Our nursery in Sharnbrook is situated in the Colworth Science Park. The nursery has fantastic outdoor facilities as well as their own forest school area. Children want to spend the majority of the their time outside and truly love their outdoor environment. We are looking for a Part Time Lunchtime Assistant (experience within an Early Years setting desirable ) to join our Nursery at Sharnbrook in Bedfordshire. 

The hours will be working between the hours of 10:00-15.00 working 20 hours per week, Monday to Friday all year round. 

The role will be covering lunches for staff and monitoring and helping serve childrens lunches and clear up afterwards, as well as helping with childrens activities. 

Acorn has recently been awarded a 'Top 20 Recommended Nursery Group 2023' Award by Day Nurseries in recognition of its high customer reviews over the last 12 months. 

We’re proud to be one of the leading childcare providers in Milton Keynes, Northampton and Bedfordshire with over 25 years’ experience who specialise in nature pedagogy and promoting the professional development of our employees.

You will be rewarded with a competitive salary, great training and progression opportunities, enhanced pension contributions, and 65% childcare discount. As a not-for-profit organisation, Acorn always puts the needs of the children first, meaning you will be working for a business that cares about more than just profit. We close our nurseries for four days a year to allow days to train our staff in a variety of subjects. 

We very much welcome candidates that are looking to progress their personal career development.

The ideal candidate will be passionate, motivated and enthusiastic about outdoor learning and creative play, as well as a good working knowledge and practice of the EYFS and safeguarding procedures. 

Successful applicants must be able to provide ‘right to work in the UK’ documentation, provide two satisfactory references and undertake an enhanced DBS check prior commencing employment.

Sustainability and being part of the local community is an important factor to us, so if you want to see if there is a nursery closer to you, get in touch with our HR team today on: 01908 510309 or email: hr@acornearlyyears.org.uk

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Working at Acorn

As a thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to making Acorn a safe, nurturing and fun place for our children to be, we offer:

• Payscales that are competitive, transparent and reviewed annually
• 65% Childcare discount 
• Generous family leave
• Christmas closure – with paid holiday for this in your second year of employment (3 days)
• 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays (and the option to buy more) 
• 4 dedicated training days and individual development plans
• Enhanced pension scheme 
• Cyclescheme 
• Techscheme 
• Length of Service award
• Summer and Christmas partie
• Pay advances for when times are tough
• Employee assistance wellbeing programme