About the Role

Contract Type: Full time (40 hours). Permanent, all year round.

Salary: from £28,187 

Level 3 Qualification (or higher) in EYFS required

Hours: 8 hour shift within the operational window of 7.00am and 6.00pm

The Position

The Rocking Horse Nursery, opened in January 2023, is offering an exciting opportunity for an ambitious, motivated, qualified and professional practitioner to join and help manage our friendly and experienced team. 

The Rocking Horse Nursery provides care for children from 3 months of age, 51 weeks of the year. The setting consists of fully equipped individual rooms for each age range, a large dedicated outside space as well as the use of the beautiful school grounds and access to the petting animals on site.

The core purpose of the role will be to work as part of the management team to provide professional leadership and management to the nursery staff, ensuring an outstanding level of care, play and educational activities to support the all-round development of the children who attend the nursery.

The Successful applicant

The successful candidate must be able to:-

• Distribute warm hugs as and when needed

• Have the confidence to sing (in or out of tune) in front of a crowd

• Whip up a mud pie in all weathers conditions

• Drink pretend cups of tea with great enthusiasm

• Create an inviting and stimulating environment for the children in their care

• Be prepared to feel loved, special and to become an important person in the lives of many young children and their families.

Benefits include:-

• Lunch provided

• 29 days’ annual leave (including bank holidays) plus paid Christmas closure

• Training opportunities, in house and external

• Career progression

• Uniform provided

• Pension scheme

• On-site parking

• Enhanced well-being program

If you feel that you have the skills and qualifications needed to contribute towards making our new Nursery outstanding, we would love to hear from you.