Early Years Support Officer - EAD10071

East Dunbartonshire Council; Kirkintilloch; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

East Dunbartonshire Council is seeking an Early Years Support Officer to ensure high-quality Early Learning and Childcare services align with the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act and the National Standard. The role involves oversight of delivery and collaboration with the Central Early Years Team.

You will support the Early Years Service Manager on key strategic projects, work in a fast-paced environment, and contribute to ensuring vulnerable children’s needs are met.PVG/Disclosure

Responsibilities

• Oversee the delivery of Early Learning and Childcare services in line with Local and National legislative requirements.
• Support the Early Years Service Manager with strategic pieces of work and with the Central Early Years Team.
• Lead in a fast-paced, dynamic environment requiring strong leadership and teamwork.

Job description

This continues to be a very exciting time in East Dunbartonshire Council for Early Learning and Childcare Services to meet parents' and families’ needs in line with the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act and The National Standard to deliver the 1140 funded hours, ensuring quality is at the heart, supporting our youngest children to achieve their full potential. In addition, the Scottish Government's plan is to expand the delivery of breakfast clubs and additional wrap-around care for primary-aged children.

As an Early Years Support Officer, you will oversee the effective and efficient delivery of Early Learning and Childcare services which meet both Local and National Legislative requirements, working with the Central Early Years Team and supporting the Early Years Service Manager with key strategic pieces of work.

This is a fast-paced and dynamic role that requires excellent leadership and teamwork to produce and develop key pieces of work under short time scales.

The post will be until the end of July 2028; Internal applicants can request a secondment.

East Dunbartonshire Council is committed to ensuring the safety of vulnerable people and our recruitment process is designed to support this. The preferred candidate will be required to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme.

PVG/Disclosure Scotland

The following criteria applies to all roles within East Dunbartonshire Council where PVG/Disclosure checks are essential criteria.

Where the post you are applying for is considered a Regulated Role under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020, successful candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to confirmation of employment being made by East Dunbartonshire Council.

Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant check which will be deducted from the successful candidate’s first salary payment. Successful candidates who withdraw their application after the check process has started will be invoiced for the cost of the check.

In specific circumstances the payment could be deducted in instalments from an employee’s wages following commencement of employment. Approval in such circumstances will be made by the HR &OD Manager.

Should an employee leave in advance of the payment being deducted, the full amount will be deducted from the employee’s final salary.

The criteria outlined above will apply to existing employees of East Dunbartonshire Council who apply for roles for which a PVG/Disclosure check is required.

Charter of Commitment

The commitment by East Dunbartonshire Council to job applicants is as follows:

Individuals will be treated in a polite, friendly and welcoming manner.

Equalities monitoring will be conducted to ensure a fair and equitable process with

screening being carried out to anonymise sensitive information such as age, gender and disability.

The information that we receive will be treated in confidence and with discretion. Only the relevant HR representative/team and the relevant service will see the application form.

We will encourage and welcome applications from applicants under the disability symbol. Where the essential criteria are met an interview will be offered to those applying under the disability symbol.

We will be pleased to make any reasonable adjustments to ensure accessibility at the interview.

We will advise you within reasonable time after the closing date if you have not met the interview criteria. (Normally within 4 weeks)

We will advise you of meeting the criteria for interview normally within 3 weeks.

We will advise you if you have been successful or unsuccessful at the interview stage as soon as practically possible.