What is the job role?
We are seeking to appoint a motivated and passionate Childcare Development Outreach officer to join our successful team within the Early Years’ Business, Sufficiency and Funding Team to work predominantly in an outreach capacity visiting city wide venues and before, after school and holiday childcare providers.
The purpose of this role is:
1. To provide comprehensive information and advice about childcare and related matters to parents, carers, students, employers, childcare providers and professionals. This will include visits to local community venues, PVI providers and Schools who deliver before, after school and holiday provision.
2. To support the management of the childcare market in Coventry in accordance with the childcare sufficiency duties, through a variety of activities with a focus on before, after school and holiday provision.
3. To provide an outreach function in support of recruitment and retention of the workforce within the childcare sector attending events such as Job Fairs, Career events etc ,visiting childcare settings to offer support with recruitment and retention, visiting schools and colleges to encourage entrants to the childcare workforce and working in partnership with key partners such as training providers and Job Shop and Jobcentre etc
4. Support the Workforce Development Manager to implement systems to ensure the early years workforce in Coventry has access to relevant training.
This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Who are we looking for?
The successful candidate will be open-minded, flexible and excited about the development of new ideas and initiatives. They will have excellent communication skills and the ability to present information in a clear and concise manner to a wide variety of audiences.
For key educational requirements refer to the job description.
Candidates should be able to demonstrate knowledge, skills and experiences related to the job description and person specification.
The post would suit an appropriately qualified or experienced childcare practitioner or have childcare/children’s work-related experience.
This advert may close early if we have a significant number of applicants. Previous applicants need not apply.
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Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:
5. Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
6. Are currently in care or have previously been in care
7. If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.
Interview date: 24 March
About Coventry
Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.
We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.
At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.
To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.