Nursery Assistant & After-School Club Lead

Job Description

Nursery Assistant (Level 2/3 Early Years qualified) & After-School Club Lead

Hours of work:

11.30am to 6.30pm, with a 20 minute unpaid break - Monday to Friday (33 hours and 20 minutes)

OR 8.30am to 6.30pm,with a 20 minute unpaid break - Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday (29 hours)

Term-time only, plus some additional weeks during busy school holiday periods (to be agreed at interview/offer stage)

Salary: Scale 3 Point 6 - £20,080 (33 hours and 20 minutes) / £17,471 (29 hours) per annum based on term-time only working, plus additional remuneration for any agreed additional weeks worked during school holidays

We are seeking an experienced Level 2/3 early years professional with a demonstrable work history of working in a childcare environment to join our Nursery and Extended Provision team, either working from 11.30am to 6.30pm (Monday to Friday) or 8.30am to 6.30pm (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday).

Nursery (either 11.30am to 2.50pm, Monday to Friday or 8.30am to 2.50pm, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)

Initially working with children aged between 2 and 4 years, you will provide safe, high-quality education and provision for the young children in your care. Duties will include acting as a keyworker for a small group of children, providing exceptional care, liaising closely with parents/carers and ensuring each child's needs are recognised and met, teaching children, offering an appropriate level of support and stimulation, helping to set up and tidy away at the end of the session, attending meetings and training courses as appropriate, and undertaking any other reasonable duties as directed by the room lead.

Extended Provision (3.10pm to 6.30pm)

In addition, the postholder will also lead the extended provision from 3.10pm to 6.30pm, which is also based in our wNursery. The extended provision covers our daycare (babies and toddlers aged 3 months-2 years), extended nursery hours (children aged 2-4 years) and after-school club (children aged 4-10 years). The post holder will be responsible for the smooth running of all areas of the extended provision; however the emphasis will be on the children within our Early Years.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the needs of each child are fully met, ensuring their safety at all times, ensuring that accurate records are kept and communicated efficiently and effectively with parents, engaging with the babies and children in aspects of play and conversation, setting up activities for the children to take part in and meeting and greeting parents and providing them with feedback on their child's time at the club.

The post holder will ensure that all staff in the team strictly adhere to the School's Safeguarding Policy and Procedures at all times.

The successful candidate should be confident in working with babies and children, planning and leading activities, enjoy leading a team and possess the following skills and attributes:

Hold a full and relevant Early Years Level 2/3 qualification;
Hold a current 12 hour Paediatric First Aid qualification (desirable);
Have previous experience of working with babies and children in a childcare setting;
Be enthusiastic and organised with excellent communication skills and be able to use their own initiative (essential);
Be fun-loving, caring, responsible, compassionate, committed, creative and responsible (essential); and
Be a flexible team player willing to take on various tasks as required (essential).
This is an exciting opportunity to join a fantastic nursery, in a role with real variety and growth from day one.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the roles. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.