What we can offer you:
- £28,171-30,000 (40h week)
- Flexible working
- Performance related bonus of up to £800 per year
- Up to 28 days holiday a year (including bank holidays, 3 days during Christmas and New Year) to start (rises with length of service)
- Free daily lunch
- Personal development fund of £100 per year
- Funding and paid time off for Level 3/EYTT/ EY Degrees/Forest School/Leadership training
- Paid training including 3 inset days per year
- Childcare discount of 10%, rising to 25% when you become a Nursery Manager
There's more...
- Refer a friend bonus of £500 (plus other incentives) for existing and ex employees
- Amazing wellbeing benefits including one wellbeing week per term, calms meditation premium membership, free counselling, 50% off gym membership
- Promotion opportunities in a fast growing company
- Brilliant team culture,
You should join us if:
- You are an Early Years Practitioner who is genuinely passionate about education and changing children’s lives
- You have a relevant early years qualification (level 3 or above)
- You have previous experience working with children
- Enjoy work and like to valued and supported by Manager
-Your a positive person
- You have drive and motivation and what to make a things happen
- You love customer service (you want to make people happy)
- You bring high energy to every task you take on, and a solutions driven approach to problems
-You are bale to support your team
What you will be doing:
- Be responsible for the delivery of our 'learning through play’ educational ethos and bespoke curriculum
- Creative with activities and constantly challenge your children's learning and development
- Build and maintain excellent relationships with parents
- Promote child welfare and ensure safeguarding procedures are followed at all times
- Work on a shift pattern within the nursery's opening hours (8am-6pm)
- Ensure that all company policies and procedures are adhered to by all staff
- Promote a high standard of quality within the nursery, including practice, environment and resources to meet the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage
- Ensure appropriate planning and assessment is in place and is accurately maintained by the appropriate staff
- Support the development of good practice in relation to special educational needs and inclusion
- Provide leadership and support to all playroom-based staff to enable them to establish and maintain professional positive working relationships with both colleagues, parents and carers
- Deploy staff effectively to ensure the required standards are maintained
- Ensure the effective implementation of the company’s keyperson system and allocate key children appropriately
-Ensure that all children are kept safe and that staff are confident to follow safeguarding procedures
- Implement and support others in delivering the EYFS in line with current practice and guidelines
- Develop and maintain professional working relationships with relevant outside agencies
- Adhere to all health and safety policies and procedures and undertake a shared responsibility for cleanliness and health and safety throughout the nursery
- Support, supervise and mentor playroom-based staff and students
- In conjunction with the management team identify, address and support in individual training needs and self-development such as supervisions and appraisals
- Undertake any other duties as reasonably requested by line manager
- Assume additional management responsibilities as and when require
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Salary
£28.17k - £30k per annum
