Job Description

Les Petites Etoiles - Angel

Deputy Manager and/or Room leader (Preschool and toddler rooms)

Salary: 28,900-32,085 (Room leader only - depending on experience and qualification) Up to 34,155 (Deputy Manager room based)

Hours: 38 hours per week

Holiday: 7 weeks of paid holiday

We are already rated Good with Outstanding features, and we are aiming higher. This position could be suitable for an experienced practitioner or even a former manager who would prefer to be classroom-based.


Les Petites Etoiles Angel is a private bilingual nursery with 26 children from 1,5 to 4 years old. The Nursery offers excellent teacher ratios and care.


We provide a morning snack, lunch and afternoon tea which are all balanced, nutritious, and prepared using fully organic ingredients. We are pleased to offer free lunches to our staff as well.


The quality of our nurseries depends on the quality of our staff. We strive for our nurseries to achieve the highest quality and professionalism. Our staff and their well-being are hugely important to us.


Our staff and their well-being are hugely important to us.

Who are we looking for

We are looking for experienced room leaders or deputy managers with Montessori diploma to work in our preschool room (2 to 4 years old) and support the Nursery Manager.

Required Qualifications:

Minimum Level 3 - UK qualifications


Montessori diploma is mandatory

Required Experience:

Minimum 1-year experience as a room leader.

Required Skills:

Leadership skills Thorough knowledge of the EYFS Relationship with staff Effective communication with parents Modelling best practice Good level of spoken and written English. This is an absolutely required skill. With good spoken and written English, we are able to give you the responsibility to write reports, ILPs and talk to parents. Our nurseries specialise in language skills, and ability here is an absolute "must". All applicants will have a written English test. Competent IT skills (Word, simple Excel)

What we offer you (Our benefits):

Sick pay High-quality training, including 8 paid inset days per year. During the year we invite some of the UK's best trainers to deliver training to the team, and we are keen to pay for longer courses our staff are interested in. Termly prizes Trip after 10 years Events Help for bike purchase Well-being program Free independent counselling service Free lunches (our food is homemade, organic and delicious!)

Safeguarding

Children and young people should never experience abuse of any kind We have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all children and young people, to keep them safe and to practise in a way that protects them.

All references will be thoroughly checked, and we will apply for a DBS update service and a DBS equivalent from any country the applicant was in prior to the UK and within the last 5 years.

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.