Level 3 Early Years Practitioner
Banana Moon Day Nursery St Albans£13.00–£14.50 per hourFull-Time | Permanent
Come and join our team at Banana Moon St Albans
Are you passionate about Early Years and looking for a nursery where you can feel valued, supported and enjoy coming to work?
Banana Moon St Albans is a thriving, friendly and welcoming nursery, and we are looking for an enthusiastic, energetic and motivated Level 3 Early Years Practitioner / Room Leader to join our team.
At Banana Moon, we believe in encouraging children to be children. We want our children to feel happy, safe and confident while learning through fun, exploration and meaningful play.
You’ll be joining a dedicated and supportive team within a caring, family-friendly nursery environment where children, families and staff are at the heart of everything we do.
What We Offer
As part of the Banana Moon St Albans team, you’ll benefit from:
- £13.00–£14.50 per hour, depending on experience and responsibilities
- Free uniform
- Free meals, freshly cooked onsite
- Funded training and professional development
- Staff recognition and awards
- Career progression opportunities
- Discounted childcare
- A friendly and supportive working environment
- Opportunities to develop your Early Years career within an established nursery
The Role
As a Level 3 Early Years Practitioner, you will play an important role in providing high-quality education and care and creating an environment where every child has the opportunity to flourish.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Providing a safe, nurturing, stimulating and welcoming environment for children.
- Planning and delivering fun and engaging learning experiences in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
- Supporting children’s individual learning, development and emotional wellbeing.
- Acting as a key person and building strong, positive relationships with children and their families.
- Observing and assessing children’s development and using your knowledge to support their individual next steps.
- Encouraging children’s confidence, independence, curiosity and communication.
- Recognising and responding appropriately to children’s individual needs.
- Working in partnership with parents and carers.
- Maintaining excellent standards of safeguarding, health and safety, hygiene and welfare.
- Working collaboratively with colleagues and contributing positively to the nursery team.
- Following Banana Moon policies and procedures and all relevant statutory requirements.
- Helping maintain consistently high standards throughout the nursery.
Ready to Step Up to Room Leader?
We are also keen to hear from experienced practitioners who are ready to take the next step in their Early Years career, as well as candidates who already have Room Leader experience.
As a Room Leader, you will have additional responsibility for:
- Leading, motivating and supporting your room team.
- Taking responsibility for the effective day-to-day running of your room.
- Modelling excellent Early Years practice.
- Supporting and developing practitioners within your team.
- Maintaining high-quality interactions, observations, assessments and provision.
- Ensuring excellent safeguarding and welfare standards within your room.
- Working closely with the nursery management team to continually develop practice.
About You
We’re looking for someone who is:
- Warm, caring and genuinely passionate about working with children.
- Enthusiastic, energetic and positive.
- Creative and able to make children’s learning fun.
- Reliable, organised and professional.
- A positive team player.
- Confident communicating with parents and colleagues.
- Committed to safeguarding and promoting children’s welfare.
- Keen to learn, develop and progress within Early Years.
Essential Requirements
Applicants must have:
- A full and relevant Level 3 Early Years/Childcare qualification.
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience working within an Early Years or childcare setting.
- Good working knowledge of the EYFS.
- A strong understanding of safeguarding and child protection.
- Good communication and teamwork skills.
- The ability to meet the suitability requirements for working with children.
A current 12-hour Paediatric First Aid certificate is desirable. Training can be provided or discussed where appropriate.
Previous leadership experience would be advantageous for applicants interested in the Room Leader position.
Pay
£13.00–£14.50 per hour, depending on qualifications, experience and level of responsibility.
The upper end of the range reflects relevant experience and additional Room Leader responsibilities.
Safeguarding & Safer Recruitment
Banana Moon Day Nursery St Albans is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All employees are expected to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows safer recruitment principles. The successful applicant will be subject to appropriate pre-employment checks, including verification of identity and qualifications, employment history and references, an Enhanced DBS check and children’s barred list check where legally required, and any other relevant suitability checks.
Any offer of employment will be conditional upon satisfactory completion of the required pre-employment checks.
Sound Like You?
If you’re an experienced Level 3 Practitioner looking for a fresh opportunity – or you’re ready to take that next step into a Room Leader role – we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today and come and be part of the Banana Moon St Albans team.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £12.80-£14.40 per hour
Benefits:
- Company events
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Ability to commute/relocate:
- St Albans AL3 6PQ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- Do you have a Level 3 qualification in childcare?
Experience:
- childcare: 2 years (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (preferred)
Work Location: In person
