Early Years
Education, Early Years and Skills
Ref: G3/OL-91839
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £23,893 - £25,979 p.a.
Hours: 36.66 per week
Based: Oldham Council Offices, Spindles Shopping Centre, George Street, Oldham, OL1 1HD
Closing date: Sunday 28th April 2024
Role overview
Working within the council’s Early Years team, you will support all the functions of administrating all early years funding to the private, voluntary and independent sector and schools whilst providing advice, support and guidance to parents and professional.
Key responsibilities
- To assist with the monitoring, processing, allocation and administration of funding for the Free Early Education Entitlement funding for 2, 3 and 4 year olds, EYPP and the SEN inclusion fund in line with relevant statutory guidance.
- To provide information, advice and guidance to early years providers, members of the public and officers of the Council on the Early Education funding process.
- To assist in the quality assurance of grant processes, ensuring all legislative processes and procedures are implemented, updated and in place, and that relevant records and documentation are complete, checked, current and stored appropriately.
Key Requirements
To succeed in this role, you will need as a minimum:
- Ability to work as part of a team and also work independently using own initiative.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are required to effectively advise and support members of the public, professionals, and other council officers.
- Excellent organisational skills will be needed to manage own workload, meet deadlines and conflicting timelines.
Oldham Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure from the DBS (and a Certificate of Good Conduct where you have lived abroad for 12 months or more in the last 10 years).
If you would like support with this application, an interview or interested in looking at any courses that could help with this position please get in touch with Get Oldham Working - Get Oldham Working registration form - Oldham Council
NB. - Any candidate that meets the criteria of our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme and meets the essential criteria of the role, will be guaranteed the first stage of assessment (whether that is an interview or another assessment, as appropriate).
Our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme supports candidates with disabilities, carers, those who are aged 24 or under and have previously been in or currently in care, and those whose last long term substantive employer was the Armed Forces.
Diversity and Inclusion
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This opportunity is open to internal and external applicants and registered applications of the Get Oldham Working scheme. However, where a meaningful shortlist can be drawn from internal applications in the first instance, and residents of Oldham subsequently, these applicants shall be given priority access to the vacancy in line with the Council’s Recruitment and Selection Policy.
Please state if you are Registered to the Get Oldham Working scheme or an Oldham Resident in the Knowledge and Experience section of the application form.
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