Job Introduction
An exciting opportunity to make a difference to children in their earliest years has arisen in the Early Education and Childcare Team. The team is welcoming, supportive and passionate about providing an outstanding service to Staffordshire families and early education providers. You will be developing policies and strategies to ensure early education and childcare statutory duties are met and working with partners to develop and embed new initiatives.
This is a new, developing role and offers the opportunity to bring your enthusiasm, knowledge and understanding of the early years sector to our forward thinking team.
Main Responsibility
As an Early Education and Childcare Development Officer, you will be:
- Informing, influencing and implementing policy and strategy to ensure all early education and childcare related statutory duties and policies are met.
- Working in partnership with early years settings and a range of partners, to further develop projects and plans that focus on improving outcomes for children.
- Leading, developing and implementing new initiatives in relation to childcare and early education.
The Ideal Candidate
You'll need to be/have as a minimum:
- Educated to degree standard or a similar level of qualification
- Will have substantial experience of working in the early education and childcare sector and/or experience of supporting the early education and childcare sector
- Will be an enthusiastic team player who is committed to working with others to improve outcomes for children through effective teamwork.
- Will be a self -starter and effective communicator with the ability to build respectful relationships with a range of partners and stakeholders.
- Will be a confident decision maker and have a sound knowledge of statutory duties and relevant legislation relating to early years and childcare
- Experience of leading early years and childcare related initiatives, pilots and projects from initiation through to completion, including the delivery of presentations and briefings to a range of stakeholders
- The post is subject to a DBS check
In terms of flexible working, we do work flexibly in this role both onsite and remotely from home but with this in mind you must be able to attend team meetings and collaborative working sessions in Stafford and attend weekly meetings in Staffordshire more widely when visiting Education settings. Please note: this role is not a term time only role.
If this opportunity excites you and you are looking for a role where you can make a difference to Staffordshire children and families, we would love to hear from you!
If you have any specific questions regarding this role that are not covered in the information provided here please contact: Early Education and Childcare Sufficiency Manager: eeac@staffordshire.gov.uk
Closing date: due to the high volume of applicants we tend to receive we may close this advert earlier than expected.
About Staffordshire County Council
We are no ordinary county council:
Our Values:
The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.
Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:
We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.
We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.
Our benefits:
We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to a range of benefits.
Our recruitment process:
As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities
As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Silver Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
