Early Years Officer

About this Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Early Years Officer to join the team at our wonderful nursery schools. Working across Highfield and Croyland Nursery Schools, this is a full-time role working all year round. Your salary will be paid at Grade G, Starting at Scale Point 8 of the NJC Support Pay Scale.

We are a maintained nursery school and form part of a federation of four local authority maintained nursery schools across Northamptonshire, with a supportive and proactive governing body. Our mission is to provide the highest quality of Early Education and care for all our children, in whom we foster a love of learning to help each child become the best they can be.

• To ensure the standards of teaching and learning in the school are of the highest possible quality
• To be responsible for a large group of children in our specialist provision unit, including planning learning, resourcing the environment, evaluating learning, and record keeping
• To work alongside Early Years Assistants (EYAs) who will support you in the planning, preparation, and delivery of learning and development
• Overseeing and providing the planning and delivery of group times and scheduled work time, to ensure they meet the specific needs of your group of children
• To analyse children's progress and attainment - identifying trends and areas of strength, as well as next steps which are then to be implemented into provision
• To be aware of stages of development, so as to be able to make judgements about children's development
• Undertaking home visits to gather information about new starters
• Completing termly assessments on children's development, including narrative reports for parents/carers
• Organising and co-ordinating parent/carer consultation meetings to share progress and attainment
• Organising, co-ordinating, and monitoring record keeping, floor books, and displays that inform families of children's learning
• Organising and planning staff deployment of provisions and interventions
• Review and consistent implementation of key routines
• Review and maintenance of physical environments, including continuous provision and enhancement
• Daily communication with parents. If working a late shift, to inform colleagues of anything which may need to be fed back to parents/carers the following morning
• Nurturing effective and positive relationships with both the children under your care and across the provision and their parents/carers
• To read the staff communication and deployment board prior to work, and be ready at your work station at the designated start time
• To communicate with your team about necessary plans for provisions, changes to routines, and/or messages from parents/carers
• Working together to form a consistent approach to behaviour management
• Effectively planning and delivering parent/carer events
• Reporting any safeguarding concerns or accidents at home and/or nursery, and being prepared to have conversations with parents and/or professionals
• Providing information and guidance to EYAs on children's developmental needs, and to support them with any parent/carer events, i.e. parents evenings and home learning plans
• Keeping up to date with any changes to statutory or non-statutory guidance and procedures for the Early Years sector, including Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), GDPR, EYFS Statutory Framework, Development Matters, and Birth to 5

• A friendly, collaborative community of children and their families, staff, and governors
• A caring and supportive working environment that prioritises wellbeing
• Opportunity for progression and CPD within the Federation and the wider maintained nursery school network
• Competitive salary and generous annual leave entitlement
• A generous Local Government pension scheme
• Discounted nursery sessions for your children
• Free onsite parking