Nursery Nurse/ Early Years Educator

Role: An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified Nursery Nurse/ Early Years Educator to join our highly professional team at Little Foxes, initially working in our baby and toddler rooms.

You must be passionate about child development, and committed to high standards of care and education for young children. You will have excellent interpersonal skills to develop professional relationships with parents and outside agencies. You must have an excellent knowledge of the EYFS and a clear understanding of development milestones for young children and know how to enhance their play and learning to secure progression and extend their fun and enjoyment.

A relevant level 2 or 3 childcare qualification is required for this role.

What we offer:

We are looking for practitioners who excel in what they do. In return we offer a benefits package that includes:

· £23,000 - 27,500 salary (42 hrs per week over 4 days)

· Up to 28 days holiday a year (including bank holidays) to start (rises with length of service)

· Option to buy/sell part of your holiday allowance*

· Paid Christmas closure period (in addition to holiday entitlement)

· Free WiFi in staff areas

· Up to 50% staff childcare discount

· Refer a friend scheme, offering £500 when a friend joins our team.

· Staff events and entertainments

· In-house and external training programmes

· Employee pension scheme

· Free daily breakfast, lunch, coffee and tea, snacks

This is a full time role, working 42 paid hours per week, usually over 4 days to allow one working day off work per week.

*Rules apply

About Little Foxes:

We are an independent nursery, located in Brinkworth, Wiltshire. We are a family owned business, operating for over 35 years. We have excellent facilities with a fantastic range of unique learning environments and boast a hydrotherapy pool and multisensory room, large gardens, and a mini bus so we can travel off site for hands on experiences in the natural world around us. We employ support staff to ensure non-contact time for practitioners and work to high practitioner to child ratios which all means more quality time with the children, offering a most rewarding working environment.

We are committed to continuous professional development, with a comprehensive induction programme that gives you the best start and continues to provide you with learning opportunities throughout your employment.

You can find us on the B4042 five minutes from Royal Wootton Bassett, 10 minutes from Malmesbury.

We are committed to Safeguarding Children ~ this post requires an Enhanced DBS disclosure; it is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Due to the physical nature of the job all applicants must be medically fit and able to cope in busy work environments.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £23,000.00-£27,500.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Discounted or free food
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• Day shift

School type:

• Day nursery
• Preschool
• Private nursery school

Experience:

• Nursery: 1 year (preferred)
• Childcare: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person

Expected start date: 03/06/2024