Childcare Business Development Assistant

Salary: £15,511 for 18.5 hours

Childcare Business Development Assistant

Mae’r ddogfen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg / This document is also available in Welsh.

We are looking for a Childcare Business Development Assistant to join our Childcare Team. The post holder will contribute to the council’s statutory duty to ensure sufficiency of childcare for parents who are in work, training or education.

You will offer advice and guidance to settings on CIW registration, policies and procedures and business planning. You will support the planning and delivery of training, CPD and engagements events for the childcare sector in RCT, via both face to face events and online platforms. You will contribute to the development of the Council’s Childcare Sufficiency Assessment, and have a key role in the promotion of the Childcare Offer for Wales, including supporting childcare providers to deliver the scheme.

The successful candidate will have extensive knowledge and experience of the childcare sector and CIW regulations, as well as offering advice and support to childcare organisations to improve their business practices. You will have experience of working in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders, such as childcare related organisations, childcare providers, parents and Local Authority personnel.

You will be highly motivated and proactive and able to work on your own initiative. You will be able to prioritise your workload to meet changing demands and deadlines.

The hours of work are 18.5 per week and may be worked in accordance with the Council’s flexible working hours' scheme. The post is based in the Valleys Innovation Centre, Abercynon however office days will consist of 2 per week on set days which include a Wednesday and Friday. This will be reviewed as and when applicable. The post is externally funded and temporary until 31st March 2027 in the first instance, with the possibility of extension after this date.

For further information please contact Sian Wood - Childcare Team Leader on 07393 759217 or via email sian.wood@rctcbc.gov.uk

Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.

In addition to this safeguarding responsibility, the successful applicant for this role will also be subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.

The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.

An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

As part of the Council’s longer term objectives in relation to the Welsh language and its Workforce Planning Strategy, it is committed to a guaranteed interview scheme for Welsh-speakers of Level 3 and above. If you meet the essential criteria as identified in the person specification for the job and are a Welsh-speaker of Level 3 and above, you will be invited to interview if you choose to participate in the scheme.

In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.

In support of the Council’s voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans or Reservists and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.