Job Ref No. ECC2578-105S Position Type: Early Years Pay Range: Scale 3 Point 6
Position Start Date: 01/09/2025 Contract Type: Full-time/Part-time Contract Term: Permanent
Application Close: 03/08/2025 Midnight Date of Interviews: w/c 11/08/25  

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Nursery Room Lead (at least Level 3 Early Years qualified) - Chapel Hill Nursery, Basildon SS16 5NQ

Hours of work: 8:30 am - 2.50pm - 30 hours per week (20 minute unpaid lunch break), term-time only

Salary: Scale 3 Point 6 - £17,512 per year (£1,459 a month before deductions)

OR

Hours of work: 8:30 am - 4:15pm (4:10pm on Fridays) - 37 hours per week (20 minute unpaid lunch break), 51.1 weeks a year (6.5 weeks holiday, including Bank Holidays, to be taken during term-time)

Salary: Scale 3 Point 6 - £25,372 per year (£2,114 a month before deductions)

Due to expansion, we have an exciting opportunity for experienced Room Lead to join Chapel Hill Nursery.

The offer is open to experienced practitioners with at least a Level 3 early years/childcare qualification. Leading the Rising 3s room, you will provide safe, high-quality education and provision for the young children in your care. Duties will include leading a team of staff, planning activities, 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 Nursery Manager/Headteacher.

Chapel Hill Nursery staff provide exceptional high-quality care and early education. We are looking for a caring, dedicated and enthusiastic individual, who has a passion for working with children and would like to join our fantastic nursery.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for these roles. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. Please note that previous applicants need not apply.

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.

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Sue Jackson
The Knares, Basildon
Essex, SS16 5RU
Telephone: 01268 474177
Email: personnel@leechapel.essex.sch.uk

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