Nursery Funding Assistant

Salary: £24,440 - £26,579 per annum
Grade B
Permanent
37 Hours per Week - 40% of working week, (2 days) within the Civic Offices, Grays

The School Effectiveness Team support over two hundred Early Years providers in Thurrock, to deliver funded early education to children up to 5 years old. The role of Nursery Education Funding Assistant requires good communication skills and a commitment to deliver excellent customer service, as an important part of the role entails responding to and supporting providers with pre-school education and childcare funding queries, as well as liaising with officers within the Local Authority and other key stakeholders (e.g. schools, Department for Education and other agencies).

This role requires:
- understanding and experience of early education funding and the Code of Practice for its delivery
- competency in the use of Microsoft Office and other Windows based software systems
- good communication skills, verbal & written, including the ability to use different methods according to service users' and professionals' differing needs.
- a basic level Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

The ideal applicant would:
- be educated to NVQ 3 or equivalent
- have experience of working in a financial setting and using systems to track and report data
- have excellent organisation skills and the ability to organise and prioritise own workload
- have excellent customer service skills

Advert Closing Date:
- Redeployment Only: 15th February 2024
- Internal & External: 3rd March 2024

Interview Date: TBC

Please contact Kim Stevens if you would like an informal discussion:

To view the Job Profile and Person Specification please follow the link below:
JD Link - Nursery Funding Assistant

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