Level 2/3 Nursery Assistants - SEPTEMBER 2025

Lee Chapel Multi-Academy Trust, Basildon
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Job Ref No. ECC2578-101 Position Type: Early Years Pay Range: Scale 2 Point 3 - Scale 2 Point 4
Position Start Date: 01/09/2025 Contract Type: Full-time/Part-time Contract Term: Permanent
Application Close: 01/06/2025 Midnight Date of Interviews: w/c 09/06/2025  

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Nursery Assistants (Level 2/3 Early Years qualified) - Lee Chapel & Chapel Hill Nurseries (September start)

LEE CHAPEL NURSERY

Hours of work: 8:30 am - 2.50pm - 30 hours per week (20 minute unpaid lunch break), term-time only

Salary: Scale 2 Point 3 - £16,730 per annum to Scale 2 Point 4 - £16,985 per annum

CHAPEL HILL NURSERY

Hours of work: 8:30 am - 2.50pm - 30 hours per week (20 minute unpaid lunch break), term-time only

Salary: Scale 2 Point 3 - £16,730 per annum to Scale 2 Point 4 - £16,985 per annum

OR

Hours of work: 37 hours per week (between the hours of 7.30am and 6.30pm - to be agreed at offer stage and to meet the requirements of the Nursery)

51.1 weeks a year (the Nursery closes for a week between Christmas and New Year)
6.5 weeks paid holiday (including Bank Holidays) per academic year

Salary: Scale 2 Point 3 - £24,239 per annum to Scale 2 Point 4 - £24,609 per annum

Due to expansion, we have exciting opportunities for experienced childcare practitioners to join Lee Chapel and Chapel Hill Nurseries in September (located close to each other in Basildon).

The offer is open to early years practitioners with a Level 2 or 3 early years/childcare qualification with a demonstrable work history of working in a childcare environment. Working with children aged between 3 months and 4 years as part of the nursery teams (2-4 years at Lee Chapel), you will provide safe, high-quality education and provision for the babies and young children in your care. Duties will include acting as a keyworker for a small group of children, providing exceptional care, liaising closely with parents/carers and ensuring each child's needs are recognised and met, teaching children, offering an appropriate level of support and stimulation, helping to set up and tidy away at the end of the session, attending meetings and training courses as appropriate, and undertaking any other reasonable duties as directed by the room lead. The roles at Chapel Hill Nursery will also include supporting at the school's Tea Time Club from 3pm which caters for children in the nursery as well as the school (up to and including Year 5).

Lee Chapel & Chapel Hill Nursery staff provide high-quality care and early education. We are looking for caring, dedicated and enthusiastic individuals who have a passion for working with babies and children and would like to join our fantastic nurseries.

When applying, please clearly state on your application which role you are interested in.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the roles. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Please note that previous applicants need not apply.

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.

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Contact Information

Sue Jackson
The Knares, Basildon
Essex, SS16 5RU
Telephone: 01268 474177
Email: personnel@leechapel.essex.sch.uk

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