Childcare Workforce Development Manager
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Location
Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
4/14/2025
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Description
Job Description
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 here .
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:
You can find the job description for this post here
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 additional information for applicants page.
For informal enquiries please contact Catherine Smith, Early Years Programmes Manager, email at [email protected] .
Closing Date: Friday 2nd May 2025
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held: Tuesday 20th May 2025
If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support
By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions.
About Us
Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.
In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:
We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.
We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.
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 here .
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:
- Secure and current knowledge of national childcare policies and how these influence the training needs for the early years sectors
- Proven track record of events management and organisation
- Proven track record of commissioning training
- Experience of working and communicating with school and childcare leaders and other relevant partners both in written form and verbally
- Experience of budget management
You can find the job description for this post here
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 additional information for applicants page.
For informal enquiries please contact Catherine Smith, Early Years Programmes Manager, email at [email protected] .
Closing Date: Friday 2nd May 2025
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held: Tuesday 20th May 2025
If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support
By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions.
About Us
Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.
In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:
- 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
- Smart Working – to support your work life balance
- Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!
We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.
We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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