Early Years Entitlements Adviser

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Warwick; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity with Warwickshire County Council’s Early Years, Sufficiency & Entitlements Team to support the expansion of funded early education places. Ideal for a motivated individual skilled in communication and relationship management, looking to contribute to early childhood education efforts.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

Agile working

Annual leave entitlement with additional holidays

Access to benefits and discounts platform

Qualifications

• Open-minded, skilled in communication with a solution-focused approach.
• Able to build and maintain relationships with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Engage with early years and childcare providers to support funded places.
• Provide advice on funding entitlements, manage claims, and answer enquiries.
• Contribute to developing new initiatives for service delivery.

Skills

Communication

Flexibility

Proactive approach

Stakeholder relationship management

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Warwickshire County Council’s Early Years, Sufficiency & Entitlements Team. We’re looking for a motivated and passionate individual to help deliver and expand funded early education places, particularly in response to the extended entitlements for working parents (Childcare Choices) - What's new? | Childcare Choices

About the role

The role is designed to:

• Support the expansion and sustainability of funded early education entitlements.
• Collaborate with Private, Voluntary, and Independent (PVI) providers, childminders, schools (including academies), and out-of-school settings to ensure statutory compliance with early education funding.
• Assist in monitoring providers to meet the Council’s statutory duties under national early years guidance (Gov.uk). - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-education-and-childcare--2

You’ll work countywide as part of a dedicated team, supporting the Strategy Manager and other Council teams to deliver high-quality early years provision.

Key Responsibilities

• The successful candidate will engage with current and prospective early years and childcare providers, as well as parents/carers, to support the delivery of funded places.
• Provide direct advice and support on funding entitlements, including managing claims, payments, and enquiries.
• Contribute to the development of new initiatives and solutions to improve service delivery.

What We’re Looking For

We’re seeking someone who is:

• Open-minded, flexible, and proactive.
• Skilled in communication, with a solution-focused approach.
• Able to build and maintain positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.

For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund'

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

Click here to view the benefits at Warwickshire County Council.

Additional Information

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

If you have any questions about the post, please contact Mandy Latham:

[e-mail]

Closing Date: midnight on Wednesday 11^th June

Interview dates: Wednesday 25^th June 2025 and Thursday 26^th June 2025

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact [e-mail] and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. Seemore