Early Years Room Leader

This Early Years Room Leader position at York Campus Nursery requires a Level 3 childcare qualification and experience supervising a team. Responsibilities include leading the baby room, ensuring a stimulating learning environment, and supporting staff development. The role focuses on children's social, emotional, physical, and intellectual development according to EYFS guidelines.

• As a qualified childcare professional and a creative, reflective leader, the Early Years Room Leader is responsible for the day-to-day running of their baby room, ensuring a high-quality, stimulating learning environment for children aged 3 months to five years.
• The role involves supporting children's development socially, emotionally, physically, and intellectually, in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum (EYFS) and the Nursery's core principles: quality and consistency, secure foundations, partnership working, equality of opportunity, and anti-discriminatory practice.
• Caring for children and maintaining a high-quality, stimulating learning environment that offers a wide range of activities in line with EYFS.
• Supervising staff, mentoring them, and imparting your knowledge and skills to support their professional development.
• Implementing new ideas and using a range of strategies to continually improve practice and support the management team.

• Experience of supervising and motivating a team.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organisational skills.
• A publicly recognised level 3 qualification in childcare.

• Generous Annual Leave: 38 days including 8 bank holidays (pro rata) and two weeks off at Christmas.
• Enhanced Benefits: Enhanced company sick pay, maternity and paternity pay, and workplace pension schemes.
• Professional Development: Free training, with attendance paid.
• Wellbeing & Discounts: Free and confidential 24/7 wellbeing support, concession rates at York Sport Village and Centre, and discounts at campus outlets, local/national retailers, and attractions.
• Work Perks: Affordable on-site parking, DBS application cost covered, and salary sacrifice schemes (including Cycle to Work and campus nursery).
• To find out more about York Campus Nursery please visit the York Campus Nursery website.
• Please note: Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis therefore, suitable candidates will be contacted and invited to attend an interview whilst this vacancy is live.