Early Years Advisor Teacher (Term Time Only) in Walthamstow

Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest

Salary: Soulbury ADV/GA £54,398 - £58,691

Contract Type: Part time/Fixed Term contract 10 months maternity cover (Sept 2026 - July 2027)

Working hours per week: 21.6

Weeks per year: TTO

Application Deadline: 29/06/2026

Proposed Interview Date(s): TBC

Reference: 2180

About Us:

Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work. We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.

London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London’s Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.

The Council’s preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method.

About the role:

This is a fixed-term position to provide maternity cover, anticipated to last for 10 months. However, applicants should be aware that the duration of the contract may be subject to change. In the event that the employee currently on maternity leave decides to return to work earlier than originally indicated, the contract may be terminated with appropriate notice in accordance with the terms of employment.

To deliver the Council's statutory duty to provide information, advice and training to childcare providers with regards to meeting the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. To raise standards of teaching and learning in the EYFS with a focus on 0-5 year olds through the provision of advice, support and training to early years practitioners in Waltham Forest, in accordance with the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage.

To organise professional support for Schools, Private, Voluntary and Independent settings and Children Family Centres by working with providers to ensure they implement a high standard of teaching and learning with a focus on 0-5 year olds. To support the ongoing professional development of all practitioners across Early Year’s provision through co-ordinating and delivering the Early Years, Childcare and Business Development training offer. To advise on effective practice consistent with early years principles on a range of areas, encompassing the unique child, positive relationships, enabling environment and learning and development.

Key Responsibilities:

• Experience of working directly with young children (under 5 years of age)
• Experience of leading the implementation of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
• A proven track record of giving professional EYFS support and advice, and building effective and productive working relationships with a range of stakeholders
• Experience of working at a senior level within own area of professional expertise and working across organizational boundaries.
• Ability to build effective working relationships, and influence a wide range of people including senior managers, external partners and members of the public.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in a context of complexity and ambiguity and deal with conflicting demands.
• Highly developed organizational and planning skills and the ability to work independently.
• Experience of effectively developing staff.
• Excellent knowledge of service provided in own area and awareness of wider Council activities.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and specialist system/s.
• Experience of delivering support, advice and training regarding Early Years Foundation Statutory requirements
• Experience of delivering support, advice and training regarding a range of regulatory requirements regarding delivery of childcare

Qualifications and Requirements:

To be considered for this position, you should meet the following requirements:

• Qualified Teacher Status
• Educated to degree level or equivalent standard

Terms and conditions:

The below terms and conditions apply to this role:

• Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;
• Satisfactory declaration of interest;
• This role is subject to safer recruitment practices as it involves work with children and/or vulnerable adults;
• Satisfactory DBS check;
• Continued professional body registration;
• As a public authority, we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English. This means that they must have a command of spoken English, with confidence and accuracy, sufficient for the effective performance of their role.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the ‘Apply’ button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives:

• Promoting equality of opportunity
• Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage
• Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels.
• Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all.

Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.

To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.

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 or feel free to discuss this during your interview.

For more information on the benefits of working for the Council, please visit here.

Contact Information:

If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact Elisha Wilkinson at elisha.wilkinson@walthamforest.gov.uk. If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Recruitment Team via email at recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk.

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