Nursery Practitioner

Pilrig Children’s Nursery; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job description

Salary: Attractive pay rates + extensive benefits, including great training

Contract Type: Permanent

Position Type: Full Time

Hours: 35 hours per week

Job Overview

We are looking for qualified Nursery Practitioners (Level 3) for our well-established family-run nursery in Pilrig, Edinburgh.

We’re rated 9.8 out of 10 by parents on daynurseries.co.uk with most recent reviews saying things like “We have been so happy with our daughter's experience at Pilrig Children's nursery. It's such a warm and welcoming environment, and all the staff are really friendly and knowledgeable” and “Lovely staff, so kind and helpful, had an amazing experience with the nursery!”.

We are dedicated to creating a safe, nurturing and stimulating environment where we bring out the best in our children to create a much stronger and confident child ready to face the world. Our spacious and sunny playrooms open out on to a large garden enabling smooth free-flow indoors and outdoors play for children of all ages.

Responsibilities

As Nursery Practitioner, you’ll contribute to room planning which will include:

1. Setting up the room for the day ahead
2. Preparing creative and learning activities for the children
3. Interacting effectively with children
4. Liaising professionally with parents and colleagues
5. Supervising indoor and outdoor play activities
6. Supervising snack and meal times

Qualifications

If you’re an experienced Nursery Practitioner with an SVQ/HNC in childcare or a BA degree qualification in early years education, this is a great opportunity to develop yourself professionally in an environment that nurtures staff including a thorough induction programme and ongoing training.

Benefits

In return, you can expect an industry-leading salary, plus excellent benefits including:

• Disclosure Scotland applications and renewals paid for by us
• Unlimited development and training opportunities provided and paid for by us
• Discounted childcare
• Continuous 1-1 support and supervision sessions
• Company pension
• 4 day working week
• Tea, coffee and biscuits provided for break times