{"id":4294575,"url":"https://alion.io/job/reading-students-union-early-years-practitioner-level-3-qualified","title":"Early Years Practitioner- Level 3 Qualified","company":{"id":2479956,"name":"Reading Students' Union","domain":"readingsu.co.uk","url":"https://alion.io/company/readingsu","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Teamtailor","truth_index":null},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Reading, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2025-07-03T07:36:18Z","employer_posted_date":"2025-07-03","last_verified_at":"2026-11-14T00:38:42Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":498,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":498},"description":"Little Learners Nursery is based on the beautiful University of Reading Whiteknights Campus. Our current location was purpose built in 2009 to provide more childcare places for students and staff of the University of Reading and Reading Students' Union. The nursery is available for 100 children aged from three months to five years and is staffed by a team of experienced and professional childcare practitioners who strive to go the extra mile to put our Little Learners first.\nJob Purpose:\nTo assist the Nursery Manager to ensure the efficient and effective running of all areas of the Nursery in accordance with high standards of customer service, nursery policies and procedures, health and safety requirements, and equal opportunities. A fundamental aspect of the role is adherence to safeguarding good practices and ensuring the overall welfare of the children.\n\nTo implement the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) to help young children achieve their full potential.\n\nTo work as part of a team in caring for all children in our care\n\nKey Details:\nRole Title: Early Years Practitioner\nDepartment: Little Learners Nursery, University of Reading Students Union\nHours: Full time (35 hours over 4 days or 40 hours over 4.5 days)\nSalary: £ 26,858.16/year (35 hours per week) or £30,618.30/year (40 hours per week)\nWhat you’ll get from us:\nWe know how important it is to feel supported both at work and at home. That’s why we offer:\n· 35 days holiday a year, including bank holidays and nursery closure days\n· 50% discounted childcare for our team\n· Access to Perkbox for everyday discounts and wellbeing perks\n· A TOTUM card for even more savings on things you love\nKey Responsibilities:\nLearning, Development and Care\nTo maintain a welcoming atmosphere where children have the opportunity to explore and develop in a safe environment, supporting learning and development through child-initiated play\n\nEstablish and develop a good relationship with parents and carers, providing feedback on daily activities and undertaking regular 'watch me grow' meetings\n\nPlan activities to support the children’s individual learning needs based on observational evidence\n\nMaintain a learning journey for key children, reviewing current levels of development and planning for next stages in accordance with EYFS guidance\n\nEnsure children’s individual personal hygiene needs are met\n\nEncourage good table manners and independence during mealtimes\n\nProvide consistent methods of behaviour management are implemented as per the nursery's guidance and policies\n\nResponsible for the day to day housekeeping and maintenance of nursery equipment\n\nHealth and Safety\nTo ensure safety for staff, students, children and visitors at all times\n\nTo take an active role in emergency evacuation situations\n\nTo take a lead role in First Aid provision when required\n\nTo ensure high standards of Nursery hygiene\n\nStaff Development\nTo attend and contribute to meetings/team briefs to ensure effective communication\n\nTo adhere to Little Learners and Reading Students’ Union’s policies and procedures\n\nTo maintain and enhance current childcare knowledge and skills through active participation in training sessions and external training\n\nTo take on this role you’ll have a NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in childcare and have experience of working in a childcare setting. We'd love for you to bring your ideas along with an inclusive and collaborative approach to teamwork. In return, we provide a truly exciting and varied working environment. If you're excited to be part of a charity that makes a real difference, we'd love to hear from you.\nReading SU strives to be an equal opportunities employer. We champion diversity and remove barriers to inclusion, and are committed to ensuring that our workforce is an inclusive community that celebrates difference. We develop positive policies in all aspects of our work that promote equal opportunities for everyone, irrespective of their age, disability, ethnic background, gender or gender identity, home country, sexuality, race or religious beliefs.\nIf you think you have what it takes to join are dedicated team, but don't necessarily meet every point above, please get in touch. We'd love to have a chat and see if you could help us to achieve great things for Reading SU and our community.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4308,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Events & Ticketing"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-14T00:38:42Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":6,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.227,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":498,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:1","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-11-14T02:02:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/reading-students-union-early-years-practitioner-level-3-qualified","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/reading-students-union-early-years-practitioner-level-3-qualified.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-14T02:02:15Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2331,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-15T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2479956},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2479956"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Freading-students-union-early-years-practitioner-level-3-qualified"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"free","price":{"credits":0,"usd":0},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Freading-students-union-early-years-practitioner-level-3-qualified"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Freading-students-union-early-years-practitioner-level-3-qualified"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/reading-students-union-early-years-practitioner-level-3-qualified\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Freading-students-union-early-years-practitioner-level-3-qualified"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":4294575}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"readingsu.co.uk","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":4294575},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}