Nursery: Bright Horizons Kings Hill Day Nursery and Preschool
Salary: £24,270 - £30,000 per annum (depending on qualifications/experience)
Location: West Malling, Kent
We are offering a £1,000 welcome bonus for this position *T&Cs apply*
We are looking for a full time, Level 3 qualified Practitioner to join our Bright Horizons Kings Hill Nursery. Ofsted rated Good, the nursery is situated right on the Southern edge of the business park, with our own large car park. The nursery offers seven spacious rooms, each designed with age-appropriate resources and features a fantastic outdoor garden complete with a climbing frame, tricycles, hoops, and more!
What we can offer you
Our benefits include, but are not limited to:
1. Above industry standard salary, with annual salary reviews
2. Discounted childcare of 50% for the first child
3. Up to 33 days holiday per year, with the option to buy additional days
4. Smart Health access, including 24/7 access to Virtual GP appointments, fitness programmes, and mental health support
5. Financial support through early access to wages, low-interest debt consolidation loans, and a wide variety of discounts across high street brands, travel, utilities, and days out
6. Development programme access for every stage of your career, tailored to your individual journey, with opportunities across our network of nurseries
7. Access to our Future Leaders programme, preparing you to step into a Room Leader position
8. Employee Appreciation throughout the year including our annual Awards of Excellence gala
9. Happy to Talk Flexible Working
Why Bright Horizons?
We are driven by our HEART values (Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork). If your values align, you’d be a great fit to join one of our 300 nurseries across the UK. We’ve also been voted a Great Place to Work every year since 2006, achieving Great Place for Wellbeing and Great Place for Women.
Bright Horizons Foundation for Children charity has been established since 2005, supporting the lives of thousands of children and families in crisis, across almost 100 locations. Each Bright Horizons colleague is entitled to a paid volunteer day every year!
What you’ll be doing
1. Plan, create, implement, and reflect on engaging activities, tailored to each of your key children, to encourage their development towards key milestones.
2. Develop and maintain strong parent/carer partnerships
3. Promote and ensure child welfare, protection, health and safety, and safeguarding
4. Work with colleagues to maintain a positive, happy, and safe environment
What we’re looking for
1. Full and Relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification (essential)
2. Previous experience working with children (ideally as a Nursery Nurse, Nursery Practitioner, Early Years Educator, or similar)
3. Passion for making learning fun and engaging for each child
4. Ability to build trust and strong working relationships with both colleagues and parents
5. Ability to use a variety of communication techniques with both children and adults
6. Strong knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding, Child Protection, and the wider legislative requirements for working with children
Bright Horizons are committed to creating inclusive environments where everyone has a sense of belonging and has the opportunity to contribute and thrive in meaningful and impactful ways. We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all backgrounds to apply. We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants. Please note, due to our sector all roles are subject to an Enhanced DBS.
We look forward to receiving your application!
If you experience any problems, please email europe.recruitment@brighthorizons.com and we will be happy to help.
At Bright Horizons, our culture is built on our commitment to Keeping Everyone Safe and providing world-class care and education, delivered by a world-class workforce. We believe our people’s potential is endless and with this in mind, we aspire to create an environment where our colleagues can thrive and accomplish the things they thought impossible.
Bright Horizons has been recognised as a Great Place to Work by our employees and the Great Place to Work Institute for the last 13 years. We care passionately about what we do, and our HEART values and principles help us support one another in the work that we do each day. These are quite literally at the HEART of our organisation’s ethos and culture as it helps us to provide a working environment that supports professionalism, growth, and diversity.
Celebrating the accomplishments of our people is an essential part of our culture. We believe in the power of “thank you” and throughout the year, in ways big and small, formal and informal, we show our appreciation for employees at all levels. We have many ways to acknowledge and celebrate our people, including our very popular “employee appreciation month.” This is a chance for everyone to share their gratitude to one another, across the whole company.
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