At a Glance
- Tasks: Support early years funding, manage payments, and build relationships with childcare providers.
- Company: Brighton & Hove Council, committed to diversity and community impact.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible hours, wellbeing support, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Join a diverse workforce and enjoy a healthy work-life balance.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in children's lives while working in a supportive team.
- Qualifications: Strong attention to detail, IT skills, and excellent communication abilities.
The predicted salary is between 29064 - 31022 £ per year.
Are you highly organised, detail-focused and dedicated to making a difference to young children's lives? Join our early years funding team and play a vital role in ensuring children across Brighton & Hove can access free childcare from the age of nine months. This role is permanent.
About the role
Working with around 180 childcare providers across the private, voluntary and independent sectors, you'll be at the heart of administering and managing free childcare funding. From processing payments and conducting audits to maintaining accurate child and provider data you'll help ensure public funding is delivered efficiently, accurately and on time. This is more than just a finance role. You'll build positive relationships with childcare providers, offering support and guidance on funding processes and helping them navigate our online funding portal. Your patience, professionalism and customer-focused approach will make a real difference to the early years providers we work with every day.
We're looking for someone with excellent attention to detail, strong IT skills (particularly in spreadsheets) and experience using web-based systems. You'll be a confident communicator who enjoys solving problems, supporting others and delivering high-quality work to tight deadlines. In return, you'll join a high-performing, supportive team with a strong reputation for excellence and a shared commitment to continuous improvement. If you're looking for a rewarding role where your skills can have a tangible impact on families, childcare providers and children across Brighton & Hove we'd love to hear from you.
Encouraging a diverse workforce
Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.
Why work for us?
As a council, we want to:
- be connected
- be confident
- be innovative and creative
- be diverse and inclusive
- be healthy and psychologically safe
For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us which gives details of our wellbeing support, our benefits including leave and pensions as well as details of our training and development.
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only. We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.
Early Years Finance Support Officer in Eastbourne employer: Brighton & Hove City Council
Brighton & Hove City Council is an excellent employer, offering a nurturing work environment at Tarnerland Nursery School where you can make a meaningful impact on young children's lives. With a strong emphasis on professional development and a supportive team culture, employees enjoy generous benefits and opportunities for growth in their early years careers. Join us in creating a safe and engaging learning space in the vibrant community of Brighton.
Contact Details:
Brighton & Hove City Council Recruitment Team
