Job Description

Nursery Assistant (Level 2 or 3 Early Years qualified) - Chapel Hill Nursery (part of Chapel Hill Primary School & Nursery)

Hours of work: 37 hours per week (the nursery will be open between 7am and 6.30pm), 51 weeks a year (6.5 weeks paid holiday)

Salary: Scale 2 Point 3 £22,958 (£1,913 per month before deductions) to Scale 2 Point 4 £23,328 (£1,944 per month before deductions)

Chapel Hill has an exciting opportunity for childcare practitioners to join our brand-new nursery. The offer is open to experienced practitioners with a Level 2 or 3 early years/childcare qualification . Working with children aged from 3 months to 4 years as part of the nursery team, you will provide safe, high-quality education and care for babies and young children. Duties will include acting as a keyworker for a small group of children, providing exceptional care, liaising closely with parents/carers and ensuring each child's needs are recognised and met, teaching children, offering an appropriate level of support and stimulation, helping to set up and tidy away at the end of the session, attending meetings and training courses as appropriate, and undertaking any other reasonable duties as directed by the room lead.

As the 'sister' school of Lee Chapel, one of Basildon's 'Outstanding' Primary and Nursery Schools, Chapel Hill Nursery staff will provide high quality care and early education. We are looking for caring, dedicated and enthusiastic applicants, who have a passion for working with babies and children and would like to join our new nursery for our September 2024 opening.