Would you like to work in a state-of-art purpose-built Nursery?

University of Staffordshire has their very own exciting and modern, Woodlands Day Nursery and Forest School worth over £4million.

The nursery is located on our Leek Road Campus and is set by our University Nature Reserve, adjacent to woodlands, yet very close to the city centre, with excellent local public transport links and employee on-site parking.

The new facilities is a sustainable place of early years learning with connections to the immediate landscape and nature reserve. Through the provision, children will get the opportunity to experience endless outdoor learning opportunities such as identifying nature, play-based learning, den building and forest art. Learn more about Staffordshire University Woodlands Nursery and Forest School

Learn more about this exciting new facility and roles available by visiting our website: https://www.staffs.ac.uk/about/facilities/nursery

We are looking for a highly motivated practitioner to undertake a Level 3 Apprenticeship in Early Years Education, the successful candidate will seek their own accredited training provider and meet the course requirements and assessments stipulated by the provider. Mentoring and supervisory support will be provided whilst training alongside our established qualified and experienced team.

You will be passionate about caring and educating children and babies, focused on service delivery with the drive and enthusiasm to further develop standards of care and education. You will have a flexible approach, a positive attitude and the ability to build positive constructive working relationships with children, colleagues and parents.

You must be hardworking and display a motivation to develop and extend your knowledge and understanding of the EYFS. You will act as a key person to a key group of children, observing and recording individual children’s progress and suggesting next steps to support their learning and development further you will be guided by qualified practitioners and have responsibility for meeting individual needs.

You must be eligible to enrol on an accredited level three Apprenticeship in Early Years, possessing the drive to continue with professional training and development.

This post is fulltime, fixed term for two years, working 37 hours per week. Hours of work will usually be 7.5 hours per day Monday to Friday between the hours of 7.50am - 6.00pm. (Time will be allowed during these hours to attend college in relation to obtaining the Level 3 qualification as appropriate)

Apply online by enclosing your CV, please note that this role is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies when we are in receipt of sufficient applications, therefore all applicants are advised to submit their CV

Job Type: Apprenticeship

Pay: From £7.55 per hour

Schedule:

Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 10/03/2025Reference ID: COM25-002R

University of Staffordshire

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