New Job Opening: Early Years Lead in BROMLEY, UK

Job Qualification Form

The Basics

Company

Lambeth

Contact name, title & number

Kathryn Shaw - Early Years & Out of School Quality Improvement Lead

Sophie Garner - DOE

Vacancy job title

Early Years Lead

Salary / rates / benefits

400-410 (MAX)

6 month duration

Location - Is remote working an option??

Day 1 in the office, collect IT and meet team.

After – remote based

Reason for hiring

Someone in post permanently for 20 years has resigned and not offered long notice 

Direct Line Manager– Name and job title

Kathryn Shaw

Company

Need

Essential / Desirable Skills and Experience (any flexibility?)

Maximum of 6 months to a vacant Early Years Funding Manager post.

I have attached the current JD which will give a broad overview of the post. The key areas to prioritise are :-

• A thorough know of the DfE’s Early Years Entitlements – both capital and revenue and how to distribute payments to registered early years providers.


• Strong partnership working skills, with a positive collaborative approach.


• A sound knowledge of the Synergy system


• The ability to support and manage a small team (4 people)


• Responsive, proactive and able to work to deadlines

Consideration where possible should also be given to the following.

• A comprehensive Early Years operational knowledge and experience of best practice from other LAs.


• Ability to optimise usage of the Synergy system, and to identify outdated ways of working and support the implementation of improvements quickly.

3 Most Important Things (skills / attributes/ qualifications you can’t compromise on)

• Synergy experience


• Prior Early Years at an LA setting


• Someone that has managed people

How long have you been looking? (What is the impact of not hiring? why do you believe you’ve been unsuccessful so far? what skills were missing from previous applicants? Do you have any internal options?)

• 2-3 weeks  

Candidate Background (Previous job titles/ sector experience/ Qualifications)

See above

DNA 5

Budget (enough for duration of contract)

Yes - Approved – happy to deal directly with us and then put the orders through Matrix – I have already informed Dean at Matrix that I was contact, he was actually ok as I responded to an email and CC’d him in it.

Full qualification/understanding of the Role (inc. why, start date, MIT’s, requested exclusivity etc.)

Yes and we have this exclusively (another agency had this in November and did nothing).

Interview slots (booked in verbally over the phone and confirmed in ROE)

Interviews next week – CV feedback within 24hrs of sending

Follow up call scheduled (with DL/mobile & virtual meeting proposed)

Kathryn only

ROE email returned (confirmed by client with SDS/IR35 status)

Matrix

Company Information

Team split/size/culture

Projects (relevant current and future they may need to have involvement with)