Early Years Educator WCC624428

Salary range: £30,225 - £30,654 pro rata, per annum (actual salary £25,987 - £26,356 per annum). Salary negotiable depending on current salary.

Work location: 215-219 Lisson Grove, London, NW8 8LW
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: Fixed Term until 31 July 2027 (Term Time, 38 weeks per year)
Vetting requirements: Enhanced DBS Check

About Us

As the educational arm of Westminster City Council, Westminster Adult Education Service (WAES) is a world of extraordinary stories. From Childcare & Early Years Education to ESOL, and from Accounting and Digital to the Creative Arts and more, WAES’s courses offer unparalleled opportunities to grow, develop and acquire new skills.

People like Carol work to help everyone in our diverse communities to achieve their potential and transform their lives. Carol left a music industry career back in the 80s, to volunteer in a local nursery. It changed her life. Now she’s managing a team to help create life-changing opportunities for children and families across Westminster and beyond. She’s never looked back. She loves working in, and for the benefit of, her local community. From volunteering to getting a job in a nursery, to studying and becoming a Childcare Development lecturer, to joining Westminster City Council back in 1989, Carol has always seized every chance to keep learning and progressing. And now, she encourages her team to do the same. She puts her heart into enabling people’s development. That’s why Carol and Westminster are so well suited. We’re all about nurturing people too.

Carol’s immensely proud of her team, many of whom joined as learners. They have qualified and progressed. And they’ve achieved an Outstanding Ofsted grading together. She’s also proud that WAES can give opportunities to local people with potential. Just as enthused and ambitious now as she was 35 years ago, there are still goals Carol wants to achieve for her team, for learners, children and families. With Westminster, she’s in exactly the right place to keep doing that.

To find out more about our work visit waes.ac.uk.

About the Role

As an Early Years Educator, you can make your own powerful contribution to people across Westminster. Joining our Childcare Team, you’ll provide high quality care and education to children attending nursery — ensuring their emotional, social and academic needs are met. You’ll work alongside a team of experts, benefitting from their wealth of experience, insights and innovative teaching strategies as you grow your skillset.

Maintaining the highest standards of hygiene and health, you’ll ensure the children in your care are safe, supported and encouraged to develop. Taking into consideration children’s individual needs, prior knowledge and family and cultural backgrounds, you’ll promote parents’ involvement in their children’s learning. Everything you do will put children first — giving them the tools, guidance and skills they need to thrive.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality care and education to children attending nursery.
• Ensure children’s emotional, social, and academic needs are met.
• Maintain the highest standards of hygiene and health to keep children safe.
• Observe, plan, and prepare a curriculum for children within the Early Years Foundation Stage framework (2021).
• Promote parents’ involvement in their children’s learning, considering individual needs, prior knowledge, and family and cultural backgrounds.

Requirements

• NNEB, CACHE, BTEC Level 3, or BA in Childcare in Early Years.
• At least one year of post-qualification experience.
• Ability to observe, plan, and prepare a curriculum for children.
• Comfortable working within the Early Years Foundation Stage framework (2021).

Skills

• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and organisational skills.
• Passion for shaping the future learning and development of children during their most formative years.
• True team player with a collaborative mindset.

Benefits

• Flexible working patterns and Agile working options.
• Disability Confident Employer status — guaranteed interview for candidates with disabilities who meet essential criteria.
• Support for Care Leavers seeking their first job, with automatic interview invitations if essential criteria are met.

Westminster City Council is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging, and is empowered to be their best. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing as part of Our Westminster Way.

Pay

£30,225 - £30,654 pro rata, per annum (actual salary £25,987 - £26,356 per annum). Salary negotiable depending on current salary.

Schedule

• 36 hours per week.
• Fixed Term contract until 31 July 2027 (Term Time, 38 weeks per year).