*INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY* Education Enrichment and Childcare Officer in Walthamstow

** INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY **

Organisation : London Borough of Waltham Forest

Salary: £40,182- £42,060

Contract Type: Full-time

Working hours per week: 36

Application Deadline: 20/11/2026

Proposed Interview Date(s): W/C 30th November 2026 (In person interview)

Reference: 2402

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 a 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 permanent position to provide business operations and financial information, support, and training and provide specialist knowledge to Education Operations and Performance stakeholders. This role plays a key part in supporting the delivery of high-quality, sustainable early education, childcare and school-age provision across the borough. Working closely with childcare providers, schools, and a range of internal and external partners, you will help ensure the Council meets its statutory duties to secure sufficient childcare and early education places for children and young people.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to meeting the Councils statutory duty to secure free early education and childcare places to children under 5 who are eligible for a place, as well as childcare for children aged 0 to 14 or up to 18 for disabled children, by:
  • Creating and retaining high quality places by working with potential providers and existing providers.
  • Commissioning high quality providers.
  • Delivering information advice and training which empowers providers to remain financially sustainable and provide quality places that comply with business related statutory requirements.
  • Contribute to meeting the Councils Statutory Duties in relation to encouraging, monitoring and reporting on participation in early learning and childcare and post 16 education services by CYP
  • Contribute to meeting the Councils statutory and non-statutory requirements with regards to communication with internal and external stake holders
  • Deliver grant funded programmes related to early education and childcare and out of school/enrichment activities for school age children
  • Providing a range of information advice and training to Early Years, Childcare providers and Schools regarding running sustainable businesses which comply with statutory requirements.
  • Providing a range of business operations/support services across the education service
  • Supporting the Education Operations Lead

Experience, Qualifications and Requirements:

• Numeracy and literacy qualification e.g. GCSE English and Maths or equivalent.
• Relevant professional qualification
• Experience of providing a range of business operation and financial information, support, and training which contributed to delivering a Council’s statutory requirements relating to securing free early education and childcare places to children under 5 who are eligible for a place.
• Experience of providing a range of business operation and financial information, support, and training which contributed to delivering a Council’s statutory requirements relating to securing sufficient childcare for children aged 0 to 14 or up to 18 for disabled children.
• Experience of providing a range of business operation and financial information, support, and training in relation to delivering grant funded programmes related to early education and childcare and out of school/enrichment activities for school age children.
• Experience of providing a range of information advice and training to Early Years, Childcare providers and Schools regarding running sustainable businesses which comply with statutory requirements.
• Good knowledge and understanding of Ofsted/DfE requirements, systems, policy, practices, procedures, and legislation regarding early years and childcare.
• Excellent customer service skills, with experience of resolving customer queries.
• Significant experience of working with and forming positive, trusting relationships with commissioned providers (especially Ofsted registered childcare providers and schools).
• Experience of producing a range of advice, information reports and presentations to internal and external Managers
• Experience of consultation, engagement and participation work with parents/carers, schools and childcare providers
• Experience of providing a range of business operations/support services across an internal service/team.
• A good understanding of the issues that can affect parents/carers, schools and childcare providers and how best to address them.
• Experience of effectively developing and delivering projects/programmes of work including change projects and grant funded initiatives
• Experience of looking for opportunities to improve your own work
• Experience of using initiative to improve service outcomes/impact
• Experience of managing multiple tasks and responding to changing priorities
• Experience of using a range of methods to communicate effectively with others
• Experience of keeping up to date with technologies and working processes
• Experience of bringing insights and ideas to influence the implementation of change
• IT skills, including Microsoft Office suite
• Experience in use of large complex management and client information systems and finance systems (particularly Oracle)

Terms and conditions:

• 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;
• 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. This requirement does not refer to any particular English language qualifications, regional or international accents, dialects, speech impediments or the tone of conversations. It does not require staff to speak only in English.

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.

Contact Information:

If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact Temilade Adeniji, Education Enrichment & Childcare Operations Manager at Temilade.Adeniji@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 .

For more information on the benefits of working for the Council, please visit https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/find-jobs-and-other-opportunities/working-us .

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