Room Leader

The Room Leaders main role is to effectively manage the room setting standard in their room and key group in the following ways:

• To manage and monitor the implementation of planning, profiles and records in the base room
• To lead in planning and delivering a full range of activities for the children to meet all their areas of need intellectually, physically and emotionally,
• To have their own key group
• To be an excellent model of good practice therefore being an excellent role model for other staff and children
• Leading by example
• To actively support management decisions
• To understand and implement nursery policy and procedure and how these relate to the national standards.
• Planning and implementation of planning.
• Ensuring policy is adhered to and new policies are implemented.

Requirements;

• Room Leader experience or 3 years of nursery experience
• Qualified
• EYFS knowledge
• Keyperson knowledge
• Good organisation
• Shows strong leadership skills
• Positove team working skills
• Shift patterns - preferred 45hr week 8am-6pm/ will consider 40hrs shifts would be 8.30-5.30, 9am-6pm
• Salary - £28,080 based on 45hr week (£12ph) to start review after 6 month probation successfully completed
• Qualification required - level 3 or above

The Room Leader takes joint responsibility for aspects of effective day to day running of the Nursery, specifically:

• Having an understanding and helping ensure that all statutory requirements and local authority requirements are met, to take overall responsibility for the running of the Room and some responsibility for the smooth running of the Nursery
• Supporting the deputy Manager and Manager to help ensure that machinery is in good working order and to take appropriate steps to instruct repair or maintenance of any machinery that requires it, by way of reporting to managers having an overview of the Room all times whilst on duty and the Nursery is in operation and relaying any concerns immediately to the Nursery Manager, acting as and being a suitable person
• Ensuring that the Nursery is left tidy at the end of every day, changing shifts at a moments notice, maintaining a ‘Suitable’ Person on the premises at all times, this may require overtime and staying on the premises during breaks,

The Room Leader is responsible for staff management and teamwork in the Room in following ways:

• To give support to all other personnel within the Room and work as part of a team, particular support being offered to new staff and students,
• Being a strong and positive role model in the implementation of change and development within the Nursery
• Undertake peer observations and provide colleagues with contractive feedback
• Respecting and understanding the need for confidentiality ensuring that timekeeping is always at the highest standard, and ensuring that their own timekeeping sets a positive example pro-active and reactive approaches,leading by example, communication to explain, motivate and instruct,
• Helping coordinate part time self employed staff, EG; specialist teachers monitoring and discussing staff job descriptions with the Manager to ensure that all staff are fulfilling their job descriptions in your room, discussion and instruction, and discussing any areas of concern/change with the Manager,
• managing and directing of temporary staff in the room
• encouraging and supporting staff to consider and undertake personal development if appropriate for their aspirations or the needs of the Nursery,
• supporting and encouraging staff with course work in particular NVQ Level 2 and 3’s attendance at Staff Meetings, parents meetings, open days or any nursery events

The Room Leader shares responsibility with the Managers for having a working knowledge of Local Authority Child Protection procedures and:

• keeping abreast of any changes in the law or Local Authority Procedures,
• informing other members of staff as appropriate,
• arranging staff meetings in relation to training for the above,
• consulting with the Manager in the case of suspected abuse or non accidental injury,
• taking and recording agreed actions in relation to the above,
• recording and reporting suspected abuse and liaising with outside agencies if needed, staff training and awareness,
• Final decisions must always be made in consultation with Nursery Provider,

The Room Leader is responsible for the smooth running of the Nursery by:

• a positive approach to everyday challenges,
• facilitating liaison and effective communication between all members of staff,
• Helping ensure that at all times staff are directed to meeting/child adult ratios,

The Room Leader is responsible for ensuring high quality of educational environment for all the children in the Room by:

• Taking responsibility for ensuring that all children are involved in worthwhile activities in her room in her role as room leader,
• planning, providing and delivering key group activities that develop children to their full potential,
• facilitating Key Groups and maintaining key group records,
• Helping ensure that a variety of activities are planned in advance for everyday/week/month,
• Helping ensure that a full programme of activities are undertaken everyday,
• Helping ensure that the resources are used with care avoiding breakage and waste, having an understanding of equal opportunities and the Nursery’s equal concern policy and being able to share this with other staff and parents/carers, putting the equal concern policy into practice, setting up, being involved in and clearing away any activity including meals and snacks,

The Room Leader is responsible for ensuring the health and safety practices are adopted and adhered to in the Nursery:

• bringing to the attention of the Deputy or Manager any health and safety issues urgently,
• ensuring that equipment is safe and in good order, and immediately removing any equipment that is not,
• ensuring that all equipment meets British safety standards,
• ensuring that safety practices are understood and adhered to by all members of staff in relation to bodily fluids,
• ensuring that accidents involving bodily fluids are dealt with immediately according to policy,
• attending to duties such as cleaning or cooking should the need arise,

The Room Leader is responsible for developing and maintaining positive relationships with parents in the following ways:

• regular informal communications with parents as required,
• co-ordination of and attendance at formal Parents Evenings twice a year,
• encouraging all members of staff to communicate with Parents of their Key Group children on a regular basis,
• encouraging parent participation on Nursery outings, events etc..
• Helping ensure that planning and timetables are displayed for parents, discussing and describing Nursery Policy,
• Helping ensure that all members of staff treat parents with courtesy and understanding, and a high level of professionalism,

The Room Leader shares responsibility with the Managers for Security, specifically:

• maintaining a secure environment whilst the Nursery is occupied at all times, unlocking the premises at the start of the day,
• ensuring at the end of the day that the doors, the side gates and all the windows are secured,
• ensuring that the photocopier is correctly turned off before the premises is locked,
• ensuring that children’s records are secure, that no child is collected by an unknown person as per policy, staff challenge unknown people all visitors are ID checked and sign in as required. 

Staff Benefits;

• Progression opportunities
• Service Bonus
• Attendance and time-keeping bonus
• Refer a friend bonus
• Wellbeing appreciation
• Staff of the Month awards
• Staff of the Year awards
• Dress down days
• Taste card benefit
• Company Pension 
• Inset training days
• CPD online platform