Nursery Room Leader

at  GLL

GLL are currently recruiting for * Nursery Room Leader *at Burnt Oak Community Nursery, located within Burnt Oak Leisure Centre. This is a full time post working 40 hours per week.
We are looking for a Senior Practitioner to provide a safe, stimulating, educational and fun environment for children attending our 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. Our Room Leaders have excellent written and verbal communication skills as you’ll work with colleagues and partners to integrate the nursery with the wider children’s services brand to help identify and support the needs of local families with young children
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. It goes without saying you’ll be a confident team member with a positive driven approach and attitude.
Our 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.

• With members of the team, 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.
• To 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, so that each child benefits from the shared interest in and knowledge about their progress.
• Lead a team of nursery practitioners
• Structure daily and weekly activities
• Ensure observations and framework milestones/goals are met
• To involve parents/carers in their child’s progress through daily informal contact, record keeping, and attending review meetings as appropriate.
• To support and value each child’s home culture and language. To contribute to planning for children with English as an additional language to help their language development.
• To contribute towards the provision and sustainability of a stimulating, secure, caring and learning environment that promotes equal opportunities and diversity for the children, and their parents, families and carers.
• To take responsibility for children in both indoor and outdoor areas and on trips, providing appropriate levels of supervision and intervention to progress children’s learning.
  As a leader within the leisure industry we can also offer scope to progress your career, and job variety like nowhere else.