Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall Glenfield LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: £32,070 - £34,359 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 18th January 2026
Interview Date(s): TBC
An opportunity has arisen for a well organised, motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the Early Years Inclusion and Childcare Service as a Workforce Improvement Officer.
About the Role
1. Promote training opportunities by undertaking the promotion and marketing of these opportunities in conjunction with the training plan through internal and external communications digitally. Articulate opportunities and offers directly with service users and stakeholders at various events.
2. To lead and Chair Procurement Panel including preparation of documentation, analysis, recommendations and reports of course uptake to enable the panel
3. To work alongside LCC Commissioning Team to produce comprehensive supplier contracts and encourage new suppliers
4. Lead on the continuous commissioning of training for the Leicestershire Early Years Workforce as part of the training plan. Work with most relevant service member to develop new training courses and amend existing training courses to meet specific objectives.
5. To coordinate and develop the Early Years Inclusion and Childcare Service training venue portfolio, sourcing venues, negotiating terms and conditions and building relationships to ensure quality and best value priorities are maintained.
6. Monitor course uptake to ensure courses are viable to support the delivery of the training plan.
7. Use Oracle I-Procurement and East Midlands Shared Services (EMSS) to raise Purchase Orders, make payments, queries and adjustments of all supplier billing and credits.
8. To record, monitor and evaluate the reconciliation of the delegated budgets for trainer and venue supplier expenditure extracting budgetary information from relevant databases to support accurate forecasting.
9. To support the recruitment into the sector working with colleagues schools and other employment agencies at recruitment events.
10. To ensure all providers have access to up-to-date advice, guidance and opportunities around continual professional development training. Signposting enquiries where appropriate to relevant web pages, professional colleagues, further/higher education establishments and training providers.
11. Work in partnership with internal and external training providers and agencies to ensure the workforce improvement priorities and Local Authority Statutory Duties are delivered.
12. Work collaboratively with the Workforce Improvement Advisor to undertake specific tasks, support new projects and represent the service at events and meetings.
13. Travel to various events
An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
14. Level 3 qualification in relevant subject area or demonstrated equivalent experience and ability
15. GSCE or equivalent grade A* - C in English and Maths
16. Experience of inputting, maintaining and interrogation of database to undertake analysis and make appropriate recommendations, presenting information in different formats and using information in ICT including use of all Microsoft Office applications
17. Experience of working in a front-line service dealing with the public and giving information
18. Knowledge and understanding of the importance of confidentiality and the requirements of the Data Protection Act and GDPR and
19. Knowledge of ability recent legislation and current national initiatives in the early years agenda and to positively promote the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework.
20. Ability to work on own initiative, to work under pressure and to deadlines through prioritising own work
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we also expect you to share and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Jo Fisher - Childcare Sufficiency and Organisational Development Team Manager
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How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ Plus communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the section on our career site.
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