£22,000 plus £2,000 joining bonus

7 Weeks of paid Holidays

38 hours per week

*Visa sponsorship available** (or £2,000 starting bonus if you do not require a visa)

Les Petites Etoiles and Bilingual Nurseries are private bilingual nurseries located in Paddington( W2), Angel (N1), West Hampstead (NW2), Tufnell Park (N7) and Crouch End (N4)

We are looking for fluent French speakers interested in the early years education sector to join our team.

We have excellent training opportunities, working with our experienced and Outstanding staff team.

Each nursery offers excellent teacher ratios and care. We admit children from the age of 6 months until they are 4 years old.

We provide a morning snack, lunch and afternoon tea which are all balanced, nutritious, and prepared using fully organic ingredients. We are pleased to offer free lunches to our staff as well.

The quality of our nurseries depends on the quality of our staff. We strive for our nurseries to achieve the highest quality and professionalism. Our staff and their well-being are hugely important to us.

Required Qualifications:

You will be required to study for an Early Years qualification recognised by OFSTED in order to learn the EYFS.

Role

The chosen candidate will be a French-speaking key person in either our baby room, our toddler room or our pre-school room.

Working with the room leader you will be a Key Person for children, supervising them in their daily activities, organising and preparing activities and materials.

Assisting with settling in new children following the Settling in Policy and guidelines contained in our Policies.

• Planning for your key children
• Responsibility for recording relevant information in relation to your assigned key children's progress.
• Planning for your key children
• Weekly individual diaries for the parents for their key children (Online system)
• Individual Learning Plans for your key children
• Reports for the parents twice a year and a 2-year-old assessment reports
• Supervising children in their daily activities, organising and preparing art activities for the younger children as appropriate and as may be requested by the Manager.

Qualifications

We can recruit from a wide range of experience.

We are especially interested in candidates with the following qualifications:

CAP Petites Enfance

Diplôme d'Etat d'Auxiliaire de Puériculture

Diplôme d'Etat d'Educateur de Jeunes Enfants

Required Skills:

• Understanding children
• Great people skills including the ability to communicate effectively with parents
• Good level of spoken and written English (AND French if working as a French speaker).
• Competent IT skills (Word, email)
• Confidence to put into practice what you know
• Openness to be told/learn how to improve
• Empathy and patience for children who are not yet speaking, or are struggling to do something
• Great listening skills
• Problem-solving & a positive can-do attitude
• Resilient (strong) yet also caring and great empathy
• Able to take constructive criticism
• Able to be self-reflective to improve constantly

We will provide training and support to help everyone who works in our team, to help them and us constantly improve in quality. Your first week with us will be staff training, and we will also invest in your long-term training.

Safeguarding

Les Petites Etoiles and Bilingual nurseries are dedicated to taking every possible step to ensure the highest levels of child protection and safeguarding.

All references will be thoroughly checked, and we will apply for a DBS update service as well as a DBS equivalent from any country the applicant was in prior to the UK and within the last 5 years.

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.

• Children and young people should never experience abuse of any kind

• We have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all children and young people, to keep them safe and to practise in a way that protects them.