Hove Town Hall (On-Site)
Permanent, Full time
No DBS check required
£29777 - £31364
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Job introduction
Childcare Sufficiency and Audit Officer to complete the council’s annual childcare sufficiency assessment and action plan, and to collaborate with childcare providers to ensure that the early years free entitlements are offered in accordance with the provider agreement and associated statutory guidance.
For an informal discussion, please contact Vicky Jenkins - Childcare Strategy Manager on 01273 296110.
Interview date: 7th October
About the role
Would you like to help support the roll out of new childcare support and make a difference to families in the city with young children? We are recruiting to a new role in the early years finance team to audit early years providers in the private, voluntary and independent sectors to ensure that the new childcare support entitlements are being offered properly and are accessible to families. The postholder will also be responsible for collecting data on childcare supply and demand including conducting parental surveys and reporting on findings.
The successful candidate will have knowledge and understanding of the early years and childcare sector, and of survey methods including collecting qualitative and quantitative data. They should also have
- excellent IT skills including using software such as power BI to present data in a visually immersive way.
- skills and ability in data quality management
- the ability to set up new data management tools
- the bility to communicate effectively in writing, through presentations and verbally, with a wide range of people
They will also have experience of providing challenge and promoting successful change
We are a friendly and supportive team working in a busy environment. We value innovative approaches and creativity as well as the abiltiy to deliver results in tight timeframes.
As part of your application, you will need to complete your education and work history and upload a supporting statement. Your supporting statement is the most important part of your application as it will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Supporting statement guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk)) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.
Additional information
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is part-time or term-time only.
We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.
For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us (brighton-hove.gov.uk)
Company information
Encouraging a diverse workforce
Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.
Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).