Early Years Officer
Location – Sale Waterside, Waterside House, Sale, M33 7ZF with the possibility to work from home for part of the week.
Salary range – Band 4 (£26,421 to £28,770)
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Working Pattern – Full Time
Working hours – 36.25 hours per week
Contract type – Fixed Term to 31/03/2026 as the role is linked to external funding
Closing date - Monday, 6 May 2024
Interview date – Monday, 20 May 2024
Interview type – In person at Sale Waterside.
About the Role
We currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced administrator to join our team and support the roll out of the early years reforms over the next two years. The reforms are the biggest investment in childcare to support working families and will be introduced in phases from April 2024.
The role of the Early Years Officer is to support the administration of the service to ensure that families are able to access high quality childcare provision, enabling children to be ready for starting school. The role includes the delivery of early education funding and a learning and development membership scheme for childcare providers. You will work alongside other Early Years Officers to enable us to continue to build on our success, bringing new experience and ideas to the team.
About you
You will need good communication skills to able to provide information/advice to childcare providers and families. You must be able to work to tight and sometimes conflicting deadlines, whilst maintaining attention to detail. You will also need excellent IT skills to use our online systems as well as experience of using spreadsheets and creating/updating presentations. As you will be working as part of a team, you will also need to be a good team player.
You will need to be committed to continually learn and improve the way we do things to ensure effective outcomes. You will work as a part of a term to deliver a service, whilst valuing and respecting others’ contributions. You will enjoy taking personal responsibility to resolve issues, learn from when things should go wrong and change what we do to make a difference.
About us
Trafford Council and its partners in the public, private and third sectors have a Vision which sees us working together to close inequality gaps and maximise Trafford’s huge potential.
Our vision: Trafford – where all our residents, businesses and communities prosper.
Trafford really is a great place to work. We’re keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
We recognise that having a diverse workforce is essential to bringing fresh ideas and perspectives to our Council, so we particularly welcome applications from minority, marginalised and diverse groups, and we in turn promise a fair and unbiased recruitment process.
Additional Information
Basic DBS required
Willing to work occasional evenings or weekends
Possibility of hybrid working between the home and the office, in line with business requirements and agreement from the line manager.
CONTACT DETAILS
For an informal discussion or to find out more about the role, please call Andrea Monaghan on 0161 912 5808
About the benefits
You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged. You will have the opportunity to work and grow in a people-centred and values based organisation that promotes a positive permission culture. Your opinions matter so you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things here at Trafford.
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