12/09/2026
๐ฟ Join the Little Buddies Team! ๐ฟ
๐ถ Baby Room Leader โ Full Time
Are you a passionate, experienced Early Years professional who absolutely loves working with babies? Little Buddies Day Nursery is looking for a warm, enthusiastic and knowledgeable Baby Room Leader to join our team.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who wants to take the lead in creating a calm, nurturing and inspiring baby room, where our youngest children feel safe, secure and loved while being given every opportunity to grow, explore and flourish.
๐ฑ About the role
As our Baby Room Leader, you will take responsibility for the day-to-day running of the baby room, working closely with the Nursery Manager and wider team to ensure consistently high standards of care, learning and safeguarding.
We are looking for someone who can lead by example, support and motivate their team, build fantastic relationships with families and, most importantly, put our babies at the heart of everything they do.
๐ We're looking for someone who:
Holds a full and relevant Level 3 Early Years qualification or above
Has previous experience working within an Early Years setting, with experience caring for babies being highly desirable
Has the confidence and experience to lead and support a room team
Has a strong understanding of the EYFS and how babies learn and develop
Understands the importance of attachment, key-person relationships and responsive care
Has a good understanding of safeguarding, child protection and safe sleep practices
Can provide exciting, age-appropriate learning experiences based around children's individual interests and development
Is warm, caring, patient and genuinely passionate about giving babies the very best start
Can build positive, professional relationships with parents and carers
Is organised, reliable and able to work effectively as part of our wider nursery team
๐ What we can offer
This is a full-time position, with working hours to be negotiated with the successful candidate.
You'll be joining a friendly and supportive nursery where we value our staff and want them to have opportunities to develop professionally. You'll have the chance to make the baby room your own, bring new ideas to the team and play an important role in maintaining the nurturing, home-from-home environment that is so important to us at Little Buddies.
๐งธ Safeguarding & Safer Recruitment
Little Buddies is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
The successful candidate will be appointed following our safer recruitment procedures. Appropriate pre-employment and suitability checks will be undertaken, including references, qualification verification and an enhanced DBS check, alongside other checks required for the role.
๐ Interested?
If you have a passion for babies, Early Years and creating environments where little ones can grow, explore and flourish, we'd love to hear from you!
๐ง Email: [email protected]
๐ Telephone: 01287 200072