Early Years Quality Team Manager

Are you passionate about improving outcomes for young children and ensuring every child gets the best start in life?

Tameside Council is seeking an experienced and ambitious Team Manager to lead our Early Years Quality Improvement Team. This is an exciting opportunity to provide strategic and operational leadership across Early Years quality improvement, school readiness, inclusion and SEND, helping to shape services that make a lasting difference to children and families across the borough.

You will work with schools, childcare providers, Family Hubs, health partners and senior leaders to drive quality, improve outcomes and reduce inequalities for children. The role includes leading service improvement, supporting the Early Years sector, managing a skilled team, and contributing to the delivery of Tameside's Early Years Strategy and Best Start in Life priorities.

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours Per Week: 36

Base Location: Tameside One, Market Place, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 6BH

Assessment Date: To be arranged

Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of children and families? Do you bring compassion, curiosity, collaboration, conversation, and courage to your practice? If so, Tameside is looking for you.

We are looking for a strong leader with significant Early Years experience, excellent partnership and communication skills, and a proven track record of delivering improvement and change. Knowledge of the EYFS, SEND, safeguarding and Ofsted frameworks are essential.

If you are committed to transforming outcomes for children and families and want to lead innovation and improvement across Tameside's Early Years sector, we would love to hear from you.

At Tameside, we believe in:

• Compassion understanding the lived experiences of children and families.
• Curiosity asking questions that lead to deeper insight and better outcomes for children.
• Collaboration working together across services to deliver joined-up support.
• Conversation listening and engaging meaningfully with children, families and professionals.
• Courage leading with courage, making bold and compassionate decisions that put children first.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. This position is subject to Enhanced with Barred List Disclosure Procedures.

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the 'About You' or 'Supporting Statement' section of your application.

Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

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For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager Emma Lewis on 0161 342 5197 or emma.lewis@tameside.gov.uk