Early Years Commissioning Support Officer

at  Surrey County Council

Job Introduction
This full-time, permanent role has a starting salary of £32,512 per annum based on a 36 hour working week.
We are excited to be hiring a new Early Years Commissioning Support Officer to join our fantastic Early Years Commissioning team. The team is based in Woking but the role is hybrid offering a mixture of visits to community events, home working and office days at sites across Surrey.

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A typical day for an Early Years Commissioning Support Officer might involve managing our team inbox and forwarding queries to officers covering that area of the county. The types of queries might include providers looking for support in opening a new nursery in the area – you might have to signpost them to where they can find relevant information on our web pages and link them in with your colleagues covering their area to follow up.
You’ll also hear from parents who would like support and will need to have some understanding of funded early education and where parents can find more information on what they are entitled to.
You might also spend time collating data about availability of childcare places which colleagues can then use to support parents who are looking for a place. You’ll be contacting providers to discuss their occupancy, using maps to see where provision is located and keeping up to date records of your findings using spreadsheets and documents.
Sometimes you might also be needed to support at community events alongside other team members – this would include liaising with colleagues to find out what is needed, preparing resources, printing, and supporting at the event by signposting to information or bringing queries back for further follow up.
You’ll keep up to date records and support the team with administration, organisation, and arranging meetings and office bookings.