Kido Greenwich are looking for a Room Leader to join the team. This is your opportunity to join an amazing growing nursery group who champion career growth like no other!

Why choose Kido?

The Room Leader role offers a salary range of £25,000 to £28,000 and is a full time, 40 hours per week position. Take the chance to build a remarkable career in a fast-growing international company. By joining Kido you will get:

• 20 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising year on year to 30 days after 5 years service
• Your birthday off
• 70% off childcare at Kido*
• £500 refer a friend bonus
• Enhanced sick pay
• Annual performance-related pay increases
• Brilliant career progression opportunities
• Company awards, celebrations and team social events
• Access to a healthcare cash plan
• Early access to pay through the Hastee app
• Perkbox discounts and savings on thousands of retailers
• Your wellbeing matters – we provide not just a confidential employee assistance programme but access to our wellness hub
• Cycle to work scheme

The role of Room Leader…

Welcome to the heart of Kido, where passion, ambition, and people are at the core of everything we do! As a Room Leader you’ll be more than just a leader; you’ll be an ambassador for our values, and a gatekeeper for our vibrant culture.

We set the bar high, aiming for nothing less than greatness, and your role will be instrumental in achieving that. You’ll take full ownership of your room, taking learning outcomes and transforming them into inspiring classroom experiences for the children to thrive.

You’ll be a team player ensuring that you and your team meet the unique needs of each child, leading your room team to plan, organise and execute engaging activities that align with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) standards for child learning and development. You’ll ensure the educators in your classroom take ownership of observing and assessing their key children, and you’ll support them in setting goals for each child. But it’s not just about the children - you’ll be a role model for excellence, accountable for your team following standards and driving the growth, development and progression of your team.

You’ll be an integral part of setting the stage for curiosity and exploration, utilising both indoor and outdoor spaces. With a hands-on approach and with great attention to detail, you’ll deliver exceptional experiences throughout the children's learning journeys within our nursery. An ability to effectively communicate with parents, children and colleagues will set you apart and aid us in delivering the best experience possible, especially the parents of your key children.

We believe in celebrating every child's unique journey, and you'll play a key role in assessing and recording their progress and achievements. By aligning to our systems of observation, you'll ensure no milestone goes unnoticed, and every achievement is celebrated.

We take pride in creating a nurturing environment that caters to individual needs, acknowledging the diversity of each child's background, culture, disabilities, and medical history. Your flexibility and dedication, insights and feedback will be valued as we constantly push the boundaries of excellence and reimagine what exceptional early years education really means.

What we’re looking for

For the Nursery Room Leader role, it is essential that you hold a relevant childcare qualification, level 3 minimum. Level 2 qualifications in Maths and English including functional skills are also a must if you obtained your qualification after 2014. If the leadership skills mentioned in the job description above suit you, we invite you to apply today.

About Kido Greenwich

Kido is a place where innovation and imagination unite to create modern Early Years settings. We are international in India, USA and the UK, running 13 (soon to be 14!) Ofsted rated Good and Outstanding nurseries in and around London. We blend the best practices from the Montessori, Reggio Emilia, and Waldorf Steiner approaches. This magical fusion, combined with state-of-the-art learning spaces and 21st-century technology, brings a whole new level of wonder to early years education at Kido.

Our beautiful, custom-built Greenwich nursery is located over two floors in the River Gardens development. Immediately opposite a play park, the nursery features an indoor play area, a podium-level garden and outdoor play area, river views and a continuous riverside walk to Greenwich Park, Cutty Sark and the Maritime Museum. The spacious nursery ensures plenty of room for all activities, with dedicated areas for babies, toddlers and preschoolers, with a 100-space total capacity. As one proud parent recently shared, “Kido Greenwich has been an amazing experience for both myself and my child. Amazing events take place all year round celebrating all different cultures and festivals which parents can join in with…The staff are absolutely amazing, they are hard-working, friendly and are very passionate about what they do. My daughter speaks English as an additional language, since starting at Kido my daughter has come on leaps and bounds with her communication.£

Kido Greenwich is less than a 10 minute walk from Maze Hill station and a 15 minute walk from Greenwich DLR station. The address is: 65 Banning Street, London, SE 10 0YH

What’s next?

If you’re ready to seize the opportunity to join the Kido team and build a future of possibilities for the children at our Greenwich nursery, apply today and we’ll be in touch. You can expect an initial phone call with our recruitment team who will take you through the next stages.

Safer Recruitment

All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected'. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website or see here.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.

*If you are unsure whether you need to disclose criminal information, you should seek legal advice or you may wish to contact Nacro or Unlock for impartial advice. There is more information on filtering and protected offences on the Ministry of Justice website.
Unlock –http://hub.unlock.org.uk/contact/ phone 01634 247350 text 07824 113848

*Kido is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children. Kido will ensure that our recruitment procedures meet the standards set out in our safer recruitment policy (available upon request) and our selection criteria prevents unsuitable people from gaining access to children. As part of our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children in our care successful candidates are expected to undergo pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS and barred lists check.