Early Years Assistant Room Manager, Maternity Cover

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We are a beautiful setting in Flax Bourton, recently graded as Ofsted Outstanding! Easily accessible from so many places in Bristol, North Somerset and around. Red Bus has been operating as a company for over 11 years. We continually strive to do things better and we just want Red Bus to be the best place ever for children and the best place for staff to work.

We really value and take care of our staff team and they all work so well together, supporting each other and helping where they can. Our managers are open and listen and do what they can to make working for Red Bus the best experience.

We are very focused on quality but we are also very relaxed and love to have fun.

We are looking for an individual who has a minimum two years post qualifying experience who will have demonstrated great practice and some leadership skills. You are most likely to be in a senior practitioner role or Room Leader role right now.

We have an amazing setting with superb facilities and excellent indoor and outdoor space. We're all about an amazing place for the children.

About the role:

This is a maternity cover position, likely to last 9-12 months.

The role will involve proactively supporting the performance and quality of your area. You will expect high standards of care that will help young children to develop and give parents peace of mind and essential support through their child's journey at Red Bus. Support the Pre-School Room Manager to develop the staff team and value them as individuals.

To support the Manager in Pre-School to lead and manage the staff team in the day to day operations. To proactively develop employees to meet their full potential ensuring they are suitably trained, coached and encouraged to flourish within Red Bus.

To empower a culture of continuous improvement throughout, proactively driving high quality and the practice forward.

To promote everything Red Bus including all Red Bus policies and procedures. Work closely with the Managers in influencing and developing policies, procedures and practice, promoting collective responsibility for their effective implementation to the highest standard.

Ensure the safety, security and well-being of all children, employees and visitors at all times.

What we offer you as an Assistant Manager:

• a child centric approach, we love the children to have as much fun and possible and to learn in the best environments
• a quality and professional environment. We are rated Outstanding with Ofsted and we help our Practitioners train and learn to this standard
• lovely people who work for Red Bus who are very team focused and work together
• a management team who listen and support and who importantly value the work our staff do in these important roles
• amazing environment for you and the children ! Fully resourced, continually changing, very much fun!
• significant learning and development opportunities for you to train and achieve your goals;
• a growing company with many career opportunities
• full time work on a 4.5 day week to give you a half day off
• - up to 25 days holiday + 3 days paid time off over Christmas plus 8 bank holidays = up to 36 days off per year !
• lovely uniform based on what the staff like, multiple options for indoors and outdoors and plenty of it
• easy parking
• company & staff events
• pension
• discounted childcare
• company sick pay

We also pay an extra £1,000 per annum if you hold any of the following : SEND level 3, Forest School approved qualification, or any relevant Early Years qualification above Level 3. Fancy gaining more qualification with us ? We're here to help and support you.