Level 2 or 3 Lunchtime Assistant

Hours: 4 hours a day (11am-3.00pm), 20 hours per week.  28 days paid holiday including national bank holidays, which includes a whole week break over Christmas.

Salary: £12.71 an hour. NEST pension scheme available.

Little Lattons Nursery are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated member to join our team. Ideal candidates would be an effective role model that sets high expectations and motivates the children to play, learn and grow. Applicants must be enthusiastic and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Lunchtime Assistants may be qualified or unqualified but will need to obtain an enhanced DBS check, have an understanding of safeguarding children, health and safety regulations and food hygiene.

Little Lattons Nursery offer a unique chance to be part of a friendly and supportive team. The nursery have a genuine belief that a child’s early development is pivotal to their next stage in education. They implement educational strategies into fun activities in order to promote a love for learning with enjoyment. It is an environment of fun and friendship; lunchtime is a key part of the day for our team members, giving them that little break to recharge their batteries and be ready for the fun-packed afternoon to follow.

As a lunchtime assistant, you will play a supportive role in ensuring the smooth running of the nursery during lunch hours, you will work flexibly to provide lunch cover, meal preparation and supervising meals, have an outstanding knowledge of allergens and maintain the high standard of hygiene in the kitchen.

Little Lattons Nursery has a dedicated team that works hard to reach high standards in everything they do and this is further embedded through successful relationships with parents, the local community and the other local schools within NET. At NET Academies Harlow we believe in the future development of our employees, our staff development programme has meant staff are successful in progressing the next stage of their career.

Additional benefits working at Little Lattons Nursery:

• 50% childcare discount if places available
• Individual personal development programme for all staff
• A highly motivated staff team
• A caring and happy learning environment
• High expectations and excellent behaviour
• Personalised staff well-being programme
• Access to a dedicated Early Years consultant, who will provide ongoing support.

We are looking for someone enthusiastic with a can-do attitude, with experience of working with children and undertaking observation, planning and assessment when required. A candidate who is passionate about a career in childcare, has some experience and has a good work ethic and positive attitude stands the best chance of being a successful solution for this expanding team.

What our staff say about working at Little Lattons Nursery: 

“I feel like it is an incredibly supportive working atmosphere where people want the best for one another and go out of their way to do their best for both staff and pupils. It is child centre nursery which is why I particularly love coming to work.

”Staff and children fell that we are all part of one family that help and support each other.” 

“I very much enjoy working for Little Lattons because I feel supported, valued and work with a great group of people.” 

Potential applicants are both welcome and encouraged to visit the nursery. Please contact the school office by telephone on 01279 444 840.

In compliance with Safer Recruitment guidelines, CVs cannot be accepted.

NET Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of the Safer Recruitment process all shortlisted applicants will be subject to social media checks. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.