Childcare Deputy Leader - Kent

Childcare Deputy Leaders - Level 2/3 qualified​ - Breakfast and After School Clubs

After School Club only Deputy Leader at St Vincent’s

2.45pm – 6pm Monday to Friday, term time only

Breakfast Club and After School Club Deputy Leader at Harris Academy Beckenham

Breakfast Club 7am – 9am, After School Club 2.45pm – 6pm Monday to Friday, term time only

Location: St Vincent’s (After School Club only) or Harris Academy Primary – Beckenham

Job Type: Part time - Permanent opportunities available

Salary (Permanent): £3,446.60 (plus holiday pay) which is, £9.07 per hour, plus holiday pay (10 hours per week - Breakfast Clubs) and £5,242.57 (plus holiday pay) which is £8.49 per hour, plus holiday pay  (16.25 hours per week – After School Clubs) – paid over 12 months

Working Pattern: Monday to Friday (inclusive) Term Time Only (38 weeks per year)

Working Hours: Total 26.25 hours per week - 10 hours per week (Breakfast Club – 7am to 9am) and 16.25 hours per week (After School Club – 2.45pm to 6pm) – flexible shifts available

Special conditions: Suitable candidates will be required to do both the breakfast and after school club hours.

Do you have a creative mind and enjoy the flexibility term time only working gives? Are you a caring person with experience working with children and day to day management? Would you thrive at using your creative ability to enhance children’s learning through play and leisure activities? Do you want to leave work with a smile on your face?

Do you want access to great benefits such as training, free gym and golf access for yourself and partner plus retail discounts, to name but a few? Do you want to be part of an award winning Childcare Team who won our internal ‘Be More Hero’ award? If so, we need you! 

You will also need to have a Level 2/3 relevant qualification, a Level 3/DSO Child Protection qualification, have line management experience and also hold a Food Hygiene Certificate.

The Role:

Due to our recent growth we have a number of exciting Childcare Deputy Leader roles in our Childcare team to support us in our Breakfast School Clubs working 7:00am to 9:00am and After School Clubs working 2:45pm to 6:00pm:

If you have experience working in childcare as well as day to day management we have a number of permanent available roles throughout our childcare facilities in and around the Bromley area. We will aim to offer positions as close to the successful applicants home address as possible, based in the following locations:

• Unicorn Primary School, Beckenham
• Harris Academy Primary – Beckenham

As well as deputising for the Childcare Leader in their absence, the role of Deputy will see you make sure the day-to-day operational efficiency of the team is of the highest quality and fully compliant with the relevant rules and regulations. You'll also at times take on specific responsibilities relating the specialist age group you are working with, and have knowledge of child development, OFSTED and Safeguarding. Qualified in childcare to at least Level 2 standard or equivalent, you already have experience of working in an environment where children learn play and enjoy leisure activities.

What's more, as well as your love for looking after and entertaining children aged between 4 and 11 years old, you recognise the importance of the smooth running of a child friendly environment is. A great team player, you're friendly and approachable, unflappable and willing to work both the Breakfast and After School Clubs hours.

About Us:

Mytime Active is an award winning social enterprise, with aspirations to make sure everybody in the communities we serve “Get more out of life”. We have an ambitious strategy underway to transform us from a local authority facilities management company to a leader in community wellbeing and require the best talent to achieve this. Mytime Active runs lifestyle preventative health services across the UK, whilst our leisure centres in the London Borough of Bromley offer swimming, gym facilities, ten pin bowling and much more. With 16 great courses located in London, the Midlands and South Coast, we are also the second largest pay and play golf operator in the UK.

Benefits

In return you get to work for a great company with like minded people with a competitive salary and benefits package including:

• Up to 22 days holiday – depending on working hours and contract
• Free Leisure and Golf membership for you and one other;
• 20% off food and beverage at Mytime Active sites and free hot drinks (whilst on duty);
• Stakeholder pension;
• Exceptional achievement award scheme;
• Employee discount and salary sacrifice schemes such as Childcare vouchers and Cycle to Work Scheme
• Discount scheme for employees who work in Mytime Active Breakfast and After School Clubs, whose children attend these clubs.

How to Apply and Application Process

If you feel you have the right skills and you would like to be part of an award winning Social Enterprise and childcare team then we would like to meet you.

*All offers of employment are conditional upon you signing the contract of employment and the following being secured:

• Satisfactory health clearance;
• Two satisfactory references;
• Proof of attainment of qualifications;
• Evidence of your right to work in the United Kingdom; and
• If applicable, satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Mytime Active reserve the right to remove the advert for this role as required.

*Please note we will give preferential consideration to internal employees that are to be re-deployed providing they meet the criteria.

Diversity at Mytime Active

*Mytime Active applies its Equal Opportunities Policy at all stages of recruitment and selection.  Shortlisting, interviewing and selection is carried out without regard to gender, sexual orientation, marital status, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, age or trade union membership.  Those with disabilities meeting the minimum requirements for the post will be shortlisted and reasonable adjustments will be made to ensure they are not disadvantaged during the interview process.

DUE TO A HIGH VOLUME OF APPLICATIONS IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM US BY 30th JANUARY 2018, PLEASE ASSUME YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN YOUR APPLICATION.