Nursery: Holly Corner Day Nursery, 104 Shrub End Road,
Colchester

Salary:  £29,265 per annum

Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday, All year round

Are you an experienced Nursery Practitioner ready for your
next challenge? Or perhaps you're already a Room Leader looking for a fresh
opportunity? If so, we’d love to meet you!

Holly Corner is a charming nursery situated on Shrub End
Road in the historic town of Colchester, Essex with easy access to Colchester’s
amenities, making it a convenient and desirable location for residents and
visitors alike. There are great commuter links to Colchester Town Centre,
Colchester Train Station and the A12 Motorway.

Why Join Us?

At Family First, we value our team members and offer a
comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Generous
  Annual Leave: 24 days to start, plus bank holidays and your birthday
  off – paid!
  
• Childcare
  Discount: 75% off nursery fees for your little ones
  
• Health
  & Wellbeing Support: Confidential employee assistance helpline
  
• Career
  Growth: Personalised learning and development opportunities
  
• Refer
  a Friend: Earn up to £750 with our referral scheme*
  

Room Leader duties and responsibilities:

• Provide
  stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments and resources to
  children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development
  
• Enhance
  the all-around daily needs of children, including their physical,
  intellectual, social and emotional development
  
• Assist
  staff in updating the EyLog system and their child learning journals with
  the highest quality
  
• Promote
  respect and credibility for this position by leading as a role model with
  impartiality and consistency
  
• Assist
  with embedding an effective key person approach to enable children to form
  secure attachments and identify training or development needs for staff
  
• Maintain
  accurate records and accounts relating to children and staff on EyMan
  system and on file
  
• Ensure
  the safety and wellbeing of every child, staff, parent and visitor at all
  times
  
• Understand
  and ensure that the requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS
  are met
  

Room Leader requirement and skills:

• Full
  and relevant Level 3 in Childcare qualification - Essential
  
• Over
  1 year’s experience working in Early Years - Essential
  
• Over
  6 months’ experience working in a senior position - Desirable
  
• Sound
  knowledge of Ofsted expectations to achieve a Good or Outstanding rating -
  Desirable
  
• Knowledge
  of the statutory framework for the EYFS and regulatory requirements -
  Essential
  
• Fluent
  in written and spoken English - Essential
  

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare
of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

A Disclosure and Barring Service
Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to
enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.

Holly Corner Kindergarten is part of the Family First
Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights
and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a
child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and
anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their
individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion
or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender
reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political
belief has no place within the Family First Group.