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If you hold a full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification, and are an educator at heart, with a passion for inspiring and leading a team to deliver outstanding to teaching to the children within our care – our Room Leader opportunity would be perfect for you.

Why Bright Horizons?

We care for over 10,000 children across the UK, across our portfolio of over 300 nurseries, 98% of which are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. We’re on a mission to change the future for children, families, and the people we work with, and are committed to progressive working values like flexibility, work-life balance, and wellbeing.

Our Bright Horizons Oxford Waterways Day Nursery and Preschool is Ofsted rated Good, and is situated in Summertown, just a short walk to the shops and coffee shops. We benefit from excellent transport links to the city centre.

The nursery offers a warm and friendly working environment with a dedicated team.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead, mentor and inspire a team to deliver exceptional care and education

• Ensure the learning environment provides consistent stimulation and engaging activities for the children, across both the indoor and outdoor areas

• Deliver and plan rich learning opportunities and exceptional care, to help all children to develop and meet their individual milestones

• Develop and maintain strong partnerships with colleagues, parents and/or carers, as well as other professionals, to meet the individual needs of each child

• Promote and ensure child welfare, protection, health and safety and safeguarding procedures and policies are followed at all times

• Work with colleagues to maintain a positive, happy and safe environment on a day to day basis

What we can offer you

Our benefits include, but are not limited to;

• £23,805- £31,034 (dependent on qualification/s and experience)

• Career development opportunities across our network of nurseries

• Amazing discounts, ranging from 50% of childcare to high-street, to utility and days out!

• Quarterly Employee Appreciation Weeks – with treats for all the team

• External helpline with professional counsellors – supporting your wellbeing 24 hours a day.

• Access to our extensive library of training and qualifications, to support your continuous development

What we’re looking for

• 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)

• Sound understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage

• Strong knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding, Child Protection, and the wider legislative requirements for working with children

• Ability to build trust and strong working relationships with both colleagues and parents

• Ability to use a variety of techniques to clearly and successfully communicate with both children and adults

This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

We look forward to receiving your application!

If you experience any problems, please email [email protected] and we will be happy to help.

Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. Therefore, it is essential in making your application that you disclose any information requested in respect of applicable convictions and cautions (including, as applicable any reprimands or final warnings). This post may be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, in which case applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act unless the conviction or caution is “protected” as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). Any such ‘protected’ conviction or caution is not subject to disclosure to employers, and cannot be taken into account. All guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found in the DBS filtering collection, available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dbs-filtering-guidance . The fact that a pending charge, conviction, caution, reprimand or final warning has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this role but any failure to disclose any such information will result in dismissal or disciplinary action.