The Early Years’ Service provides support to schools and private, voluntary and independent sector early year’s providers. It also provides information and support through the Families Information Services.
We are looking for a highly motivated, efficient individual with experience of working in a fast-paced administrative environment. Candidates will have excellent ICT skills and the proven ability to use their initiative and judgement to resolve problems.
The successful candidate will need to be forward thinking and creative and work in collaboration with a range of internal and external partners, including schools and private and voluntary sector early year’s education providers, parents and carers.
The team are currently hybrid working, however the candidate needs to be able to work at County Hall, Matlock and visit early years providers in Derbyshire as and when required.
What will I be doing?
1. Providing and analysing data to support robust planning to meet the local authority’s legal duty under Section 6 of the Childcare Act 2006 in relation to childcare sufficiency for children 0 – 14 years (19 years with a disability).
2. Assisting the local authority to meet the requirements of the National Wraparound Childcare Programme
3. Assisting with the production and publishing of the Annual Childcare Sufficiency Assessment.
4. Undertaking local sufficiency assessments to determine supply and demand of early years and childcare provision.
Skills and experience we are looking for:
5. Experience of extracting, analysing and presenting data
6. Experience of working at a high level in a customer-focussed environment
7. Excellent communication skills
8. Confident IT skills in a range of software packages
9. Sound knowledge of GDPR and Data Protection
10. Ability to work unsupervised as well as part of a team
11. Ability to problem solve
12. NVQ Level 3 qualification or relevant experience
What we can offer:
13. Local Government Pension Scheme
14. Generous annual leave and flexi time scheme
15. Discount on leisure centre memberships
16. Free eye tests for employees who regularly use a computer
17. Supportive management and team
We highly recommend that before applying you contact Claire Colson for an informal conversation about the role:
Claire Colson, Early Years Sufficiency Co-ordinator
Provisional interview date: week commencing 8 July 2024.
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