Nursery Room Manager South Shields, England
Job description
Come and join our growing team at the Early Learning Partnership. We have a great opportunity for a Room Manager to work in our ‘OUTSTANDING’ nursery at West Park Kindergarten.
Essential Criteria:
- Do you have a warm smiling face that makes each child feel special?
-Do you have experience of leading a dedicated team ?
- Do you have the ability to pretend to eat playdough creations realistically. This is an essential requirement along with drinking numerous cups of make believe tea.
- Do you possess the skills required to rapidly count the heads of numerous moving small people. This is of the utmost importance.
- Are you comfortable entering public places on the way home from work, with unknown substances on your clothing.
- Are you prepared to have lots of fun in the workplace. Laughter is something you can expect to engage in for a large part of your working day.
- Would you like to develop your already excellent skills?
- Finally, are you prepared to feel loved, special and important to many young children and their families. There is simply no other job quite like it.
Does the above sound like you ? We would love to hear from you if so!
About West Park Kindergarten:
West Park Kindergarten has been open for over 23 years and was converted from an old police station into the warm, inviting and popular nursery it is today. We are lucky to have very dedicated and passionate staff with many years of experience working for us. The nursery has a manager, and each room has designated room managers. We also have an onsite cook and cleaner and together our team makes a family. We nurture children from as little as 6 weeks old to 5 years old, we provide exceptional childcare and tailor made education to each individual child. Our kindergarten is located at the end of West Park Road, around the corner from convenient transport links such as Chichester metro. With a community full of opportunity, West Park Kindergarten values its local area and aims to support our families as much as we possibly can.
Why work for the Early Learning Partnership ?
Over the past 7 years the Early Learning Partnership has been awarded 7 OUTSTADNING’S through OFSTED across the company along with a quality accounts award. We also have inhouse Teaching and learning and Wellbeing advisers who will mentor and guide you on your journey with us. We have a passion for educating and shaping our next generation and we provide extra support for children who are disadvantaged and have additional needs by raising fund’s for the children and their families.
· Competitive Salaries
· Staff Discounts: cinema, retail, travel)
· Long service awards
. Team building sessions/ nights
· Childcare discounts
· Progression plans
-Be enrolled on a unique Teaching and Learning programme to develop teaching skills.
· Internal and external training programmes
· Ofsted outstanding bonus incentives
.Free breakfast
.Opportunity to develop into higher job roles.
Overview
Working hours: Between 7.30amm - 5.45 (shift patterns)
Qualification: Full and relevant Level 3 childcare qualification or higher
Please note: We undertake safeguarding checks on all our workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance 'Keeping Children Safe in Education'. As part of these checks, we require a current Enhanced DBS Disclosure for everyone working our nurseries. If you do not have a valid subscription to the DBS Update Service, we will require you to complete a new DBS application as part of the registration process. Applicants must be prepared to disclose any convictions they may have and any orders which have been made against them.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: From £24,700.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
School type:
- Preschool
- Private nursery school
Ability to commute/relocate:
- South Shields: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)
Experience:
- Nursery: 2 years (required)
- Nursery experience: 1 year (preferred)
- Childcare: 1 year (preferred)
- Management: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (preferred)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: West Park Kindergarten
