Education, Early Years & Skills
Early Years Service
Ref: G5/OL-92263
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £29,269 - £32,076 per annum (Grade 5)
Hours: 36.66 per week
Based: Spindles Town Square, George Street
Closing Date: Tuesday 21st May 2024
Shortlisting & Interview Dates: TBC.
Job Description & Person Specification.docx
Role Overview:
Working within the council’s Early Years Service, you will drive forward improvements - so that we can promote and increase uptake of the free early education entitlements to improve school readiness and enhance/improve life chances of children, particularly in the context of challenging times for families and local public services.
Key Responsibilities:
- To work with early years providers and service delivery partners to increase uptake of the free early education entitlements
- To manage and deliver identified special projects to support delivery of the Council’s statutory duties relating to early years funding and childcare sufficiency.
- To provide advice and information in respect of early education funding to early years providers, service delivery partners and parents.
Key Requirements:
To succeed in this role, you will need as a minimum:
- The ability and experience of collating, recording, interpreting analysing and summarising complex information from multiple sources to inform decision making
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are required to establish and maintain effective working relationships with partners and childcare providers to provide technical advice and guidance.
- Excellent organisational skills will be needed to complete written communication skills, compile clear and concise reports and presentations from databases that are accurate and up to date; ensuring managers have access to appropriate and timely information about their service.
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).
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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:
At Oldham Council, we are committed to creating a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We aim to develop a culture of respect, where differences are recognised regardless of background. We aim to be an employer of choice by engaging in fair and open recruitment processes and Applications are encouraged from all communities across the borough to create a workforce that represents the diversity of our population.
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