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Job Title: Nursery Assistant (3)
Academy: Kents Hill Infant Academy
Contract: Casual Contract - 'As and When'
Hours: As and when required
Scale and Point: Scale 3 Point 4-5
Hourly rate: £9.81 (£10.99 including holiday pay) - £10.01 (£11.21 including holiday pay)
Start Date: 10th January 2022
Closing date: Midnight 5th December 2021
Interviews: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Kents Hill Infant Academy are delighted to announce the opening of a Nursery in January 2022. We are looking to appoint friendly, warm and caring Nursery Assistants to establish a Nursery team that provides outstanding nursery provision.
Initially we are looking to employ 3 Nursery Assistants on a casual 'as and when' basis. As the interest in this new Nursery provision is high we expect to offer successful candidates fixed term contracts linked to funding during the spring term once take up numbers are confirmed.
The Nursery assistants will work in partnership with the Nursery manager to support children in line with codes of practice and school policies and procedures.
The nursery will run morning and afternoon sessions, they will be 8:45am-11:45am and 12:15-3:15pm with a lunch club between 11:45-12:15, Monday to Friday and term time only.
We would be delighted to hear from you if you…
- Are seeking a rewarding role.
- Are willing to motivate and help children to grow and develop into independent young people.
- Are committed in assisting and implementing effective planning of the EYFS; carry out assessment techniques and deliver a variety of structured and non-structured activities that will stimulate the children's interests and enhance their learning.
- Have a positive and enthusiastic attitude.
- Are passionate about working as an effective team worker, developing good relationships with other staff, parents and children.
- Have a thorough knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage framework and experience of working with young children within a nursery or school setting.
- Ability to support students with early literacy and numeracy.
- Have excellent communication skills.
- Have good organisational and interpersonal skills.
- Have the ability to work independently on your own initiative and manage own time effectively.
What we can offer you:
· A growing Multi Academy Trust of Primary schools who work closely together for the benefit of everyone.
· The 'Leadership Academy' which delivers high quality professional development to all staff.
· Engaged and enthusiastic pupils who are 'proud to belong' to our school and enjoy learning in a stimulating environment.
If this role is of interest to you and you have demonstrable experience in the majority of the above accountabilities, please apply.
Visits to our school are warmly welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school on 01268 792500 to arrange a visit.
South Essex Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. We follow safer recruitment practice and appointments are subject to satisfactory DBS certification and references. We are an equal opportunities employer. For more information, please visit our website; www.seacademytrust.co.uk.
Information about the School
Our school is happy, friendly and very successful and as of January 1st 2019 we are delighted to be one of a family of schools as part of the South Essex Academy Trust. We aim to provide an exciting, stimulating, safe and secure environment where outstanding learning takes place. We are very much a family school. The ethos of the school is reflected in excellent relationships and in its purposeful and caring atmosphere. Parents, carers, staff and directors all contribute to our success. Our children make excellent progress and the school enjoys very high standards. We firmly believe that “every child matters” and we provide the highest quality learning opportunities for all our children. This includes a broad range of extra curricular activities.