Early Years & Childcare Advisor

The Royal Borough of Greenwich is looking to recruit an Early Years and Childcare Advisor to for a permanent post to provide advice, support and training to early years and childcare providers to ensure the provision of high quality early learning and childcare experiences to children giving them the best start in life.

Are you enthusiastic about making sure babies and young children have the best possible start in life? If so, now is a great time to join us!

The ideal candidate will need:

• An understanding of working with early years and childcare providers to drive forward good practice
• To increase access to the free entitlement to early learning and support establishing of parent partnerships with a particular focus on vulnerable families
• To be able to engage partner agencies in service delivery
• An understanding of the importance of healthy early years to improve the life chances of children

Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. Royal Borough of Greenwich is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Any roles which involve working with children, young people or vulnerable adults, or roles in which the duties will involve access to sensitive information relating to children, young people or vulnerable adults, the Royal Borough will take up references prior to interview. You should provide details of referees including your current and previous employers, covering the last 5 years

For more information about the post, please email Kallie Schut, Early Years & Childcare Team Leader on

Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.