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Senior Early Years Specialist x2


  • Early Years - the organisation for young children Northern Ireland (map)

Ref: 20-02

Salary:  NJC Scale PO2 (2018), Points 35-38 (£31,401-£34,106)

Hours:  37 hours

Location:  Western Trust area and Southern Border Counties / Southern Trust area and Southern Border Counties

Tenure:  Fixed term contract to end March 2021 (with possible extension depending on funding).

Closing Date:  14/02/2020 at 12:00 pm

Early Years – the organisation for young children wish to recruit two Senior Early Years Specialists to work in the Western Trust area and the Southern Trust area incorporating the Southern Border Counties.

The Senior Early Years Specialist will:

  • be responsible for the delivery, co-ordination, programmatic development and quality assurance of the PEACE IV programme in one or more of the four partnership areas and across the preschool sector in Northern Ireland and in the border counties of Ireland. 

  • promote and support the development of early years settings demonstrating a strong commitment to improvement and the ability to respond to expectations of the sector relating to outstanding practice with a focus on clear, timebound evidence demonstrating sustained and high level improvements to practice and / or leadership of a setting.

  • demonstrate a commitment to excellence in all the services provided by the Organisation and to settings through specialist, highly effective and timebound support provided focusing on high quality learning and care for children, families and communities.

  • support governance arrangements in all Early Years settings.

For further information and an application pack please click the links below or contact Human Resources on 028 9038 7905.

Closing date: Friday 14 February 2020 at 12noon.

Early Years is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to providing flexible friendly working conditions. As Protestants and males are currently known to be under-represented in the Organisation, we would particularly welcome applications from these groups.

Sharing from the Start and Rural Respecting Difference projects supported by the European Union’s PEAVE IV Programme managed by the Special EU programmes Body (SEUPB).

Later Event: 3 March
Financial Controller (20-03)