Early Years Consultant

Contract:        Fixed term contract for 1 year

Hours:             Fulltime at 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year

Salary:            Starting salary FTE £42,000 p.a. (plus excellent pension scheme)
Location:       Hybrid working consisting of remote working, with flexibility required to work across educational settings in Hertfordshire and neighbouring counties, with an opportunity to work up to 2 days per week in out Head Office in Stevenage, Hertfordshire if desired and to meet the business needs.  

Are you an experienced Early Years Leader or Childminder who wants to make a difference to children in Hertfordshire and beyond? We are recruiting for an Early Years Consultant to join our friendly and collaborative team. With a passion for striving for excellence in early years, we are looking for someone who has recent experience leading a PVI setting or Childminding business. Our team provides support and training to settings and childminders in Hertfordshire and beyond to benefit children’s learning and development. You will play a vital role in shaping the future of early childhood education, working closely with Early Years Settings and Childminders, delivering tailored training, conducting support visits and developing innovative products and services. If you are passionate about early childhood education and would like to join our team, we would love to hear from you.

Our ‘working from anywhere’ approach provides colleagues the opportunity to work flexibly in line with their role requirements. This consists of working on-site across various settings, remote working and, if desired, up to 2 days per week in our Head Office in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. The ability to reach different locations by car will be essential for this role. A full driving licence and appropriate car insurance will be required. As there is a permanent home working element to this role, you will need to ensure you are equipped for home working.

Benefits: a generous employer pension contribution, 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 31 days after five-years) or the equivalent paid for Term Time employees, family-friendly policies, hybrid working, paid mileage, a cycle to work scheme, onsite charging points for electric vehicles, access to mental health and wellbeing support, company performance bonus, professional development opportunities, benefit schemes for discounts and cashback offers, and more.

Would you like to know more information about this opportunity? If so, further information can be found in the job outline. You can also contact Dawn Macdougall for an informal discussion regarding the role on 07741 500428 or email dawn.macdougall@hfleducation.org

To apply, please download and complete the HFL application form along with the supporting statement (maximum 2 sides of A4), explaining how you meet the requirements of the job outline and person specification. We would also love to hear why you are interested in becoming part of the HFL team. Please email your completed application to hfl.recruitment@hfleducation.org or apply via our website: Join our team | HFL Education

As part of our move towards eradicating unconscious bias within the recruitment process, we ask that you follow the guidance stated in the application forms.

For recruitment queries, our Central Recruitment Team can also be contacted on the hfl.recruitment email address above. We would love to hear from you.

Closing Date: 18th October 2024 at 9am                

Interview Date:  7th November 2024 in Stevenage.

This job advert may close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. To make sure you don’t miss out on this great opportunity, please submit your application as soon as you can.

We are committed towards becoming an anti-racist organisation, and our recruitment statement is set out below in support of this.

HFL is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We insist on the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues and will never condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

HFL is also equally committed to becoming an anti-racist organisation and we encourage you to view our Anti-racist position statement which gives clarity on our anti-racist stance. In our relentless efforts to be an anti-racist organisation, we recognise the negative impacts of under representation and lack of diversity in our organisation, our education system and in all aspects of our society. Therefore, for recruitment into any HFL post, where we have 2 or more candidates of equal merit, candidates with protected characteristics will be given advantage over candidates without such characteristics. This is sometimes referred to as a ‘tie-breaker’ and is referred to as ‘positive action’ in the Equality Act 2010.

To help us meet our high standards and aspirations of a fully diverse and inclusive workplace, we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply and to join us.

Please note that if you are invited to interview, we will expect you to be prepared to discuss unconscious bias with us; we find these conversations more than any others give us all a good idea of what working together will be like.