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SalaryJOB TITLE: Room Leader
REPORTING TO: Deputy Manager
Salary: £11.44 per hour
Hours: 35 hours, up to 37.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday, all year round
Annual Leave: 28 days per year plus public holidays.
Location: The Vinery Centre, 20 Vinery Terrace, Leeds LS9 9LU.
We are looking to employ a Room Leader with at least a Level 3 Childcare Qualification to work in our well resourced nursery.
Leeds Mencap run Jimbo’s Community Nursery, a purpose-built nursery in east Leeds, offering high quality care and early education for children aged 0 – 11, including after school and holiday childcare. The nursery is bright, airy and well-resourced including access to soft play, a ball pool and sensory rooms. We’re looking for a creative, positive, flexible person to join our team. Team working is an essential requirement of the role and you’ll need to be able to build positive relationships with colleagues and parents to support the overall welfare, safety and development of the children attending the nursery. You will need to have at least a Level 3 Childcare Qualification.
In return you will work in an organisation that is welcoming and open. You will work with a skilled and experienced team, led by a manager with over 30 years in the sector. You will have a generous annual leave allowance, company sick pay from your first day of employment and access to training to support you to develop in your role. You will work in a lovely well-equipped, air-conditioned building with free parking just a stone’s throw from the centre of Leeds. We provide free tea and coffee and hot lunches if you eat with the children. As we are a charity there will be opportunities for you to get involved in fundraising activities and contribute to our wider work supporting people with learning disabilities. Most important of all, you will be part of a team who are aspirational for the children and their families and who do their absolute best to support them to have improved opportunities and experiences in life.
Leeds Mencap is committed to safeguarding all children, young people and adults at risk of harm. We expect all staff and volunteers to fully share and demonstrate this commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Jimbo’s Community Nursery is unique in Leeds, as the mainstream nursery includes our Hawthorn Room, a specialist playroom for children with a range of additional needs including learning disability and autism.
- 5 training days per year.
- Planning time within your working hours.
- Annual Leave 28 days per year plus public holidays.
- Purpose built, air-conditioned building.
- Convenient location – just a stone’s throw from the city centre with free car park.
- Very well connected for public transport.
- Well resourced.
We aim for our team to reflect the diversity of people in Leeds and welcome applications from any community. If you share our passion about all children getting the very best start in life, whatever their background and ability, we would love to hear from you.
To apply please download application pack from our website- https://www.leedsmencap.org.uk/jobs
Please note we do not accept CVs.
We would also ask you to complete our Equality and Diversity monitoring form. This form is for monitoring purposes only and will not be treated as part of your application.
For more information please contact Abigail Cunningham on 0113 467 3050 or e-mail abigail.cunningham@leedsmencap.org.uk
Closing date: Midnight Tuesday 5th March 2024
Shortlisting date: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Interview date: Week beginning 11th March 2024 (please note, a mutually agreeable interview date may be arranged prior to this date for the right candidates)
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.
This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.
