Job Description

JOB OPPORTUNITY AT FAIRFIELD PRESCHOOL AND NURSERY.

Early Years Practitioner. Term Time Only.

We are in search of that very special qualified person to join our outstanding team. With extremely high numbers of children currently seeking a place and enrolling at our setting, we are searching for a dedicated and committed Qualified Early Years Practitioner to join our team.

Location: Fairfield, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a well established team and work closely with the Manager and Owner. Our Preschool has an excellent reputation and we want to maintain the excellent standards that we have already been accredited with when we received the Preschool of the Year at the Nursery World Awards 2025.
You will be someone who demonstrates a mature attitude and who is experienced and focused on delivering excellent standards of care and early years education with a natural ability to work as part of a team.

Essential Requirements

Early years specific qualification.
DBS certificate on the update service or a clean criminal record. (Can be reapplied for)

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate. (Can be updated
)o Paediatric First Aid certificate. (Can be updated)

Safeguarding children certificate. (Can be updated)
oAn ability to demonstrate responsibility and flexibility and use your own initiative

.o Excellent knowledge and understanding of the EYFS.

Excellent knowledge and understanding of learning journeys and observation writing.The Role You must have a warm smiling face that makes every child feel special
. o You must be able to laugh at jokes you do not understand, or you do not find funny

.o You will preferably have a little bit of quirkiness. If a child requests that you be a captain of a pirate ship, you will be the best pirate captain you can be.

You must feel comfortable telling everybody in the same room as you, that you are going to the toilet
.o The ability to sing (in tune is not necessary), however the ability to sing out of tune in front of a crowd is essential.

You must be able to distribute warm hugs as required. You will possess the skills required to rapidly count the heads of numerous moving small people. This is of the utmost importance. You must be comfortable entering public places on the way home from work, with unknown substances on your clothing. You must have a high level of comfort around talking about bodily functions. You must have a strong sense of smell to enable you to respond to said bodily functions
.o You can pretend to eat play dough creations realistically and drink numerous cups of pretend tea.

You must have the ability to read a 10 page fairy tale, upside down, with at least 4 interruptions per page
.o You must be prepared to have lots of fun in the workplace. Laughter is something you can expect to engage in for a large part of your working day.

Finally, you must be prepared to feel loved, special, and important to our many young children and their families.There is simply no other job quite like this one.
HOW TO APPLY If you think you meet our requirements, please apply by sending a covering letter and your CV with a copy of your qualification certificate to: info@fairfieldpreschool.co.uk

Please note: No applications will be considered via Private Message.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: From 12.21 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 24 per week

Benefits:

On-site parking
Experience:

Childcare: 3 years (preferred)
Work Location: In person