40 Hours - Term Time Only

Better Children's Centres are looking for a Nursery Assistant Practitioner to work at Vista Field Children's Centre in Eltham, South East London on a 12 month fixed term contract. We are a 52 place nursery who provide care and education to children from 0 - 5 years.

Our Childrens Centres serve almost 9,400 under 5s and their families aiming to give children equality in their early life chances as well as providing learning and guidance opportunities to help families live more fulfilling lives. High quality care, education and a safe, yet enjoyable environment is of the utmost importance in our Childrens Centres. Your role as a Nursery Assistant Practitioner is to provide a high standard of physical, emotional, social and cognitive care for each child inline with the nursery ethos, vision and philosophy.

You will work as part of a team in order to provide an enabling environment.so your commitment to deliver these will be key to your role. You will be a creative thinker, able to lead and devise fun sessions for children and babies up to 5 years old in everything from song and story times to arts and crafts.

You will have:

• An NVQ Level 2/3 in Child Development or equivalent
• Proven experience of working with Children under 5
• A good knowledge of safeguarding issues and procedures
• An understanding of equality and diversity issues
• Excellent communication skills
• Good writing and computer skills.

In return, we offer a range of benefits that you would expect from the UKs largest leisure provider:

• Pension schemes
• Childcare vouchers
• Ride to work scheme
• Discounted membership at our leisure centres
• The opportunity to join the GLL Society and have a say in how we are run plus associated social events
• Career pathways
• Ongoing training and development

If you have the skills, knowledge and passion for this role, apply now.

All pay rates are subject to skills, experience, qualifications, age and location.

About Us Better Children’s Centres are run by GLL, the UK’s largest leisure provider and one of the first and largest leisure social enterprises. Our aim is to get more people, more active, more of the time whilst making leisure and community facilities accessible and affordable. We partner with local authorities to run leisure centres, swimming pools, libraries, children’s centres, spas, events spaces and world-class sporting venues such as the Copper Box Arena and London Aquatics Centre on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park - all under our Better brand. As a not-for-profit organisation, we’re different. Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects and people and are an Investors in People Silver Award employer.

GLL is an equal opportunities employer.