Early Years Consultant

Early Years Consultant

Permanent

Grade 4 - £32,076 - £39,186 Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review

Working Hours are 36.5 hours per week

2 Permanent posts

In addition up to 2 additional Fixed Term Contracts until 31 st March 2026. The fixed-term posts may be extended if additional funding becomes available.

These are exciting times to be working at Birmingham. The City has experienced significant employment, housing and retail growth in recent years. To support the continued growth the city has agreed it is a priority to make Birmingham an aspirational city to grow up in.

Working within the Early Years and Childcare Service, you will play a vital role in delivering the Council’s Statutory duties to provide professional support services to all Early Years and childcare providers to meet the Local Authority statutory duties in respect of childcare sufficiency for children aged 0 -14 (18 for children with SEND) and early education for 2, 3 and 4 year olds.

The post holder will also work with all key stakeholders to raise outcomes for settings inspected by Ofsted and contribute to improving children’s outcomes at the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage.

We have got huge ambitions for Birmingham. As the shape of local government continues to change, we are determined to rise to the challenge and find new ways to ensure that our youngest children reach their full potential and are ready for their educational journey in school. Working at Birmingham gives you the opportunity to play a part in meeting those ambitions..

Our benefits include:

• Annual Leave (29 days, increasing to 32 days after 5 years’ service and 34 days after 10 years’ service)
• Local Government pension scheme. This is a career-average scheme where the employee contributes approximately one-third and the employer contributes approximately two-third
• Flexible working
• Flexi scheme which has the ability to have an additional 2 days off per month
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes include:
  • Purchase up to 4 weeks additional annual leave
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Car Benefit scheme
• My Birmingham Rewards – thousands of discounts for high street and online retailers
• Health and wellbeing support – free, confidential 24/7 support and advice helpline

You must upload a Supporting Statement via the attachments part of your application. This is required for shortlisting; you need to describe how your experience and skills fit the essential criteria for the role as specified in the Person Specification. If you do not attach your Supporting Statement, your application will not be considered. Please do not attach CVs as we do not accept them.

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people. We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

Closing date 26 April 2024 at 23.59.

For any informal enquires please contact: Fiona Hicks at Fiona.Hicks@Birmingham.gov.uk

Ref: BCC2031

We welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered.

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements , before any employment offer can be confirmed.

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