Early Years Officer – Triangle Children’s Centre

Job description

Contract Terms

Grade: SO1
Salary: £38,256 – £39,276 per annum
Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent (36 Hours per week)
Closing Date: Sunday 17th August 2025
Interview Date: Week commencing 25th August 2025

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture. Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the Role

We are looking for a full time Early Years Officer who is highly creative, passionate, inspirational, and energetic to take the lead in developing and motivating a high level of care, learning, play and education for children aged 2 years to rising 5 year olds. We are excited to find a new team member to join our experienced team for the next exciting phase of our development. This will be a great opportunity for you to be part of our vision in being a beacon of outstanding childcare and education in the Local Authority.

About You

Applicants must hold a Level 3 qualification in Children’s Care Learning and Development or an equivalent, along with proven experience supporting young children. They should demonstrate a deep understanding of child development, the EYFS framework, and individual learning styles, while confidently engaging with families through empathetic, collaborative approaches. Strong leadership is essential, with at least three years’ experience in team management and mentoring, paired with the ability to actively reflect and enhance practice in real time. Ideal candidates will be exemplary role models, skilled in observation and responsive to children’s interests and voices. They must exhibit excellent teamwork, initiative, and forward-thinking approaches, with a strong dedication to promoting high-quality childcare and safeguarding children’s welfare. Proficiency in literacy and written communication is also key to the role.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community. Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts. Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role please ensure that you do so as soon as possible. Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may end be diverted through to junk email folders. Please continue to check these through the application process. If you have any questions about the status of you application please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk