Early Years Practitioner

Position Title:

Level 3 Early Years Practitioner

Sheffield Students’ Union Nursery is an inclusive, caring and professional team of educators who are passionate about the early years. We are looking for an enthusiastic Level 3 Early Years Practitioner to join our experienced and supportive team. We believe that early year’s education lays the foundations for a lifetime of learning, confidence, and happiness. If you do, then you could be exactly who we’re looking for.

• Creating fun, engaging, and inspiring experiences for children every day
• Supporting children’s development, and wellbeing through play-based learning
• Working closely as part of a caring and collaborative team
• Building positive relationships with children, parents, and colleagues
• Helping to create a safe, nurturing, and exciting environment where every child can thrive
• Building a sense of community and belonging for all our families

This role is advertised as a full time position, however, we are open to discussions around hours and working patterns with the successful candidate and we are also keen to hear from any individuals who would be interested in joining our "Flex" team on a zero hours basis to provide ad hoc cover where required.

You can submit your application by clicking apply, completing our application form outlining and relevant skills, experience and why you are interested in the role. Following the closing date stated on our job adverts, applications will be shortlisted against the criteria outlined in the person specification and job description.

We will contact you by email to let you know whether or not you have been shortlisted to participate in the next stage of the selection process.

If you have any questions about the role, application process or working for Students' Union then please don't hesitate to get touch

• Excellent rate of pay
• 30 days annual leave per year + Bank holidays
• Enhanced sick pay
• In house and external training and CPD opportunities
• To be part of an experienced and supportive team
• Considerate and supportive management
• Cycle to work scheme and cycle hub
• The opportunity to buy annual leave
• Generous workplace pension scheme
• Well being Programme
• Opportunity to purchase an Totum card
• Enhanced Maternity / Paternity and Shared Parental Leave pay

Sheffield Students’ Union is committed to creating a fair and inclusive workforce for all. Some of the actions that we have taken/ are taking to ensure this include:

• Inclusive policies and procedures
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements (where roles allow)
• Inclusive recruitment practices
• Training and development in ED&I
• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion working group and staff network

Location:

The University of Sheffield Students' Union

Contract Type:
Permanent

Salary: £24,852 - £26,649 (based on £23,195 - £24,873, 1

FTE)

Specific

Hours:

37.5hrs per week

Start Date:

September 2026

In-person Interviews/Assessments will be held on Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th August.

At the Students’ Union we recognise the potential benefits of AI during the recruitment process, however we encourage candidates to consider how they use AI to support them, should they choose to do so. The recruitment process is designed for both parties to assess whether the role is a good fit. It is therefore important that candidates are providing personalised applications based on their own knowledge, skills and experiences rather than copying and pasting answers generated by AI tools or relying on automated personalisation.

AI tools can help to structure your thoughts, improve clarity in responses and may help you to do some generic preparation in terms of things like types of interview questions that you may be asked. Over-reliance on AI tools, however, may lead to additional challenges during the recruitment process or being hired into a role that you don’t enjoy and/or feel that you can’t perform your best in.

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