Qualified Early Years Officer/Room Leader

• Salary: Starting from £29,227 (inclusive of LW) or pro rata for Term time
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Working Hours: 37 hours per week Monday to Friday 7.45-4.15pm Term Time only
• Location: Children’s Centres/ Family Hubs
• DBS requirement: Enhanced.
  
  

The closing date for applications is 24th January 2025.

Interviews will be held week commencing 3rd February 2025.

What you’ll be doing:

To lead a team of early years practitioners in an early years setting/nursery based in a Children’s Centre, ensuring delivery of high quality teaching and learning. You will oversee staff in the successful implementation of the daily operations of a room for children aged between 3 months to 8 years, providing full care and education. You will be responsible for supervision and mentoring for early years qualified and unqualifed staff and you will be working as part of a multi agency team.

What you'll have:

You will need experience working with children in an early years environment, understand early years legilsation and safeguarding and have obtained a Level 3 qualification in early years pratice or equivalent.

Our Council:

People are proud to live and work in Slough where diversity is celebrated and where residents can enjoy fulfilling prosperous and healthy lives. Our vision is to make a difference to our communities and our environment. All of our employees, whatever their job, contribute greatly to delivering services to local people - either directly, or by supporting colleagues.

What we offer:

We offer a supportive place to grow and develop your career with a real opportunity for your input to be valued and heard. Ambition and innovation will be required now more than ever and you will join a friendly and collaborative environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Alongside a competitive salary, we provide:

• 26 days annual leave (not including Bank holidays), rising to 30 days between 2 - 5 years’ service and 33 days after 5 years’ service.
• The Local Government Pension Scheme.
  
  

We offer a wider range of great benefits including:

• Our commitment to equality and diversity through a range of employee networks
• Wellbeing initiatives.
• Tax - free childcare and childcare services.
• Season loan ticket - to help with the cost of your rail / bus journey to & from work.
  
  

Interested?

Please complete the below online application form to be considered for the role.

If you have any queries and wish to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact [email protected]

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. If appointed, all posts will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.

Slough Borough Council is an inclusive employer and we encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We select staff on merit and we foster a workforce where people are valued, and represents the local communities that we serve. Slough Borough Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.

We want our application process to be open and accessible. If you wish to make your application in an alternative format, please email [email protected] quoting the job reference - our Accessibility Statement has more information.

How to apply:

Please click on the apply button below to submit your application. We look forward to hearing from you!

We reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive a number of suitable applicants.