Meir Park Lead Early Years Educator
Job Description
Remarkable Futures Start Here
Nursery: Children 1st Meir Park Nursery, Stoke-on-Trent 2 Lysander Rd, Stoke-on-Trent ST3 7TW
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday, Full Time
Salary: Up to £14.75ph dependent on qualifications and experience
Meir Park's Purpose
To give children healthy foundations in fantastic settings, helping them build the confidence and resilience that will set them up for success later in life.
We are looking for a passionate and ambitious Lead Early Years Educator who will work in partnership with the educator team to ensure the successful running of the nursery.
This nursery is part of Storal, a group of nurseries across England. It is our vision at Storal to be the nursery group that every family and educator wants to be part of. Our values are built around creating this environment for teams and children. We believe in high standards, praising each other, pulling together as a team whilst actively helping others to grow and that’s only the beginning of the story. We do what we say we do and if you align with this approach, then a Storal nursery is the place for you.
About the job:
Encourage a love of learning through high quality teaching under the EYFS framework
Ensure all children are kept safe and have rich stimulating experiences
Build relationships with the team to create an inspiring working environment
Leads, motivates and inspires the educator team
Be the third in command in the nursery after the Nursery Manager and Deputy Manager
Identifying areas of change and implementing
About you:
Level 3 or above qualification within early years
Minimum of 6 months experience as an Early Years Educator (Nursery Nurse/Practitioner) or with children under the age of 5
Knowledge and understanding of the EYFS
Reflecting the Storal values around responsibility, openness and working together
Benefits for You
For you - We get the basics right enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, extra wellness day off (yearly) and you can access your pay before payday with PayCaptain
Family matters - Balance starts at home Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity leave
Health & wellness - Nourishing body & mind Partnerships with Vitality & Peppy; fertility & menopause support, gym discount, free movie tickets
Development - Investing in your future with micro-learning, financial stability tools & the Storal Support Fund
Our community -Growing together Termly inset days, team member app and Storal Awards
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Storal sets the highest of standards when it coming to safeguarding, the welfare of children and creating a work environment that encourages feedback-discussion-resilience. We take our role in the safety of children, our families and our team extremely seriously. As governed by the EYFS, we have a designated safeguarding lead in each setting and all staff (and volunteers) complete a through compliance checks prior to employment including employment references & DBS.