Babraham Nursery recognise every child as an individual and prepare them for their first school steps within a fun, safe and nurturing environment.

Starting salary is from £29,745 per annum.

A full-time, permanent opportunity has become available for a Senior Nursery Nurse within Babraham Nursery. The successful candidate will lead a designated room and play an active role within the Nursery management team, working closely with and supporting the Head of Nursery and Deputy staff.

While the role will initially be assigned to a specific room (to be confirmed), Senior staff are expected to demonstrate flexibility and be able to lead across any Nursery room as required, both on a short-term and long-term basis.

The working hours are 8.30am - 6pm Monday to Thursday and 8.30am - 5.30pm on Fridays, with an unpaid one hour lunch break each day.

Our Nursery primarily for the use of staff at the Babraham Institute. The Babraham Institute is a charity, which is world-renowned for its research in life sciences that leads to new medicines and treatments for human diseases. Babraham Nursery was opened in September 1990 and operates from a large house situated in a quiet corner of a residential area in the grounds of the Institute. It has a homely atmosphere and is surrounded by green fields and woods. It has a large enclosed garden with climbing frame, pathways and grassed areas. Nursery accommodates up to ninety children, at any one time, on the Early Years register aged from 6 weeks to 5 years and operates a separate after-school club and holiday club for school-aged children at the local school.

We are an extremely supportive and friendly organisation; often described as having a warm, friendly atmosphere, whilst parents and staff say that there is a real sense of community. We have a highly qualified, extremely knowledgeable team who work together in an inclusive, family friendly environment.

Benefits include:

• Free lunch
• Free parking
• Training and development opportunities
• Generous Aviva pension scheme
• 25 days holiday a year plus Bank Holidays (pro rata if applicable) increasing to 28 days after 3 years service
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Babraham Boost - Employee benefits and wellbeing platform

A full job specification and role requirements can be found attached to this vacancy.

If you possess the skills, energy and enthusiasm to work within our Ofsted Outstanding rated nursery, please apply here

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and an enhanced DBS check (formerly CRB Disclosure) is required.

Closing date for applications is Thursday, 15th July 2026.

However, we reserve the right to close the vacancy early depending on the volume of applications received.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

The Babraham Institute holds a silver Athena SWAN award and is committed to promoting and developing a culture of excellence, diversity and mutual respect that supports the Institute's ambitions and attracts highly motivated and talented people. The Babraham Institute abides by the principles of the government's Disability Confident Scheme and has a positive approach to employing disabled people.