About the role
To provide expert educational support and challenge to all Early Years settings to quality assure the inclusive education provision available. In an advisory capacity, enable settings to raise and improve children’s achievements; particularly those young people identified as being within vulnerable groups and/or young children with complex support needs.
To provide expert operational and strategic guidance, advice, information and training on all aspects of the Early Years Foundation Stage, SEND Code of Practice and the accompanying statutory frameworks for all Early Years settings in North Northants; ensuring the promotion of diversity, inclusion and safeguarding.
What will you be doing?
You will be supporting the childcare sector including Maintained Nursery Schools and Units in North Northamptonshire. You will support ofsted readiness, quality of childcare and the Early Years Foundation Stage for children aged 0-5.
You will be responsible for ensuring the LA meets its statutory duties around Information, Advice and Training to the childcare sector, undertaking visits and supporting our settings to be the best they can be.
Please refer to the attached job description for the main role accountabilities.
About you
We are seeking to recruit highly skilled, experienced and motivated individuals to join our team of Advisors in our Education Effectiveness Service, supporting the Childcare Sector in North Northamptonshire.
The successful candidate will have a creative, innovative approach contributing to the design of a new advisory service following a recent review. They will work within all relevant policy frameworks, statutory legislation and guidelines applying extensive knowledge of the early years’ sector to offer challenge, advice and support to early years’ providers. They will be a team player who enjoy working in partnership with a solution focussed attitude.
Please refer to the attached person specification for details of the essential and desirable qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience required for this role.
Our benefits
Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.
You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!
Why choose us?
We offer a vibrant working environment with:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
About us
Our Values and Behaviours
Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:
Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy
Our Key Commitments
Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.
We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.
North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.
We aim to be a carbon neutral Council by 2030.
Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)
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