Room Manager / Third in Charge | Roath, Cardiff | £14.55ph

Green Giraffe Nursery Roath
Location: Roath, Cardiff
Salary: £14.55 per hour
Hours: Full-time
Contract: Permanent, Full-time
Schedule: Monday to Friday
Closing date: Sunday 29 November 2026

Ready for your next step in Early Years leadership?

Are you an experienced Room Manager, Room Leader, Senior Early Years Practitioner or Early Years Team Leader ready to develop your leadership career?

We're looking for a confident and caring Room Manager / Third in Charge to join Green Giraffe Nursery Roath.

You'll lead high-quality practice within your room while working closely with the Nursery Manager and Deputy Manager to support the wider nursery. It's a great opportunity to build your management experience and take your next step towards senior Early Years leadership.

Why join Green Giraffe?

We want you to have more than a job. We want you to build a career you enjoy.

You'll benefit from:

• £14.55 per hour

• Monday-to-Friday working

• 33 days' holiday for full-time colleagues, including bank holidays

• An additional paid day off for your birthday

• Excellent staff childcare support from day one, subject to availability and scheme conditions

• Training and career development, including apprenticeships, mentoring and learning resources

• Clear career progression towards Deputy Nursery Manager and Nursery Manager opportunities

• Wellbeing support, with services that may include 24/7 emotional support, virtual GP/nurse access, online physiotherapy and medical, financial and legal helplines

• Stream financial wellbeing tools

• Gym and lifestyle discounts

• Cycle to Work scheme for eligible colleagues

• Recognition and rewards, including Adventurous Applause, colleague awards, referral rewards and long-service recognition

• Team events and celebrations

We're proud to be a Great Place to Work® certified organisation and recognised by The Sunday Times Best Places to Work, reflecting the supportive, inclusive culture we're building for our people.

What you'll be doing

As Room Manager / Third in Charge, you'll:

• Lead the day-to-day running of your nursery room

• Support the Nursery Manager and Deputy Manager with the wider operation of the nursery

• Step into additional leadership responsibilities when required

• Lead, motivate and support colleagues to deliver high-quality Early Years practice

• Create engaging learning and play experiences that support children's development

• Support children's individual learning, development and next steps

• Help ensure staffing and deployment support children's needs and required ratios

• Build strong relationships with children, parents and carers

• Coach, mentor and support colleagues within your team

• Contribute to colleague supervision, development and performance

• Help maintain a safe, stimulating and inclusive nursery environment

• Support nursery standards, policies, procedures and compliance

• Promote excellent safeguarding, child protection, health, safety and welfare practice

• Lead by example and bring our values to life every day

What we're looking for

You'll need:

• A full and relevant Level 3 Early Years / Childcare qualification or equivalent

• Strong knowledge of Early Years practice and child development

• Experience working within a nursery or Early Years setting

• Experience leading, supervising or supporting other colleagues

• A strong understanding of safeguarding and child protection

• Confidence taking additional responsibility within the nursery

• Strong communication and organisational skills

• A caring, positive and professional leadership style

• A commitment to safeguarding and promoting children's wellbeing

• An Enhanced DBS or willingness to undertake the required checks

Previous experience as a Room Manager, Room Leader, Third in Charge, Senior Nursery Practitioner or Early Years Team Leaderwould be an advantage.

Grow your Early Years leadership career

Already working as a Room Manager, Room Leader or Senior Early Years Practitioner and wondering what your next step looks like?

This is an opportunity to develop beyond leading your own room and gain wider nursery management experience as Third in Charge.

You'll work alongside the nursery leadership team, developing the experience and confidence that could help you progress towards future Deputy Nursery Manager and Nursery Manager opportunities.

Our culture is built around our ARCH values: Accountability, Reliability, Caring and Honesty, with learning, recognition and career development forming part of our colleague promise.

Safeguarding children

Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility.

Our safer recruitment process includes appropriate identity and Right to Work checks, references, DBS and barred-list checks where required, qualification verification and employment history checks.

Join us in Roath

Our Roath nursery is well placed for candidates looking for Early Years opportunities across:

Roath | Penylan | Cathays | Heath | Cyncoed | Splott | Adamsdown | Cardiff City Centre | Llanishen | Cardiff

Ready for your next adventure?

If you're looking for a Room Manager, Third in Charge, Nursery Room Leader, Senior Nursery Practitioner or Early Years leadership job in Roath or Cardiff, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and take your next step in Early Years leadership with Green Giraffe.

Applications close Sunday 29 November 2026.