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Childcare Project Executive

  • Full time
  • Circa £28,000
  • Clackmannanshire
  • Closing 10th July 2023


  • Advertised from 24th April 2023
  • 35 hours per week with flexibility. The post is fixed term for 3 years.

Role

Clackmannanshire Economic Regeneration Trust (SCIO) – CERT – is a small, innovative charity established to help Clackmannanshire to become a vibrant place to live where people are happy, healthy and where opportunities, connections and support are available for all. CERT have recently completed the delivery of a major Pre Employability programme in Clacks (PEC) and are now contracted to deliver part of Positive Moves, the Shared Prosperity Fund People and Skills programme and Multiply the adult numeracy programme in Clackmannanshire.

In the delivery of the PEC programme and on the basis of feedback from unemployed and economically inactive residents of Clackmannanshire, the lack of affordable and flexible childcare has been identified as one of the major barriers to allow them to move to stable employment. This has been confirmed by government policies such as the Child Poverty Fund and Best Start Bright Futures.

Within Clackmannanshire there is a substantial shortage of childcare provision, particular of childminders which experience a major reduction post Covid, and in out of school care for school age children.

CERT now wish to appoint a Project Executive, with support from The Robertson Trust and Clackmannanshire Council, to work to secure a greater level of appropriate childcare infrastructure and places throughout Clackmannanshire to meet these gaps.

The post will work closely with the Council’s Child Poverty Co-ordinator, Parental Employability Support Programme, Department for Work and Pensions and the Council’s Family Wellbeing Partnership which is delivering school age child care in Alloa South and East.

Early priorities will be to establish a programme to increase the number of childminders in the area and to work with primary schools to support the establishment of after school child care.

CERT are looking to recruit a passionate and dedicated individual to work with partners to deliver these often complex projects, drawing on their knowledge of project design and implementation, partnership development, market appraisal, finance, skills and training, and public and private sector funding.

The post is full time, based in Alloa. It is 35 hours per week with flexibility.

The post is fixed term for 3 years.

Application notes

Applications including a brief CV and a statement of what you feel you can bring to this post, should be sent to Jean Hamilton at jean.hamilton@clacksregen.org.uk by 5pm on 10th July 2023.


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