Room Leader

We are looking for a qualified and experienced Room Leader to join the ECCC family to help lead our Sunshine room with 2-3year olds! This role is 37.5 hours per week with a 1.30pm finish on Fridays. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups and those which reflect our local community.

We are an independent charity in the heart of Easton committed to quality, child-centred early education. Our children love the centre for its huge garden which inspires risky and messy play of all kinds. Attached to our excellent outdoor provision we have a studio offering woodwork, clay and other medias as well as an allotment, and are in the process of implementing a forest school program commencing in the new year.

Collaboratively with our current 2-3s Senior Senior Room Lead, you will encourage and motivate a team of staff, drawing on their skills and interests to maintain the best possible learning opportunities and environments available to our children.

Anti-racist practice and trauma informed approaches are at the heart of everything we do, from our curriculum and learning environment all the way through to our policies, leadership approaches and staff wellbeing commitments. We are proud of the role we play as educators in our community and are dedicated to developing quality practice and thinking about the ‘bigger picture’. Room Leaders have a huge influence on ECCC’s policy and practice.

All leaders have opportunities to develop their own knowledge and skills in all aspects of early education through regular training (in house and externally) as well as attending 6-weekly supervisions. We want to know what inspires your passion in Early Years and do what we can to keep that fire burning- if there is a particular area of practice you’d be interested in taking a lead in we want to hear from you!

Apply now via indeed, or get in touch to find out more.

Working at ECCC you can benefit from…

• 7+ weeks annual leave (guaranteed 2 weeks at Christmas)
• Health cash plan
• Regular supervisions to support your well-being
• Free tasty meals and snacks from our in-house chef
• Anniversary pay bonus
• Employee discount
• Time off in lieu for meetings and training
• Generous company pension scheme
• Enhanced sick & maternity pay
• Paid carers leave
• Free on-site parking
• Free uniform
• Flu jab
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Bright HR Discounts

Some things to know about ECCC:

• Our Centre was established in 1985 and moved to its current location in 1999. We are an independent charity who is able to react quickly to changes and adapt our approaches to best suit children, family and staff needs.
• Our vision is to provide ‘a sense of belonging not just fitting in’. We explore ‘mirrors’ representing ourselves and ‘windows’ into other cultures through food, stories and lively events.
• We fully embrace diversity and the different perspectives, interests and strengths that make everyone unique.
• We comprise of Bumblebees and Butterflies (6mths-2yrs), Sunshine (2-3 yrs) and Rainbow (Preschool). We have three gardens including one large outdoor space, plus a community allotment plot.

Easton Community Children’s Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Minimum requirements:

· Approved Level 3 EY Qualification or above

· At least one years’ UK Early Years experience

· At least one years’ experience of managing other staff members

ECCC is committed to Safeguarding and inclusive & anti-discriminatory practice as a service provider & employee.