Job Description

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Our national award winning team are currently seeking to recruit a team leader to join our team at Evergreen Early Years - Garstang. This is an exciting opportunity to lead and develop our setting.

At Evergreen Early Years, we pride ourselves in our passion for providing a safe, secure, and positive learning environment and working in partnership with families to enable each child to grow, thrive and reach their full potential.

A career at Evergreen

Our team is our greatest strength, and we strive to empower each person to deliver outstanding results every day. Each team member shows an immense amount of dedication, passion, care, and attention and we pride ourselves on our shared commitment and values.

We select our team based on their positive, caring, and passionate nature, alongside their demonstrable expertise in the field. The unique qualities and skills each person brings to our team are valued, and we want them to have a career and job that they are proud of.

We provide a range of training pathways to ensure you stay up-to-date with the latest guidance and best practices for care within our nurseries and offer a wide range of competitive benefits to our dedicated team.

Who we're looking for...

We are looking for a driven, dedicated and experienced team leader, or someone who is ready for career progression. In this role you will be responsible for supporting the manager and the deputy manager in the overall management, leadership, and quality of the nursery. You will create a nurturing and stimulating environment, support the wider team, engage with parents and other leaders, ensure compliance with regulations and drive continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities

? To promote and display the Evergreen Way, maintaining the highest level of professionalism at all times.

? To develop trusting relationships with the parents and families and respond promptly to all queries.

? To create a friendly, welcoming environment for all our team, families and visitors.

? To lead, and be part of an effective team, supporting other's well-being and asking for support in return when you need it.

? To communicate effectively with all members of the Evergreen team, children, families and other professionals.

? To support in the implementation of supervisions, and appraisals with your team. Provide support, guidance and opportunities for all team members to develop their knowledge, skills and practices.

? To assess, monitor and maintain a safe and secure environment for all children, the team families and visitors.

? To be actively involved in the planning, preparation, delivery and evaluation of the Evergreen curriculum.

? To monitor that the daily routines and timetables are being adhered to, and that they meet the needs of the children. To work with the team to make changes needed and implement these consistently.

? To fully understand and adhere to the statutory and guidance requirements of the Early Years Foundation stage (EYFS). To ensure other early years practitioners are doing this too and take prompt action as needed.

? To support the manager and deputy manager to complete and maintain an ambitious, achievable development plan to move the nursery forward and continue to improve.

? To support the induction of new team members following all statutory policies and procedures.

? To understand, adhere to, and implement all Evergreen policies and procedures, and to ensure the full teams are also consistent in doing so.

? To work in a way which encourages equal opportunities for children and adults in the setting and to challenge any discriminatory practice in a positive way.

? To demonstrate effective time keeping, time management and organisational skills.

? To be fully invested in your own professional development, through taking part ininternal and external training, peer observation, supervisions, and appraisals.

We are fully committed to developing our team and supporting career progression. We equally support our teams well-being and ensure that whilst working hard we have lots of fun!

If you feel you are the right person for this exciting opportunity and would like to join our wonderful team, please do get in touch with us.

Responsible to: Nursery Manager

The successful candidate for this position must undergo an enhanced DBS check,

Evergreen Early Years Nursery is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 28,080.00 per year

Benefits:

Company events Company pension Employee discount
Work Location: In person