Administrator – Early Years Team

Overview

How you’ll make a difference

As an Early Years Administrator, you will be the first contact for early years settings and other agencies with any queries they have regarding childcare provision in South Gloucestershire.

You will be an important member of the Early Years team who are responsible for delivering sustainable excellence in early years practice to ensures all children are supported in a safe and high-quality provision to achieve strong outcomes. 

What you will be doing

• Daily, you will be answering telephone and email queries from early years providers and other agencies.
• You will collect, collate and present data and information on early years issues, including queries relating to the virtual learning environment.
• Supporting providers, you will help them access the virtual learning environment and learning and development hub.
• It will be key for you to help with parental queries and early years providers, directing them to guidance, resources and support.
• You will maintain records and record financial information as directed.
• It will be your responsibility to support other members of the team with administrative tasks.

What we need from you

• We require you to hold 3 grade 4 GCSEs (or equivalent) including English and maths.
• It will be important for you to have well-developed interpersonal and communication skills and be able to build relationships to engage successfully with early years providers, parents and other agencies.
• You must have good literacy, numeracy and IT skills to enable you to present accurate reports and records.
• Given the elements of the role, you must have the motivation to learn, adapt to tasks asked of you and the ability to work independently.

What you need to know

• This is a 12 month limited term contract.
• Salary will be pro-rated to hours worked.
• The role is hybrid with a mixture of working at our Badminton Road, Yate office and from home. You may also be expected to visit other early years sites such as our training room at Parkwall Primary School.

 

Interviews will be held on Thursday 2nd October 2025.

How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different

• As part of our benefits package, you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities. 
• We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.   
• We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives, and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance.  
• We invest in the careers of our people, and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps our people make the greatest long-term difference in their work.  

 

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.   

• We’re building and shaping communities which people are proud of.    
• We’re working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life.    
• We’re investing in our schools to ensure every child and young person in South Gloucestershire achieves their full potential.     
    

We’ve achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.    
We’re making a difference, be part of it!       
To view the full job description, please click this link: Administrator – Early Years Team – Job Description