Job Description

Salary

47,181 to 50,269

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full time

Region

Rotherham

Job category/type

Education (Support Services), Education - Non-Teaching

Date posted

10/12/2025

Job reference

REQ21784

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Benefits Package.doc

Directorate - Children and Young People Services

37 hours per week, permanent post

Come and join our fabulous team in the Early Years and Childcare service at Rotherham Council.

We have an exciting opportunity available; we are looking to appoint an Early Years Specialist. The post holder will work across the borough with early years settings.

The post holder will lead, promote and develop effective early years pedagogy across the borough to ensure the quality of early years group care provision for children age 0-5 years is at least good and children are well prepared for the next stage of their learning.

The post holder will be responsible for supporting providers to implement a range of interventions and support measures. They will offer support for implementing the 0-5 Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) Tiny Talkers interventions and training.

The post holder will develop and deliver a range of early years training to providers.

They will support settings to ensure the provision meets the Ofsted requirements and Early Years Foundation Stage statutory requirements.

The role is outreach and will work across the borough giving direct support to providers through quality improvement visits; including attending staff team meetings, supporting cohort tracking and giving termly general updates.

They will need to have extensive knowledge and understanding on all aspects of early years and will need to maintain this throughout the role.

The post holder will oversee the outreach support for Childminders and Out of School settings across the borough.

The post involves outreach support to settings and therefore an enhanced DBS will be required. Some occasional and evening work will be required.

Please contact Paula Williams on 01709 822575 if you would like any additional information. This post involves working with children and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website. Until 31st March 2026 existing employees paid at Band D and above are subject to a temporary pay reduction of 1.15% spread out by means of a monthly deduction from each pay period over the full financial year. In recognition of implementing this temporary measure, those who experience a pay reduction will be awarded three additional days leave (pro rata for part-time). The Council is in consultation with trade unions regarding continuation of any agreement from 1st April 2026.