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Early Years Practitioner
Professional Services
Directorate of People and Culture
| Salary: |
£22,214 to £23,144
per annum pro rata
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Fixed Term for 12 months. 18 hours per week condensed into 2 days |
| Post Type: |
Part Time |
| Contract Type: |
Fixed Term |
| Closing Date: |
Sunday 19 May 2024 |
| Interview Date: |
To be confirmed
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| Reference: |
HR0165260 |
Directorate
The University of Bradford Nursery has been operating since April 1992 with children attending either on a full-time or part time basis. We support children of students, staff and the local community offering an inclusive and diverse environment which meets the individual needs of all our children. At the University of Bradford Nursery, we ensure that every child can thrive, develop, and build on their existing knowledge and experiences. We embed our values of respect, inclusion, trust and excellence within everything that we do, throughout our continuous provision and within our routines and provocations to learning.
What you will be doing:
- Support with the delivery of the Early Years Statutory Framework through an inclusive curriculum in line with our nursery values of respect, inclusion, trust and excellence.
- Hold responsibility for a key group of children; monitoring, supporting and assessing their individual development through professional knowledge, assessment and observational skills in collaboration with parents/carers, maintaining positive relationships.
- Promote equality and be aware of diversity ensuring that every child and their family experiences a supportive and caring ethos, being committed to and proud of working in an environment which promotes inclusion.
- Deliver a stimulating and attractive environment through a diverse range of resources, equipment, activities, and displays which encourage the children to be independent, self-motivated, and respectful with an eagerness to learn.
- Under the direction of the management team, develop personal and professional skills that support the children’s well-being, learning and development, having full regard to their needs.
Qualifications/ experience:
In Return we Offer:
- 25 days holiday and 13 statutory and customary days (taken at Easter and Christmas).
- Family-friendly policies
- Great campus facilities including:
- Unique fitness centre
- Eye clinic
- Physiotherapy & sports rehabilitation,
- Counselling & mental health services
- On site nursery
- Food & drink outlets
- Generous employer contribution pension schemes - Universities Superannuation Scheme
- Generous benefit schemes
Additional Information:
If you would like to find out more or are interested in applying, please message, email or call Rochelle Smith, Nursery Manager or Emma Marwood, Assistant Nursery Manager on 01274 234866, we would love to hear from you.
We encourage successful applicants who have been invited to interview to inform the panel at their interview if they have joined the DBS update service. This will allow us to undertake a faster check once the original certificate has been obtained, this is subject to a conditional offer of employment.
Further details:
Confronting Inequality : Celebrating Diversity
At the University of Bradford we accept people for who they are regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation or socio-economic background and whether you’re pregnant or on maternity leave.
In line with the University’s commitment to equality charters including Athena Swan, Race Equality Charter, Disability Confident and Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme, we welcome applications from people identifying with these characteristics. The University has a number of staff networks which provide peer support and safe spaces for staff who hold these and other identities.