Nursery Room Leader

Overview

GLL are currently recruiting for Nursing Room Leader at Burnt Oak Community Nursery, located within Burnt Oak Leisure Centre.

GLL is looking for a Senior Practitioner to provide a safe, stimulating, educational and fun environment for children attending GLL's setting. As a Room Leader you will be leading and motivating a team of staff in your room, both qualified and unqualified, taking ownership and driving improvements, structuring your room's day and week to ensure children receive a varied, fun and educational learning environment which follows the Early Years Foundation Stage, and promoting the physical, social, emotional and intellectual development of children up to 5 years old through sensitive individual planning of each child’s changing needs whilst encouraging their independence and self-reliance.

You’ll have experience of working with children under five years of age and their families with an NVQ Level 3 in Childcare (or equivalent) and be able to respond to both group and individual needs. Knowledge of the EYFS framework and principles plus safeguarding issues, procedures and an understanding of equality and diversity issues would be beneficial in this role.

GLL's Nurseries provide childcare and welfare for children of up to five years of age, so it’s imperative that the facilities and surroundings provide a clean, safe and welcoming environment.

What you’ll do:

• Plan and participate in group led activities with individual and groups of children as appropriate to their development, age and interests, meeting their individual needs and supporting their access to a broad, balanced indoor and outdoor curriculum in accordance with the Early Years Foundation Stage.
• Be a key person for one or more children in order to develop warm relationships with children and families that support a child’s learning and development.
• Lead a team of nursery practitioners.
• Structure daily and weekly activities.
• Ensure observations and framework milestones/goals are met.
• Involve parents/carers in their child’s progress through daily informal contact, record keeping, and attending review meetings as appropriate.
• Support and value each child’s home culture and language.
• Contribute towards the provision and sustainability of a stimulating, secure, caring and learning environment that promotes equal opportunities and diversity.
• Take responsibility for children in both indoor and outdoor areas and on trips, providing appropriate levels of supervision and intervention.

What you need:

• NVQ Level 3 in Child Development or equivalent.
• Experience of working with under fives.
• Experience of planning and supporting play provision.
• Knowledge of EYFS and understanding of safeguarding issues and procedures.
• Understanding of the Ofsted Children’s Centre requirements/frameworks.
• Knowledge and understanding of working with children and families from diverse cultural backgrounds.
• A good knowledge and understanding of equality and diversity issues.

Benefits:

• Company pension.
• Discounted gym membership.
• Employee discount.
• Learning & development to support career development.
• Good Pension schemes.
• Exclusive discounts on GLL's villas in Portugal.
• Health assurance.
• Discounts across thousands of retailers (GLL Extras).

As a leader within the leisure industry, GLL can offer scope to progress your career, and job variety like nowhere else.