Early Years Funding Advisor

3 weeks ago


Chichester, United Kingdom WSCC Full time

**The Opportunity** Salary**: NJC Grade 9 £33,945 to £36,648 per annum

**Working Pattern**:Full time, 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday
**Contract Length**:Permanent

**Location**:County Hall, Chichester, with hybrid working available

**Closing date**:
**Interview date**:
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and proactive professional to join our Early Years Funding team as an Early Years Funding Advisor.

The Early Years Funding team is part of a wider team that provides information, advice and guidance to parents and carers of 0-25-year-olds on Ofsted registered childcare, childcare funding, family activities and support services.

We are a statutory service meeting duties within the Childcare Act 2006. Our service plays a key role for our early years and childcare providers who offer the early years funded entitlements and many families, especially working parents or those wishing to return to work or undertake training. In turn this supports a sustainable and prosperous economy across the county, enabling families to fulfil their potential.

You will be joining us at an exciting time when the government are rolling out their childcare expansion plans. You will have a key role in supporting managers to meet their statutory duties across a range of early years funding and information projects and plans.

You will use your superb organisational skills to ensure resources are being deployed effectively, priorities maintained within set timescales and help ensure service resilience, as well as ensuring funding information is processed in a timely manner to meet payment schedules and budgetary reporting.
**What you need to succeed**
If you love grappling with complex issues and finding solutions, are passionate about empowering our customers by providing information and guidance, and have excellent customer service skills, then this could be the job for you

You’ll need brilliant interpersonal, communication and numeracy skills and the ability to oversee / supervise day to day work whilst working independently in a solution-focused way. You’ll be able to organise your own workload and respond independently to unanticipated problems, such as presenting material in a different manner to suit the needs of the audience.
**Why WSCC?**
As an employer we recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance and are rewarded for the work they do.

In addition to working within a great team and a brilliant opportunity you will receive:

- A competitive salary
- 27 days annual leave + bank holidays
- A generous pension scheme
- Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
- Flexible working
- A range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers with the opportunity to save over £1,000 (Including: Argos, Samsung, Asos, B&Q and many more)
- Free access to employee assistance programmes
- Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres
- A range of commuting and business travel discounts and initiatives

For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee you can find them on our **Rewards and Benefits** **page.
**How to apply**
The reference number for this role is** CAFHE05089.**

Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

**We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.**

Job Reference: CAFHE05089



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