Early Years Educator

Position: EYFS Practitioner
Qualification

Required:

Level 3 Early Years qualification or above
Salary: Up to £30,000 per annum
Hours: 40 hours per week, working shifts between 7:30am and 6:00pm

As Room Leader, you will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the Toddler Room, ensuring a safe, stimulating, and nurturing environment where children can learn and develop. You will lead by example, support your team, and work closely with parents to provide the highest standards of care and education.

• Leading and managing the Toddler Room on a daily basis.
• Planning and delivering engaging activities in line with the EYFS framework.
• Monitoring children's progress and maintaining accurate observations and assessments.
• Supporting, mentoring, and motivating team members.
• Building strong relationships with children, families, and colleagues.
• Ensuring safeguarding and health and safety requirements are consistently met.

• Holds a Level 3 Early Years qualification (or above).
• Has previous experience working within a nursery setting.
• Demonstrates a strong understanding of the EYFS framework.
• Possesses excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Is passionate about supporting children's learning and development.

• Competitive salary with annual salary reviews.
• 28 days annual leave, including bank holidays and 5 days at Christmas.
• Additional annual leave entitlement for each year of service.
• Pension scheme.
• Three paid staff training days each year.
• Weekly non-contact time to complete observations and children's learning records.
• Ongoing in-house training and opportunities to gain further qualifications.
• A supportive working environment with opportunities for career progression.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance 'Keeping Children Safe in Education', this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.

We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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