Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Posted on 04/03/2025
At our Murrayfield Nursery in Edinburgh, we are now seeking an experienced Room Leader to support and lead one of our busy rooms. Working a 38 hr week, we are offering a salary up to £30,173 depending on experience, with great benefits being offered too. Our Nursery is on excellent transport links, with buses stopping right outside the nursery.
The Murrayfield Nursery is part of CC Nurseries and is based in Edinburgh. At our busy 90 place nursery, we offer a home-from-home environment, led by our passionate and caring team. Our nursery is filled with hand-picked resources (natural where possible) to encourage self-directed play and discovery. Outside, we have a large, secure outdoor space including a fire pit, fishpond, and outdoor classroom, as well as a separate area for the youngest children to enjoy fun.
CC Nurseries offers enriched working environments and opportunities for further qualifications and career progression.
Requirements
As Head of Room you will:
1. Provide stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments, and resources to children that are appropriate to their age and stage of development.
2. Enhance the all-around daily needs of children, including their physical, intellectual, social, and emotional development.
3. Promote respect and credibility for this position by leading as a role model with impartiality and consistency.
4. Assist with embedding an effective key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments and identify training or development needs for staff.
5. Ensure the safety and wellbeing of every child, staff, parent, and visitor always.
6. Understand and ensure that the requirements of the Curriculum for Excellence are met.
You will need to have a Level 3 / SCQF 7 Early Years Qualification, a minimum of 3 years working in a Nursery Setting, and 1 year’s experience in a leadership role.
Benefits include:
1. 30 days Annual Leave, inclusive of Bank Holidays and Christmas Closure.
2. Employment Assistance Programme.
3. Sovereign Healthcare Programme (join after 3 months of employment).
4. Paid Training - £10 paid to you for every non-mandatory training course completed and passed on Noodle and Azilo.
5. High street Discounts.
6. Star of the moment awards – be recognised in the moment.
7. Enhanced discounted childcare, minimum of a 60% discount for nursery employees.
8. Annual awards ceremony.
9. Flexibility to work around your life commitments.
10. Recognition and rewards to say thank you for a job well done.
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