Senior Advisor Quality Assurance- Early Years and Childcare (Maternity Cover), CB23 3AB

Our Benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

About the role

Are you passionate about Early Years Education and Childcare with a background in leadership and management?

Are you looking for an opportunity to further develop your skills and experience in Early Years Education, Childcare and leadership.

Come and join our Early Years Childcare and School Readiness Service where you will lead our team to deliver support services to settings and schools to enable them to deliver high quality early years provision for Cambridgeshire’s youngest children.

Our team plays a crucial role in supporting settings and schools to be inclusive, to deliver high quality provision. This role fosters relationships with our partners to further support this.

For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Annette Brooker, Head of Early Years, Childcare and School Readiness Service(Annette.Brooker@cambridgeshire.gov.uk)

About you

We are seeking a dynamic early years specialist and leader who will lead our Quality Improvement Team, Qualifications Centre, Membership Services, Home Learning and Communications workstreams. Reporting to the Head of Service and working as part of a dynamic management team you will be passionate about how young children thrive and evidence exemplary leadership skills. This is a great opportunity to shape our offer in line with recent national changes and a chance to develop your skills and experience of council leadership.

Please see attached person specification

Interviews for this role will be held in person on the 21st of May 2025.

About usCambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.https://youtu.be/DDE1nplZttYVisit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers