Early Years Business Support Officer

2 weeks ago


Gloucester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom Gloucestershire County Council Full time

About the Role:

The Early Years Sufficiency and Business Support team at Gloucestershire County Council is seeking a highly organized and customer-focused Business Support Officer to join their team. As a Business Support Officer for Early Years, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the sufficiency and sustainability of childcare provision across the county.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Gather and collate data and information reports for weekly and termly reporting to the Department for Education (DFE)
  • Monitor and track 2-year funding eligibility take up
  • Support Early Years managers with information in response to situations as they occur
  • Receive, monitor, input, and respond to Ofsted information and data, raising queries/concerns where appropriate
  • Ensure providers complete all necessary returns and analyze data to aid planning and monitoring sufficiency and sustainability of provision
  • Support the EY development officer to carry out annual monitoring and support calls to all Childcare Providers offering Out of School and Holiday provision
  • Support the Nursery Funding Team with the Nursery Funding payment processes

About You:

To be successful in this role, you will need excellent organizational skills, a customer-focused nature, and data analysis and manipulation skills. You will also need a good level of literacy and numeracy, equivalent to Grade C or above in English and Maths, and a further academic/professional qualification, equivalent to BTEC National/NVQ3 in an area such as Business Administration or Finance.

What We Offer:

  • Flexible and agile working opportunities
  • 25.5 days' annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years' continuous service
  • An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
  • Family-friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family
  • Career development and qualification opportunities
  • Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
  • Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
  • An in-house Occupational Health service
  • Employee discount scheme
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme


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