What we can offer you

• £28,000-£32,000 depending on experience
• 30 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• Free counselling & wellbeing support
• Unlimited online development with ‘Noodle Now’
• NEST pension
• Tailored development for your needs

Puddle Jumpers is looking for an experienced Baby Room Leader to work alongside the Nursery Manager and support the vision of our recently opened design-led nursery in a beautiful building in trendy Wapping. The nursery is conveniently located a 5 minute walk from Wapping Overground station and is easily commutable from Clapham Junction and West Croydon in the South, Islington in the North and Stratford in the East.
The nursery has many bespoke features including a dedicated Art Atelier for children and staff to express themselves creatively, an inspiring Life Sciences room where children will be given the opportunity to cook using child height kitchen facilities and explore the world of science and a large garden designed to promote our passion for outdoor learning. In addition, a large staff room offers plenty of space for our team to unwind, catch up and relax.
Why Puddle Jumpers?
Our vision is to create a nurturing environment where today’s happy, inquisitive and courageous Puddle Jumpers to grow up to be tomorrow’s freethinking adults. Thriving, they will take on the future and make the world a better a place (whilst jumping in puddles from time to time too!). Do you have the drive and execution to help build an amazing nursery and bring this vision to life with us?
Who are we looking for?
Dedicated, knowledgeable and a strong mentor, our ideal Baby Room Leader has a make it happen attitude. They will be the driver behind ensuring the children are nurtured and provided with a stimulating programme of activities to enhance and encourage their curiosity and early development.
Main Duties include but are not limited to:
To work in collaboration with the management team creating an inclusive and positive environment where staff, children and parents can thrive.
Support Nursery Manager in implementation of Under Two's curriculum ensuring compliance to the EYFS Statutory Framework and Ofsted requirements
Drive high standards for parent experience and education offering
Ensure all company policies and procedures are correctly followed in the nursery and adhered to at all times
To carry out high quality observations, planning and assessments using Birth to Five and the EYFS
To work in partnership with parents, and ensure that other staff foster and develop good relationships, and actively involve them in all aspects of their children’s care and learning both within the setting and at home
Motivate the team to work together, role modelling and inspiring educators to deliver best practice
Promote our values and role model them, ensuring they are lived every day and course correcting if not
Ensure that the safety and welfare of children is paramount
Risk assess daily ensuring that the team understand what is expected of them to keep children safe
Work on a shift pattern within the nursery's opening hours (7.30am-6.30pm) with the ability to attend out of hours meetings and events as required
Essential Experience & Skills Required:

• CACHE / NNEB/ NVQ level 3 or equivalent
• Minimum 3 years’ post qualification experience
• Minimum 1 years’ leadership experience
• Recent experience of working with children aged 0 to 5 years.

Successful applicants will need to provide ‘right to work in the UK’ documentation, undertake a DBS check and provide satisfactory references, prior to commencing employment with us.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £28,000.00-£32,000.00 per year
Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person
Reference ID: Room Leader - Wapping