Early Years Strategic Development Officer

The City of Edinburgh Council; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government organization in Edinburgh is seeking an Early Years Strategic Development Officer to support homeless children under 5 and ensure compliance with key policies. This role involves driving strategic development to facilitate access to early learning opportunities for disadvantaged families. The ideal candidate will have necessary qualifications and a commitment to creating an inclusive workplace culture.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Must have the required qualification(s) before applying.
• Regulated work with children under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.

Responsibilities

• Support under 5s who are experiencing homelessness.
• Drive policy and development for the Council's duties regarding children and young people's welfare.

Job description

Waverley Court

Salary: £39,129 - £46,020

Hours: 36 per week, 52 weeks

Early Years Strategic Development Officer

This post will support under 5s who are experiencing homelessness. Currently there are approximately 7,000 individuals in temporary housing in Edinburgh, many of these families have children under 5. The role will support homeless children into Early Learning Centres (ELC) and signpost them to services and resources such as Best Start Grants. In addition, the post will support strategic aspects of work, including the P1 transition project.

We are recruiting an Early Years Strategic Development Officer who will drive policy and development to ensure that the Council fulfils its duties as outlined in the Children and Young People's Act (2014), the national Early Years Framework, Edinburgh’s Early Years Strategy and Action Plan, and Edinburgh’s Parent and Carers Strategy and Action Plan.

Note: You must have the required qualification(s) before you apply. Please refer to the attached documentation for requirements, or we will be unable to consider your application.

This is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. If you have spent a continuous period of 3 months or more outside the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will also be required. An unconditional offer and commencement will be subject to satisfactory outcomes of these checks.

We are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, recognising the benefits that a diverse workforce brings to the organisation.

To help achieve this, we are changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This allows us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

Our Behaviours web page: Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and increases annually until it reaches the top of the range.

We are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements.