Senior Early Years Adviser

Are you passionate about Early Education? Partnerships? Innovation? Learning and Play?

Are you a confident leader, early years educator and innovator?

If yes, we may have the perfect roles for you!

Wandsworth’s successful School Advisory Service is expanding to include an Early Years Adviser Team (EYAT). We are looking for a Senior Early Years Adviser to join our amazing team and help continue to achieve positive outcomes for children in Wandsworth!

About the service

From 1^st September we welcome and support managers and staff from the PVI sector and continue to provide valued EYFS support in our primary and maintained nursery schools. Our aim is for all EYFS settings to be either good and better, filled with motivated adults and curious learners, the environments and curriculum are stimulating so children are confident, independent and skilled for the future.

About the team

The team will consist of one senior and three advisers. The service operates year-round and the role is home based and office based.

About the role

The Senior Early Years Adviser will work and interact in Early Years settings with children, adults, managers, and headteachers, modelling best practice in pedagogy, and business skills and implementing statutory guidance.

The position is also a strategic one as it includes monitoring the EYFS Adviser Team, ensuring place sufficiency, that all statutory guidance is implemented and EYFS settings secure and maintain good and better ratings.

Contact details

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Emma McKibbin on email at Emma.McKibbin@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk

Benefits

We recognise the importance of a good balance between work and home life so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working, including working from home and other arrangements. Please just let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process (and beyond) if these are options you’d like to explore. We also offer a generous holiday allowance of 39 paid days (pro rata) including bank holidays and a wide range of learning and development opportunities.

In addition, we offer a comprehensive range of staff benefits such as membership of the Local Government pension scheme, childcare vouchers, new technology scheme, interest-free loans on annual travel cards, discounts with many leisure activities, restaurants, shops and other establishments.

Senior Early Years Adviser (PO4) - Job Profile

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