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To ensure that we are meeting our legal obligations surrounding the redeployment of staff, applications from those on the redeployment register will be given priority.

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We are seeking a qualified teacher with extensive experience of the early years sector to join the Early Childhood Team on a secondment, starting as soon as possible until 31st August 2012.

This is a challenging and exciting role focusing on quality improvement in early years settings within the maintained, private and voluntary sectors.

Main responsibilities will be :

• Working with early years providers identifying priorities for improvement to promote high quality practice.
• Supporting the implementation of the revised EYFS.
• Working with other teams to promote high quality early years education and childcare

The successful candidate will have:

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• A willingness to learn and to extend his/her own knowledge and skills
• A passionate interest in early childhood pedagogy and effective skills of communicating best practice
• Embedded knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile
• Knowledge of the Bristol Standard Quality Improvement process

Interview Date – 14th March 2012.

This post is subject to a CRB enhanced disclosure check. For further information please contact Julia Hawkes on 07747 765717 or email julia.hawkes@gloucestershire.gov.uk

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children & young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment.

To apply online click the link below, where you will also find links to the Job Profile and Guidance Notes.

Only if you have difficulty accessing the information published online should you contact GCC Recruitment Team by telephone 01452-425255 (24 hr Voicemail) or e-mail to the vacancy reference number above.

If you wish to apply for this position on a secondment basis, please obtain approval from your current line manager that you may be released on a secondment before submitting an application form.

A tier system is in operation for all GCC internal applicants. For details of the tier system and the order of which applications will be considered please refer to Managers Briefing Note below.