Senior Early Years Educator

Nursery: Ickle Pickles Nursery School, 1 School Mews, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8UWHours: Full time, 40 hours, Monday to Friday MAT CoverSalary: Up to £13.75 per hour, depending on experience and qualifications.Welcome Bonus:  £500Remarkable Futures Start HereEarly Years Educators are you ready for a Senior role?You’ll be joining Ickle Pickle Nursery as a key part of every child’s journey, keeping our children safe, loved and inspired through play-based learning.Our nurseries are warm and nurturing environments that not only support children to be ready for school, but also equip them with all the life skills they need to flourish and succeedHow you’ll spend your time hereDay to day, you will deliver care to the children whilst also supervising your team.  You’ll identify areas for improvements whether that relates to learning and teaching techniques or creating more stimulating experiences and environments. You will embrace inclusivity to ensure the individual needs of all those within your room are met.You’ll be responsible for ensuring all record keeping requirements are regularly completed, as well as conducting your team appraisals.  As the Senior Early Years Educator (Nursery Room Leader) you will work in partnership with other Room Leads and the management team to ensure the successful running of the nursery.We’d love to talk to you if you have the followingA Level 3 or above qualification within early yearsProven experience working as an Early Years Educator (Nursery Nurse/Practitioner)Knowledge and understanding of the EYFSExcellent communication skills with both children and adultsReflecting the Storal values around responsibility, openness and working togetherBenefits for YouFor you - We get the basics right enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, extra wellness day off (yearly) and you can access your pay before payday with PayCaptainFamily matters - Balance starts at home Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity leaveHealth & wellness - Nourishing body & mind Partnerships with Vitality & Peppy; fertility & menopause support, gym discount, free movie ticketsDevelopment - Investing in your future with micro-learning, financial stability tools & the Storal Support FundOur community -Growing together Termly inset days, team member app and Storal AwardsNot everything fits in a job advertClick apply today, don’t worry if your CV isn’t perfect just send us what you have and we’ll work out the rest later.Storal sets the highest of standards when it coming to safeguarding, the welfare of children and creating a work environment that encourages feedback-discussion-resilience. We take our role in the safety of children, our families and our team extremely seriously. As governed by the EYFS, we have a designated safeguarding lead in each setting and all staff (and volunteers) complete a through compliance checks prior to employment including employment references & DBS.   SE