Job Description

Key tasks and responsibilities:

Planning

Work with the Line Manager and team to promote the aims and objectives of the nursery, ensuring that the ethos, curriculum and pedagogy is understood and implemented to a high level in the pre-school room and throughout the nursery.

Work with Line Manager and team to develop child centred individual and operational plans to achieve the nursery's outcomes.

Work with the management team to develop and deliver plans that drive the overall success of the nursery by managing staff, programmes and resources effectively.

Delivery

Lead the pre-school room to ensure the best possible outcomes for pre-schoolers on their path to school.

Ensure all children in the nursery have the same life chances, able to meet their own potential and have equality of opportunity in their learning, development and care.

Ensure the efficient and smooth running of the pre-school room to a high standard.

Ensure the continuation of high-quality childcare in the pre-school room and throughout the nursery.

Ensure resources are up to date and relevant to the children's needs and interests role modelling care and respect when handling resources.

Support the team with the early identification and intervention for children with possible special needs/additional needs and give physical, emotional, intellectual guidance as appropriate.

Leading teams

Ensure a flexible approach to leadership and managing this role for the needs of the team, setting and nursery.

Lead people and teams to bring out the best, value contribution, build diversity, raise standards and invite enthusiasm and commitment.

Support all staff to maintain a friendly, professional and supportive working culture.

Support the Nursery Manager to deliver inductions and training required.

Participate in training programmes with a wide variety of students (placements and volunteers) by giving guidance and support.

Engagement

Liaise with parents, professionals and agencies as needed, attending meetings and networking in relation to children or the nursery.

Build strong partnerships with parents and carers for the benefit of their children.

Compliance and quality

Support with the development, implementation and maintenance to monitor and record child development, nursery processes and systems.

Keep up to date with all relevant developments relating to extra support or funding for children with additional support needs, where and how to access this.

Feed into appraisals, target setting and nursery operations with the Operations/Nursery Managers.

Monitoring and evaluation

Support in the development, implementation and maintenance to monitor and record child development, nursery processes and systems.

Develop and maintain records of key children's development and learning journeys, share with parents, carers and other key adults in the child's life.

Finance and funding

Work with key people and senior management to ensure that any allocated funding is spent in the right areas to improve outcomes.

Working for Centre4

Uphold the ethos of Centre4 in all work and be a positive ambassador for the organisation.

Comply and engage with all policy and procedure adopted by the organisation.

Be committed to an inclusive approach to working that values and engages all our community and stakeholders.

Maintain safe and high standards of practice in all work.

Other duties

The above is a non-exhaustive list of duties and you are expected to undertake any other duties as requested by your Line Manager. The organisation reserves the right to amend the job description in line with the changing demands of the business.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 13.00 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

Benefits:

Free flu jabs Free parking Gym membership On-site parking
Work Location: In person