Job Description

Early Years Senior Officer: Education Standards and Inclusion

Soulbury 14-17 (59,766 - 64,001 pro rata) with a casual car user allowance

29.6 hours, Part-Time

Permanent

Hybrid: Stopford House, visiting settings and schools as needed and homeworking to suit to service needs

Application Deadline: 11 May 2025, 11:59pm

Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Shortlisting Date: 12 May 2025

Interview Date: 22 May 2025

Interview Type: face to face

Your Role

The post-holder will work as part of the School Effectiveness Service to deliver Stockport's strategic outcomes in our Early Years settings and schools. The post-holder will lead and manage our very experienced Early Years Improvement Team, work alongside our Startwell teams as part of our integrated Stockport Family model and liaise with GM counterparts.

About You

You will be an experienced Early Years Practitioner who has a clear understanding of high quality provision. You will have excellent interpersonal skills, clear strategic thinking and ambition. You will embrace change and have the relevant leadership skills to work with colleagues to secure and maintain high quality inclusive practice across Stockport, where all children succeed and settings are well supported.

About Us

The School Effectiveness Service is a large team of colleagues who work across Stockport to secure good educational outcomes. Individual teams within the service have considerable expertise which we draw upon to meet the challenges faced by schools and settings. Professional respect sits at the heart of our work and we provide a high level of support for our colleagues. Our Early Years Improvement Team is made up of a very knowledgeable, experienced team who are keen to work with a new leader to drive the agenda forward.


At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We're keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.


We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

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If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Lynn Perry on lynn.perry@stockport.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.

The successful applicant's appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

This post is politically restricted under the terms of the 1989 Local Government and Housing Act. This dictates that you must seek the council's permission before taking up any additional appointments or positions.

Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify.

Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed an interview if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme


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