Room Leader & Third In Charge - Elephant Park

Kido is a place where innovation and imagination unite to create modern Early Years settings. We're looking for a Room Leader & Third In Charge to join our team at Kido location: Kido Elephant Park - 3 Bodley Wy, London SE17 1FN
We are international, operating in India, USA and the UK. In the UK all our nurseries are Ofsted rated Good and Outstanding and are based in London and Windsor. We're still growing with 1-2 new nurseries opening each year! At Kido, we blend the best practices from the Montessori, Reggio Emilia, and Waldorf Steiner approaches and have a unique curriculum for children aged 3 months to 5 years. We believe that a combination of free and structured play, an engaging and interactive learning environment, and an abundance of love, care and attention provide the most solid foundation for children in their early years. Find out more about each of our nurseries by visiting https://kidoschools.com/uk/our-nurseries-london/ What we offer The Room Leader & Third in Charge role offers a salary range of up to £31,000 for full time, 40 hours per week. By joining Kido you will get:
20 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising year on year to 30 days after 5 years service Your birthday off 70% off childcare at Kido (subject to available spaces) £500 refer a friend bonus Enhanced sick pay Annual performance-related pay increases Brilliant career progression opportunities Company awards, celebrations and team social events Access to a healthcare cash plan Early access to pay through the Hastee app Perkbox discounts and savings on thousands of retailers Your wellbeing matters – we provide a confidential employee assistance programme and access to our wellness hub Cycle to work scheme We encourage our team to be the best they can be. As a growing nursery group we can prioritise your development so that you'll be ready for other positions as they arise throughout the company!
What the Room Leader & Third in Charge role entails: As Room Leader & Third in Charge you will be responsible for ensuring that Kïdo are always providing the highest quality of care and education and the children have a safe and secure learning environment. You'll work continuously to make sure that you and your team recognise and deliver the needs for every student.
As a Room Leader & Third in Charge you'll share responsibility for planning, organising and delivering the activities and learning experiences for the children in your room. You'll create an anti-discriminatory and inclusive environment that supports the team to facilitate the development of children and enable them to reach their full potential. You'll take responsibility for working together and translating learning outcomes into daily classroom practice for you and your team.
You'll work very closely with the managers in the nursery to ensure that Kïdo are delivering the absolute best that they can and to give recommendations about how they can improve their offerings and to always push the boundaries of excellence.
What will you do? Working at Kïdo means joining a people centric, ambitious company with extremely high standards, who are committed to making a difference to our families every day.
As Room Leader and Third in Charge you'll be an ambassador for our values and a gate keeper for our great culture. You will take overall ownership for your room and have accountability for the following:
Team Leadership – Build a fantastic team within your room and forge relationships within the wider nursery setting. Role model behaviour and drive management, development and progression for your team. Planning – Plan collaboratively with the entire classroom team of educators for children's learning and development. Support children's learning outcomes in the context of a coherent nursery-wide curriculum. Teaching – All educators are active participants of the teaching process; room leaders should execute the general plan of monthly/weekly/daily goals and lead and supervise planned activities for all subject areas. Assessment – Responsible for ensuring that all educators in the classroom are taking ownership for the observation/assessment of their key children. Findings are shared within the team and as a room leader you will set the goals for the children. Key Person – As a named member of staff with responsibilities for a small group of children, you will help those children feel safe, nurtured and cared for. Curriculum – Work with Kïdo to deliver the best and most up to date curriculum for our children Relationships – You will encourage open lines of feedback and communication between colleagues, parents and children. You'll create meaningful relationships within your team and with parents to provide the best service for our families. What's next? If you're ready to seize the opportunity to join the Kido team and build a fulfilling career apply today and we'll be in touch. You can expect an initial phone call with one of our Talent Partners who will take you through the next stages.
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Safer Recruitment All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected'. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.

*If you are unsure whether you need to disclose criminal information, you should seek legal advice or you may wish to contact Nacro or Unlock for impartial advice. There is more information on filtering and protected offences on the Ministry of Justice website.
*Kido is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children. Kido will ensure that our recruitment procedures meet the standards set out in our safer recruitment policy (available upon request) and our selection criteria prevents unsuitable people from gaining access to children. As part of our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children in our care successful candidates are expected to undergo pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS and barred lists check.

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