The Hammersmith Day Nursery and Preschool 

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Nursery Room Leader

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40 hours per week

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Monday - Friday, All year round

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Salary: £30,056 per annum 

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£1,000 Welcome Bonus

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Tucked just down the drivway of Richford Gate, Off Ricford Street, our nursery enjoys a prime location only moments from Hammersmith Grove with quick, easy access to the District and Piccadilly lines at Goldhawk Road and Hammersmith Broadway stations. Convenient bus links and Westfield Shopping Centre are just a short walk away, making commuting convenient for our families and team. Set on the ground floor of a modern development, the nursery offers inpsiring learning spaces both indoors and outdoors, including a large garden with exciting climbing frames where children can explore and connect with nature. Inside, bright and spacious rooms provide the perfect enviroment for children to learn, grow and thrive - while parents love recieving daily updates and photos capturing their child's day of discovery. 

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We are currently seeking a Room Leader to join our team. This full-time role requires working 40 hours per week, with shifts between 7:30 am and 6:30 pm. The ideal candidate will hold a full and relevant Level 3 qualification. Please note, this is a year-round position, as the nursery operates throughout the year and is not term-time only.

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Why Join Us?

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At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

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• £1,000 Welcome Bonus
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• £400 Qualfiication Recognition Bonus
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• Referral programme: Refer a friend and earn upto £750
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• Employee Childcare Discounts: 75% off nursery fees for our team member’s
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• Annual Leave: Starting at 24 days, plus a paid day off for your birthday and bank holidays 
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• Health and Wellbeing Programme: Confidential employee assistance helpline available 
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• Development: Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your career growth
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• Excellent Transport Links
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As Room Leader, you will:

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• Provide stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development
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• Enhance the all-around daily needs of children, including their physical, intellectual, social and emotional development
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• Assist staff in updating the EyLog system and their child learning journals with the highest quality
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• Promote respect and credibility for this position by leading as a role model with impartiality and consistency
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• Assist with embedding an effective key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments and identify training or development needs for staff
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• Maintain accurate records and accounts relating to children and staff on EyMan system and on file
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• Ensure the safety and wellbeing of every child, staff, parent and visitor at all times
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• Understand and ensure that the requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS are met
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*Duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive, changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added.

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As Room Leader, you will need:

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• Full and relevant Level 3 in Childcare qualification - Essential
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• Over 1 year’s experience working in Early Years - Essential
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• Over 6 months’ experience working in a senior position - Desirable
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• Sound knowledge of Ofsted expectations to achieve a Good or Outstanding rating - Desirable
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• Knowledge of the statutory framework for the EYFS and regulatory requirements - Essential
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• Fluent in written and spoken English - Essential
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We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.

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Hammersmith Day Nursery is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group