Lead for Early Years
£56,293 - £58,610 per year
This is a unique opportunity to shape and influence the early years landscape across Redcar and Cleveland, ensuring that our youngest children have the best possible start in life.
Working across schools, early years settings, childcare providers and strategic partnerships, you will lead the delivery of the Council's statutory early years responsibilities and play a key role in our ambitious Best Start in Life programme.
As Lead for Early Years, you will provide strategic leadership to a highly skilled team and work collaboratively with education, health, social care and wider partners to improve outcomes for children and families across the borough.
About the Role
You will:
We are looking for an experienced and passionate leader who can demonstrate:
This is an exciting time to join Redcar & Cleveland. You will play a leading role in delivering system-wide early years reform, influencing strategic developments and working with committed partners to improve outcomes for children and families.
We offer:
Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to appropriate pre-employment checks.
Working across schools, early years settings, childcare providers and strategic partnerships, you will lead the delivery of the Council's statutory early years responsibilities and play a key role in our ambitious Best Start in Life programme.
As Lead for Early Years, you will provide strategic leadership to a highly skilled team and work collaboratively with education, health, social care and wider partners to improve outcomes for children and families across the borough.
About the Role
You will:
- Lead the Council's Early Years service, providing professional leadership and management across key work areas.
- Ensure the Council effectively delivers its statutory duties relating to early education, childcare sufficiency and funded entitlements.
- Lead and develop strong partnerships across the statutory, voluntary, community and private early years sectors.
- Drive improvement and quality across early years provision, supporting settings and schools to achieve the best outcomes for children.
- Lead key aspects of the borough's Best Start in Life strategy.
- Oversee the effective use of government funding and grants relating to early years and childcare.
- Monitor childcare sufficiency, take-up of funded entitlements and other key performance indicators.
- Provide leadership and line management to the Family Information Service Manager, Early Years Lead Professional and Area SENDCo.
We are looking for an experienced and passionate leader who can demonstrate:
- Significant experience working within the early years sector.
- Successful leadership and management of teams and services.
- Excellent knowledge of early years legislation, statutory responsibilities, childcare sufficiency and early education funding.
- Strong understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage and current national policy developments.
- Experience of partnership working across education, health and wider children's services.
- Excellent communication, relationship-building and influencing skills.
- The ability to analyse information, translate strategy into action and deliver measurable improvements.
- A degree-level qualification or equivalent experience.
This is an exciting time to join Redcar & Cleveland. You will play a leading role in delivering system-wide early years reform, influencing strategic developments and working with committed partners to improve outcomes for children and families.
We offer:
- A supportive and collaborative leadership environment.
- Opportunities for professional development and growth.
- Flexible working arrangements.
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
- A comprehensive employee benefits package.The chance to make a meaningful difference to children, families and communities across Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to appropriate pre-employment checks.
For more information, please contact Jane Ratcliffe, Head of School Services and Achievement jane.ratcliffe@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk
We offer a range very attractive Employee Benefits and Rewards including
- Generous annual leave of up to 34 days per year
- Hybrid Working (where appropriate)
- Flexible working hours (where appropriate)
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Access to numerous other salary sacrifice schemes
- Access to our employee health and wellbeing platform, which includes an exciting range of staff benefits, including, spreading the cost of home and electronics, bike shop, car scheme, gym membership, lifestyle savings
- A range of Staff Network groups
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Salary range
- £56,293 - £58,610 per year