Are you looking for a nursery where teamwork truly matters? A place where everyone supports each other, where qualified professionals work together to provide the very best care for children?
At Orchard Lea Nursery & Preschool, we believe that great nurseries are built by great teams. If you are passionate about childcare and want to work in a friendly, supportive, and inspiring environment, we would love to hear from you.
We are a family-run childcare provider with two well-established nurseries in the Bristol area:
- Kingswood (BS15)
- Keynsham (BS31)
Our settings care for children aged 6 months to school age, offering fantastic indoor and outdoor learning environments where children can thrive.
Most importantly, we are passionate about giving every child the best possible start in life — and that starts with having the right people in our team.
Our staff are at the heart of everything we do. We pride ourselves on building a positive, supportive working environment where everyone feels valued and respected.
At Orchard Lea you’ll be part of a dedicated team of early years professionals who share a passion for delivering outstanding childcare while supporting one another every day.
The Role – Room Senior
Are you based in Kingswood or the surrounding area, looking for a role to progress your career? We are looking for an enthusiastic and friendly person to join Orchard Lea Nursery in Kingswood (BS15) as a Room Senior initially supporting our pre-school room on a full time basis (minimum 4 days per week)
The Room Senior will support the Room Lead and team in the following way:
- Providing consistent support in the Room to the Room Lead and team and stepping up to Room Lead when required (when Room Lead is absent from the Nursery)
- Safeguarding children, maintaining a safe and secure environment
- Training new staff, getting to know routines and what is expect of new team members
- Daily tasks and assisting with delegating tasks when required to ensure jobs are done and room is set up accordingly, supporting staff to achieve this
- Sharing ideas and solution to problems along with Room Lead
- Helping to organise and running room meetings, input ideas for discussion
- Lead by example, role model to team
- Support the team and situations that arise on a day to day basis, help to problem solve and escalate accordingly
- Experience supporting pre-school desirable
(this list is not exhaustive)
General requirements:
- To be a professional and pro-active team member
- Strong organisation and communication skills
- Support personal development in children working within the EYFS
- Work alongside Room Lead to develop and support team members
- Contribute to the planning and activities for the children
- Maintain accurate records of learning and observations and complete required paperwork to required standards
- Support and develop your own group of key children
- Always ensure the safety and wellbeing of children
- Build relationships with parents, carers and colleagues
- Level 3 qualified or above (will consider those who are Level 2 qualified)
Hours
Full time, minimum 4 days per week on the shift pattern of 07:30am-17:30pm OR 08:00am-18:00pm. Shifts change on a monthly basis.
Staff Benefits
- Joining a busy and friendly staff team where your contribution is recognised with every day being different.
- Recruitment bonus – up to £1,500 recruitment bonus after successful completion of probation
- Love to Shop Vouchers up to £100 after your first complete month to help with the transition of moving into a new place of work and/or role
- Flexible working – we are happy to support a range of part time working patterns for those seeking that work/life balance
- Generous holiday entitlement that increases with length of service up to 7 weeks annual leave per year (including bank holidays)
- Paid overtime and travel should you visit the other nursery
- DBS application paid for by the nursery
- Main staff uniform provided and a uniform allowance paid twice a year
- Great Staff facilities to rest and relax during your break time
- ·Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provided by Health Assured:- For ongoing support when needed, whatever the reason, a confidential service, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
- Discounted childcare - 30% staff discount when child attends setting
- Time Off in Lieu of out of hours training. (TOIL can be banked to be used throughout the year)
- Pension scheme
- Team building and social events throughout the year
- Nursery closed between Christmas and New Year (and all bank holidays)
Please visit our website for more details www.orchardleachildcare.co.uk/careers
If you have any questions please feel free to email to [email protected] or call us on 0117 9353863. We are happy to show you around if you would like to visit the setting.
We look forward to receiving your application.
Pay: Up to £29,744.00 per year
Work Location: In person
