Centre Assistant

Job description

Contract terms

Starting salary: SC1B (£28,221 – £28617)
Work location: Woodside Children’s Centre, 59 White Hart Lane, London, N22 5SJ
Hours per week: 36 per week
Contract type: Fixed term contract (12 months from start date)
Closing date: Sunday, 1st March 2026 at 23:59
Expected interview date: W/C 9th March 2026

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the role

As a Centre Assistant, you will play an essential part in supporting the smooth running of our nursery routines and helping to create a safe, nurturing, and engaging environment for young children. You’ll assist with daily care routines, support children’s physical, social, and emotional development, and help deliver stimulating activities that encourage learning and curiosity. Your responsibilities will include setting up and tidying away play resources, supporting outings, helping at mealtimes, and maintaining a clean, hygienic, and safe environment in line with our policies.

About the team

You’ll join a warm and supportive team within our Children’s Services – Schools & Learning Service. Working closely with Early Years Officers, Senior Early Years Practitioners, Nursery Officers and other childcare professionals, you’ll be part of a collaborative environment that puts children’s wellbeing at the centre of everything we do. Our nurseries are inclusive, welcoming spaces where staff work together to deliver high‑quality early years experiences and ensure every child feels safe, valued, and encouraged to explore and grow.

About you

You are caring, patient, and enthusiastic about supporting young children in their early development. You’ll have the ability to communicate effectively with children, families, and colleagues, and be confident assisting with daily routines including play activities, basic food preparation, toileting, and keeping the environment clean and safe. Experience working with children or carrying out cleaning duties is helpful, but most importantly you’ll be a team player with a positive attitude, an understanding of health and safety, and a commitment to equality and inclusion. If you enjoy hands‑on work and want to make a meaningful difference in early childhood experiences, we’d love to hear from you.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.  Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.

Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.  

Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders.  Please continue to check these through the application process.  If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk