Local Authority Business and Workforce Development Manager, South London

Pertemps; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Business and Workforce Development Manager for a Local Authority in South London. This role involves leading a Workforce Development Plan to enhance early years childcare outcomes through targeted training and strategic initiatives. The successful candidate will have extensive experience in Local Authority settings, focusing on stakeholder engagement and implementing government childcare programs effectively. This agency role offers a competitive pay rate of £38.97 per hour, among various support services.

Benefits

Dedicated consultant

Easy online registration

Referral schemes

Ongoing compliance management

Reliable payroll

Qualifications

• Experience in a Local Authority setting is essential.
• Proven experience working with stakeholders for childcare initiatives.
• Knowledge of EYFS qualifications and early education programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead Workforce Development Plan delivery and training programs.
• Generate income through traded services for early years training.
• Provide strategic lead for funded entitlement implementation.
• Manage IT systems for childcare delivery.
• Develop and deliver new governmental early years initiatives.
• Coordinate Early Years Capital funding implementation.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Workforce Development Planning

Training delivery

Early Years Education knowledge

Job description

Local Authority Business and Workforce Development Manager, South London

Pay rate £38.97 per hour

Contract role within the Early Years and Foundation Stage, EYFS

Pertemps are recruiting for an experienced Business and Workforce Development Manager for a Local Authority in South London. You will need experience of performing this role in a Local Authority setting and in particular to have experience of working with stakeholders in the commissioning and implementation of major childcare initiatives.

Main duties and responsibilities

• To lead, provide expert advice and guidance on the delivery of a Workforce Development Plan, through an annual training programme of continuous professional development across the early years and childcare sector, ensuring the EYFS qualifications for staff are achieved enabling better outcomes for children.
• To generate an agreed annual income target through the delivery of a traded service for training the early years sector, to include all private, voluntary and independent nurseries, childminders and schools with nursery provision.
• To provide the strategic lead for the implementation and the delivery of the 2, 3 and 4 year old funded entitlement for early education childcare in the borough.
• To implement and manage IT management systems required for the effective delivery of early years childcare in the borough.
• To lead on the operational development and delivery across Lambeth of key governmental early years new initiatives.
• To lead on collaborative working with key strategic stakeholders to ensure that the government directives regarding the Early Years Pupil Premium, Disability Access Fund and SEN Inclusion funding and other government initiatives including the 30 hours childcare delivery achieve the core purpose of improving the children’s EYFSP targets.
• To lead and co-ordinate the implementation of the Early Years Capital funding for the early years and childcare sector.

Please get in touch for more information.

This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:

• A Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to
• An easy registration process (all done online)
• Referral schemes and incentives
• Ongoing compliance managed for you
• Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more.

Please contact Graham Leatham on 07484 513909 or email [e-mail] for more information.

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