About The Role

Ready to Take the Next Step in Your Early Years Career - Join a Team Where Your Work Shapes Young Lives

Exciting new opportunities have arisen at EKC Group, for Senior Nursery Practitioners to support the Nursery Managers at EKC Folkestone and at EKC Canterbury working in a team in our early years’ nurseries. Please indicate which Nursery you would prefer to work in your application.

As a Senior Nursery Practitioner, you'll play a key leadership role in creating a safe, nurturing and inspiring environment where children can learn, grow and thrive. Working closely with the Nursery Leadership Team, you'll support and motivate colleagues, lead your base room to the highest standards and help deliver outstanding care and education in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage.

You'll combine hands-on practice with leadership responsibilities, overseeing children's learning and development, building strong partnerships with families, supporting safeguarding and contributing to the continuous improvement of the nursery. You'll also have the opportunity to take ownership of specialist areas such as SEND, wellbeing, parent partnership or health and safety, helping to shape the future of our provision.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Early Years professional who is ready to step into a leadership role and make a lasting difference to children, families and colleagues alike.

Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus on our employees.

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About You

We're looking for passionate and experienced Early Years professionals who lead by example and are committed to delivering exceptional care and learning experiences for every child.

You'll hold a recognised Level 3 Early Years qualification and have experience working in a nursery environment, including leading or supervising a team. Confident, organised and approachable, you'll be able to inspire colleagues, build positive relationships with children and families, and create engaging learning opportunities that support every child's individual development.

You'll have a strong understanding of the EYFS, safeguarding and inclusive practice, excellent communication skills and a genuine commitment to continuous improvement. Above all, you'll share our belief that every child deserves the very best start in life.

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If you are interested in an informal chat about the role, or have any queries, please email us on [email protected]

About Us

Outstanding Ofsted Provider

East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our ‘Strong’ skills grading by Ofsted.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles.

As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. These checks include conviction/caution self-declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing.

It is a criminal offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so.

If you are successful in being shortlisted to interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process.

Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

East Kent Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is underrepresentation in our workforce.

We are proud to hold the Positive About Disability Award and are a Disability Confident Employer. This confirms our commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. With any successful candidate, we will explore any reasonable adjustments to a role due to a health needs or disability.

Similarly, we have a commitment to Care Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge) and to current or previous Armed Forces personnel (Armed Forces Covenant Pledge) with a commitment to interview applicants who meet the positions essential criteria and who have declared this on their application.

We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break.

We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in-house recruitment team.

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