Room Leader

Salary: From £12.45 up to £14.51 per hour - dependent on experience and qualifications

Senior Early Years Educator (Nursery Room Leader)

• Blossom Tree Nursery School by Storal
• Portishead, BS20 6BQ
• Senior Early Years Educator (Nursery Room Leader)
• Full Time, 40 Hours per week, Monday to Friday

Located near Portishead’s vibrant marina, you’ll find Blossom Tree, a nursery school full of wonder and learning.

We are looking for a passionate and engaging Senior Early Years Educator (Nursery Room Leader) who will lead by example, motivating and inspiring their team to encourage a love of learning through high quality teaching under EYFS framework.

As part of this role, you'll deliver care as well as supervise your team members; identifying areas of change and implementing learning and teaching objectives to ensure all children are kept safe and have rich stimulating experiences. You will embrace inclusivity to ensure the individual needs of all those within your room are met. 

Within this role you will be responsible for ensuring all record keeping requirements are regularly completed, as well as conducting your team appraisals. As the Senior Early Years Educator (Nursery Room Leader) you will work in partnership with other Room Leads and management team to ensure the successful running of the nursery.

About you:

• Level 3 or above qualification in early years.
• Proven experience working as an Early Years Educator (Nursery Nurse/Practitioner).
• Demonstrable leadership experience (within Early Years).
• Knowledge and understanding of the EYFS.
• Excellent communication skills with both children and adults.
• Reflecting the Storal values around responsibility, openness and working together.

What we can offer you:

• Annual wellness day off.
• Company sick pay.
• 50% childcare discount.
• Access to retail and other discounts through Perkbox.
• Holidays increasing to 22 days after 2 years service and 25 days after 5 years service + Bank Holidays.
• Performance related bonuses.
• Dedicated learning and development support.
• Access to one-to-one confidential counselling sessions through our Employee Assistance Programme.

About us:

This nursery is part of Storal, a group of nurseries across England. It is our vision at Storal to be the nursery group that every family and educator wants to be part of. Our values are built around creating this environment for teams and children. We believe in high standards, praising each other, pulling together as a team whilst actively helping others to grow and that’s only the beginning of the story. We do what we say we do and if you align with this approach, then a Storal nursery is the place for you.

Storal is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All employees will be subject to background checks, enhanced DBS check and reference checks.