Early Years Early Intervention Partner
Fixed Term, Full Time
£42,761 to £50,307 per annum
Location: Chelmsford
Working Style:
Closing Date: 16th December 2025
Please note this vacancy is available as a fixed term contract opportunity for 21 months
This is not a term time only role. The role is for 52.14 working weeks per year including 27 days (Full Time Equivalent) Holiday Entitlement which will be calculated to include continuous service if applicable.
The Role
Essex County Council, via its Early Years and Childcare strategy, has committed to ensuring the early years system is effectively focused on improving outcomes for those children most in need of support. Ensuring the workforce has the skills and understanding needed to effectively support these children and maximising opportunities for early intervention
Working across Essex, the Early Years Early Intervention Partner role will contribute to the delivery of this strategy working in partnership with the early years sector. Ensuring effective inclusive early education, which is responsive to individual need. The role will have a specific focus on improving outcomes for children who may be experiencing delay in their development, which may have been caused by a lack of access to age related experiences and / or opportunities
Facilitating effective partnership across the Early Years System across the County between all relevant ECC Education teams and key external partners to achieve this
Accountabilities
1. Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.
2. Accountable for providing an informed perspective in relation to child development, to ensure pre-school aged children, who are at risk of poor social, communication and delayed independence outcomes, are supported effectively through high quality provision.
3. Lead the analysis and use of relevant data sets and use it to identify key cohorts of children at risk of poor outcomes and responsible for developing appropriate interventions and tailored support
4. Responsible for the evaluation of the impact of interventions for individual children, group interventions and training as well as identifying next steps
5. Responsible for gathering further insight into the pressures facing the early years sector to feed into the strategic planning to support any necessary development and / or design of services
6. Taking a lead to upskill early years providers and childminders, to provide them with the early intervention skills needed to support children through high quality practice and targeted provision that should be Ordinarily Available, therefore improving the identification of needs at the earliest opportunity
7. Support the implementation of the Balanced System, the Inclusion Framework and the Ordinarily Available model within the Essex Early Years system
8. Sign-post early years settings to appropriate support and resources at pre statutory levels
9. Work strategically with the early years sector, influencing early years leaders to evaluate their existing practice and build capacity through coaching, training and mentoring to deliver suitable early learning experiences to support children who may have missed out on key experiences and opportunities in their early development
The Experience You Will Bring
10. Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), Early Years Degree or equivalent qualification and / or extensive equivalent experience
11. Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in relevant professional area
12. Sound knowledge and understanding of the factors that lead to improvement in positive outcomes for pre-school aged children
13. Extensive knowledge and understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage and the role communication and language plays in early child development
14. Extensive experience of working in partnership with key partners, such as early years settings, childminders, health providers, social care and the Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service Family Hubs
15. Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to produce reports to inform strategic planning and deliver training, coaching and mentoring to a range of professionals
16. Ability to be mobile across Essex
Why Essex?
As one of the largest and most dynamic UK local authorities, Essex offers a stimulating public service environment. Covering over 1,420 square miles and serving 1.8 million residents, we’re committed to transformational change and delivering better quality at lower cost. Recognised in the top three of the latest IMPOWER index for productivity, we ensure everyone matters in. With flexible working options and a focus on innovation, whether you are looking to develop your career or contribute to the local community, Essex is the ideal place for you.
In February 2025, Greater Essex was accepted onto the Government’s devolution priority programme, which will see local authorities in Essex work towards establishing a Mayoral Combined County Authority by May 2026. You can read more about
, including throughout the recruitment process. Your commitment to these standards helps us maintain a positive and respectful
Please note that the job role requires you to be mobile throughout an operational area. Therefore, the post holder will need to have a driving licence and access to a vehicle, or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means.
Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
If you would like to be kept up to date on other relevant opportunities, blogs, news, events and industry related news at Essex County Council, please join
Follow us on,, and. Further details can be found on our .
Downloads
| | |