Gloucestershire County Council

Early Years and Childcare Service Manager

Gloucestershire County Council

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Gloucester • United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £63,132 - £68,342 per year

About the role

  • Bring leadership and managerial expertise and skills to the next level
  • Provide business, funding, quality and inclusion support to the early years and childcare sector
  • Collaborate with the Head of Service and Service Managers across the Education Service
  • Combine line management responsibility with operational planning, delivery and development of the service
  • Ensure access to high quality, inclusive and sustainable provision that supports positive outcomes, developmental progress and successful transitions.
  • Based at Shire Hall in Gloucester.
  • Collaborate with a range of partners and stakeholders

Requirements

  • Experienced manager
  • Organised and proactive professional
  • Passion for improving outcomes for children
  • Understanding of how early education and childcare contribute to this
  • Skilled at building effective relationships with system partners
  • Evidence resilience and political awareness to deliver within an increasingly challenging landscape.
Benefits
  • Flexible and agile working opportunities
  • 30 days annual leave in a full year
  • An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
  • Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family
  • Career development and qualification opportunities
  • Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
  • Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
  • Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
  • An in-house Occupational Health service
  • Employee discount scheme
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&Cs apply)
  • Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.

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