Job Description

Salary

25,584 to 27,269 pro rata

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full time

Region

Warwick

Package

Permanent

Job category/type

Childcare, Education - Non-School Based

Date posted

28/05/2025

Job reference

RA0006844



An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Warwickshire County Council's Early Years, Sufficiency & Entitlements Team. We're looking for a motivated and passionate individual to help deliver and expand funded early education places, particularly in response to the extended entitlements for working parents (Childcare Choices) - What's new? | Childcare Choices

About the role

The role is designed to:


Support the expansion and sustainability of funded early education entitlements. Collaborate with Private, Voluntary, and Independent (PVI) providers, childminders, schools (including academies), and out-of-school settings to ensure statutory compliance with early education funding.
Assist in monitoring providers to meet the Council's statutory duties under national early years guidance (Gov.uk). - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-education-and-childcare-2




You'll work countywide as part of a dedicated team, supporting the Strategy Manager and other Council teams to deliver high-quality early years provision.

Key Responsibilities

The successful candidate will engage with current and prospective early years and childcare providers, as well as parents/carers, to support the delivery of funded places. Provide direct advice and support on funding entitlements, including managing claims, payments, and enquiries. Contribute to the development of new initiatives and solutions to improve service delivery.

What We're Looking For

We're seeking someone who is:
Open-minded, flexible, and proactive. Skilled in communication, with a solution-focused approach. Able to build and maintain positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.

For further information please see the and Person Specification.

Working for Warwickshire -

This is the difference you make



Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!



At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire's economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.



Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage - Warwickshire Pension Fund'



The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

Additional Information

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.



If you have any questions about the post, please contact Mandy Latham:

mandylatham@warwickshire.gov.uk

Closing Date:

midnight on Wednesday 11th June

Interview dates:

Wednesday 25th June 2025 and Thursday 26th June 2025



Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce.