Nursery Nurse; Early Years Educator

Nursery Nurse (Early Years Educator)

Department:
Westwood Nursery

Salary:
Starting from £26,301, rising to £26,615 pro rata

Closing date:
Tuesday 27 October 2026

We currently have opportunities for passionate and ambitious Early Years Educators to join our team to ensure the successful running of the nursery.

Our campus offers a safe environment to enrich the children's development - from woodland walks and trips to see the ducks at our pond, to experiencing the energy within our sports village. We offer a safe, caring and stimulating environment where children can learn and develop to their full potential. Every child at the Nursery is seen as an individual, and we support all needs, abilities and interests.

You will

- play a key role in assisting the team in providing high-quality childcare and education appropriate to the age and stage of development of the children
- work to maintain a safe, secure and caring environment
- be required to complete tasks in line with the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage
- maintain children's records and carry out assessments, ensuring all policies and procedures are adhered to and implemented in the Nursery

A core responsibility is planning and providing safe, appropriate, child-led and adult-initiated experiences, activities and play opportunities indoors, outdoors and in out-of-setting contexts, which enable children to develop and learn. Importantly, you will support the Room Leader acting as a role model in supervising and monitoring Nursery Assistants, casual workers, students and volunteers.

You will:

- be a good team player with sound communication and organisation skills
- have knowledge and understanding of the EYFS curriculum with the ability to support the development of our children
- have relevant qualifications (minimum NVQ Level 3 in Childcare and Education or above)
- be able to work in a team to observe, assess and plan as a key person
- be able to produce written documentation to support the progress of individual children, being sensitive to their needs.

Further information

We welcome applications from candidates wishing to work full-time or part-time hours.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Cara Ratukalou, Nursery Manager, however, please ensure you submit your application through our website.

An Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) clearance will be required for this post.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equity and intersectionality, receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university.

We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, an accredited Disability Confident Leader, an autism-friendly university, and committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

What we can offer you

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us, and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

- Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work/life balance
- Generous employer…