Nursery Room Leader

We are currently looking for a ROOM Leader/ MANAGER to help run our beautiful, Babies room at our children’s day nursery and pre-school in Poole. We are looking or someone with great leadership skills, who’s committed to early years childcare, with experience managing a team within a nursery, preschool or childcare environment. Under 2's expereince is key. What we offer: We value our dedicated and hard working staff and offer ongoing support and training, great opportunities, as well as above market rates of pay, holiday allowances and a range of other benefits! The hours are working between 8am -6pm all year round. Main duties and responsibilities of the Room Leader/ Manager: You will be supporting the daily running within the nursery, supporting the room with daily routine, planning training and paperwork. * To assist the nursery managers in the day to day running of the babies unit. * To support the nursery staff and to ensure that they comply at all times with all policies, procedures and standards, including health and safety, hygiene, inclusion and confidentiality. * To lead the planning of safe, creative and appropriate opportunities according to children’s needs and interests to fulfil the requirements of the EYFS. * To develop and maintain good relationships and communication with parents/carers to facilitate meeting the needs of each child, including organising meetings to update and involve parent/carers in their child’s learning. * To help supervise and contribute to performance management of staff according to policies and procedure’s. * Working creatively with children within the EY framework, in order to provide an enabling learning environment for all children. * Ensuring all children have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop. The ideal candidate will: * Must have proven experience of leading /managing within a childcare setting. * Must hold a relevant Early Years qualification equivalent to Level 3 or above. * Experience of working with the Early Years Foundation Stages. * Proven and successful experience of working with children of relevant age in an early learning environment. * Ability to lead the effective planning of learning. * Ability to set, demonstrate and promote good practice in line with the ethos of the Nursery * Experience of having kept written records of children’s achievements including observations. * Excellent communications skills. If you feel like you meet the criteria above, and would like to be considered, then we very much look forward to receiving your application

Location: Poole, Dorset, GB

Posted Date: 7/15/2025