Nursery Room Leader - Horsham, United Kingdom - Little Barn Owls Nursery & Farm School

Description

UK NURSERY OF THE YEAR 2020 is recruiting

• Winners of UK Nursery Group of the Year 2020 and UK Nursery of the Year 2015, our multiawardwinning forest and farm school nurseries in Southwater, Horsham and Farlington have been recognised for their innovative and creative approach to Early Years Education around the world._

Nurturing confident, caring and curious children is our passion and our promise.

Our Forest School Nursery in Southwater has its own 11 acre woodland and our Horsham Farm School Nursery is based on a working farm with animals that children interact with every day.

We think a bit differently too.

Inspired by the Reggio Emilia Approach we employ professional artists to work with children in dedicated creative studios which are called Ateliers.

We believe children love beautiful and interesting things, just like adults, so we put lots of them in our nurseries.

We believe in listening to children a lot.

We know if we help children work out what they are interested in, what questions they have and what they like to explore, they will be more motivated to learn.

Sometimes this exploring and learning turns into children's research projects lasting many months.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within our successful nursery group, where the Managers believe strongly in rewarding staff and helping them to develop.

Person Specification:

• Previous experience of managing a team/individuals
• An inspirational leader with high impact, professionalism and credibility
• Critical and creative thinker who welcomes a challenge and thrives on problemsolving
• Passion for delivering high standards of customer service and striving to constantly push the excellence boundaries
• Able to communicate effectively at all levels (parents, children, colleagues and senior management)
• Great passion for child development and a good working knowledge of the EYFS 05 years
• Experience of working with and supporting SEN children highly desirable
• Excellent communication skills and able to work effectively in a team
• A determined, persistent, and resilient person, who approaches and overcomes challenges with a positive attitude.
• Selfmotivated
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Naturally proactive
• A sense of humour, common sense, and a 'can do' attitude
• Masses of drive, ambition, and energy
• Desire to learn about the Reggio Emilia approach.

Benefits of working at Little Barn Owls:

• Free lunch every day
• Caring, supportive environment and culture
• Regular time out of ratio to document and assess children's learning
• Generous holiday entitlement of 33 days including bank holidays
• Sick pay and good attendance rewarded with 5 days extra holiday per year
• Long service rewards of £1000
• Convenient working hours
• Unrivaled professional development regular courses, seminars, and visits to other nurseries
• Working alongside professional Artists and expert consultants
• Teambuilding fun days, meals out, and social events
• The chance to attend the weeklong International Study Tour in REGGIO EMILIA in ITALY (all expenses paid)
• Career progression for the ambitious and hardworking
• Opportunities to be involved in our Training School for external professionals

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Please include details of travel plans if you don't own a car as our locations for the Horsham nursery as it does not have local public transport._

If you are truly passionate about children and want to be part of a new dynamic team that is looking for its future Managers and Leaders, please get in touch

• Please note that as the nursery operates 51 weeks per year, from 7.30 am 6 pm, we do not offer school hours or termtime only positions._

Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, creed, colour, religious belief, sex, age, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, or veteran status.

We are committed to safeguarding our children and staff. You will be required to have an online search, enhanced DBS check and suitable
references.

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent


Salary:
Up to £25,000.00 per year


Benefits:

• Discounted or free food
• Free parking
• Onsite parking

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
Regular sanitisation, staff to take twice-weekly lateral flow tests.


Ability to commute/relocate:

• Horsham, RH12 4RU: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• Why do you want to work at Little Barn Owls Nurseries?
• Do you have any experience with SEN children? Please give details.

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (preferred)
• Early Years Qualification 3 and above? (preferred)

Work Location:
One location