About the role
Job title: Local Authority Support Manager
Location: Reading, with flexibility for remote working
Salary: Circa £43,000 per annum
At EDT we pride ourselves on creating an environment that supports a healthy work life balance for all our staff. We provide policies that encourage flexible working around individual needs. We offer a range of benefits including a generous holiday allowance, pension scheme and additional voluntary money saving benefits* that can be seen below.
Benefits include:
30 days holiday plus bank holidays (pro rota)
6% matched pension scheme
Discounted gym memberships*
Health care cash plan*
Retail discounts*
Cycle to work scheme
Wellbeing App
Are you ready to help make a difference to the lives of young children affected by the Covid pandemic?
The organisation
Education Development Trust’s vision is a world in which all lives are transformed through excellent education. To help us achieve this vision, we are working on a very exciting and important programme to make a real difference to the lives of young children.
The Early Years Professional Development Programme
Education Development Trust has successfully delivered two Early Years Professional Development programmes. We are now in a third phase of delivery. Our focus in this programme is to deliver high quality professional development to practitioners working in the Early Years sector. The programme is part of the government’s Early Years Education Recovery package and is designed to help address the impact of the pandemic on the youngest and most disadvantaged children. The programme offers high quality, evidence based professional development for up to 10,000 Early Years Practitioners.
The programme has recruited 5,000 Early Years Professionals and we have received excellent feedback from practitioners who have benefitted from the programme to date on the significant impact that the programme has had on their own practice and the development of the children they support.
The programme is now expanding to reach a further 5000 Early Years Professionals. To help us achieve this, we are recruiting to new roles.
The Local Authority Support Manager role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Local Authority Support Manager to work as part of the Local Authority Support team.
Local Authorities are a key partner in the programme. The Local Authority (LA) Support Manager will play a pivotal role as the main point of contact for the Local Authorities participating in the Early Years Professional Development Programme. The Local Authority Support Manager will be responsible for managing relationships between the Programme Team and up to 60 LAs across the country, ensuring that they are fully engaged, they have all relevant information they need to ensure participants in their area are able to fully access the programme, and they are able to effectively promote the programme and administer programme funding.
Additionally, the Local Authority Support Manager will be required to assist with the recruitment of Early Years Settings onto the programme, during key recruitment periods, as directed by the Senior Local Authority Support Manager.
Applicants seeking to work part-time are welcome to apply but the role requires a minimum commitment of 0.6 FTE.
You will have:
Experience of relationship management and support (ideally within an education/childcare programme management context)
Experience of engaging with a range of education/childcare stakeholders
Sound understanding of relationship management strategies
Evidenced interest in Early Years settings and CPD
Ability to inspire and motivate others to achieve results
A solution focused approach and be able to develop innovative approaches to complicated and demanding issues and to manage resolutions effectively
If you think that you this role is for you, and you would like to find out more about this
exciting programme, please find further information on our website;
- www.earlyyearspdp.com
Application process: Once you click apply you will be required to complete a short online application form and upload your CV.
Closing date for applications: 1 October 2023
Interviews: Week beginning Monday 9 October 2023
Please note, we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and reserve the right to close our vacancies early.
Education Development Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults whom we work with and come into contact with around the world. All applicants are subject to thorough screening and for applicable roles, successful candidates are subject to relevant criminal record checks with national police authorities or the UK’s Disclosure and Barring Service.
At Education Development Trust, we strive to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, can be themselves and knows they can reach their full potential. We embrace and celebrate our differences through various initiatives and support colleagues through a number of staff networks. We're committed to building a strong, diverse workforce and making Education Development Trust an inclusive place to work. If you have specific requirements or adjustments, please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your application. We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident employer scheme.
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About the organisation
Education Development Trust is an education charity that exists to transform lives by improving education around the world. We work collaboratively with national and local governments, schools and other partners to design and deliver sustainable solutions to improve education.
Please click here to see our Annual Impact Review for 2021/2022, which highlights the ways in which our work has impacted lives around the world – and the progress we have made since 2020/2021.
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