Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is £35,235 (Level one) rising to £37,938 (Level four)
Location: Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG
We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council .
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to influence and manage the Local Authority's Early Years Continuous Professional Development (CPD) offer for early years practitioners in Nottingham city.
As Childcare Workforce Development Manager, you will lead the development, promotion, coordination and monitoring of the Early Years and Childcare Workforce Development strategy and associated continuous professional development opportunities.
With a secure knowledge of early years and childcare national policies, you will work with the Early Years team and other associated partners to plan, market and deliver training programmes which are responsive to demand and current and emerging need.
You will commission, negotiate and manage training contracts and take lead responsibility for associated financial systems and processes; reporting course evaluation, participation and progress towards income generation targets to the team and senior leaders.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
1. Secure and current knowledge of national childcare policies and how these influence the training needs for the early years sectors
2. Proven track record of events management and organisation
3. Proven track record of commissioning training
4. Experience of working and communicating with school and childcare leaders and other relevant partners both in written form and verbally
5. Experience of budget management
A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
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At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the for applicants page.
For informal enquiries please contact Catherine Smith, Early Years Programmes Manager, email at
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