Early Years Lead - #1686600

Pre-School Leader - Earlswood, Solihull

Monarch Education is partnering with a friendly nursery school in the Earlswood area of Solihull to find an experienced and passionate Level 4 Qualified Early Years Practitioner to join their team as a Pre-School Leader. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead the daily running of the pre-school rooms, ensuring children receive the highest quality early years education.

The role is full-time, working Monday to Friday (37.5 hours per week), on an ongoing basis, with the potential to become permanent for the right candidate.

What we're looking for:

• A minimum of a Level 4 Qualification in Early Years or Childcare
• Ideally some leadership experience, though not essential
• At least 5 years' experience working in Early Years settings
• Own transport, as the nursery is not accessible via public transport
• Strong organisational and planning skills
• A passion for delivering high-quality early years education

Your main responsibilities:

• Lead the delivery of high-quality education and care for children aged 3 and 4
• Support and develop staff, ensuring their knowledge and skills are current and effective
• Keep up to date with the latest EYFS National Curriculum and best practices
• Plan and facilitate engaging, child-centred activities tailored to individual needs
• Play a key role in recruiting and onboarding new EYFS-qualified staff
• Regularly monitor and evaluate the quality of teaching and learning, implementing improvements where necessary
• Meet regularly with staff and parents to ensure activities meet each child's unique needs
• Provide personal care for children when required, maintaining a nurturing environment

Monarch Education are proud to be a leading recruitment specialist in the Education industry. We are passionate about our people and the services we provide to our candidates. Working with Monarch Education will give you access too:

• Flexible working opportunities
• Affinity Academy - continuous learning and development!
• A Refer a Friend Scheme giving you a bonus of up to £200
• Exclusive vacancies within local Schools and Multi Academy Trusts
• Competitive daily rates

To learn more about us and what makes Monarch one of the leading education recruitment providers nationwide - please visit our website - About Us - Monarch ((url removed))

Monarch Education are committed to providing equal opportunities for all candidates and welcomes applications regardless of sex, race, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, religion and belief pregnancy and maternity or disability as well as adhering to strict Safeguarding procedures.

Affinity Workforce Solutions and Monarch Education are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children and young people and expects all its temporary workers to share these commitments. As this role involves working with children on a daily basis, regulated activity is that any successful applicant's applications will, accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to 2 employment references, an enhanced DBS check and a right to work in the UK check.

This vacancy is based in the United Kingdom. Monarch Education operate in the UK and can only process applications from candidates who are currently UK residents and eligible to work in the UK. Whilst we will endeavour to contact you following your response, due to the high volume of applications we regret that this cannot always be possible. If you have not had notification from us within 30 days please take your application as not being successful this time but we will keep your details on file for future opportunities.

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