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Job Title: North Wales Childcare Business Development Officer
Location: Based from our Colwyn Bay office with agile working agreement in place with travel and work across North Wales and Powys counties
Hours of Work: 25.9 per week (Monday – Friday) temporary position to May 2027 (maternity cover)
Responsible To: Lead Childcare Business Development Officer
Pay Scale: £33.366 per annum pro rata (£34.433.71 upon successful confirmation in post, normally after 6 months)
Main purpose: To help communities by promoting, developing and supporting sustainable, quality, robustly governed Out of School Childcare Clubs and to meet the need for increased Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) registered childcare across Wales.
Main Duties:
- Develop and set up new Out of School Childcare Clubs and/or extend existing provision. Identify, with the help of childcare partnerships, areas for club development.
- Support new and existing clubs and help them develop quality standards, including support and encouragement to register with Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW).
- Support Out of School Childcare Clubs to improve sustainability.
- Support Out of School Childcare Clubs to adopt robust legal structures and governance, including support for unincorporated committees to move to a more suitable limited liability structure.
- Identify training needs for Out of School Childcare and promote training opportunities including Playwork qualifications and continuous professional development, signposting to relevant training. Undertake training to enhance the ability to carry out the role.
- Support the delivery of project work across Wales as required.
- Support with the planning, standardisations and delivery of online/face to face network events/workshops/training/webinars that inspire Playworkers and Managers and contribute to the fulfilment of children’s right to play and participation.
- Seek new funding opportunities and write funding applications for review by Line Manager.
- Support the strategic work of the organisation and play a positive role in achievements within the work plan, to benefit the Out of School Childcare sector pan Wales. Be an active member of Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids’ Clubs Development Team.
Key Skills & Experience
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of current CIW regulations, requirements and other legislation e.g. UNCRC, child protection, safeguarding, health and safety and equal opportunities.
- Understanding and awareness of childcare and play issues, and the role of Out of School Childcare Clubs, within the economic agenda.
- Good communication skills, verbally and in writing, and the ability to work with a range of different people from club leader and committee members to local authority personnel and fellow team members.
- Ability to inspire and motivate others.
- Ability to act on own initiative, manage own workload and work as part of a team.
- Ability to maintain systems and records for the effective administration of reports.
- Computer literacy.
- Full driving licence.
- Educated to degree level or equivalent and/or proven experience in business/Playwork//Childcare development.
- Ability to use Excel.
Desirable
- Ability to speak and write in Welsh.
Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references, identity checks and DBS checks (if eligible) at the appropriate level.
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Applications must be submitted prior to the deadline on 23/08/2026. For assistance, please call 029 2074 1000 or email [email protected]
Job Types: Part-time, Temporary
Pay: £33,366.00-£34,433.71 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Work from home
Education:
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (preferred)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Colwyn Bay LL29 8HT
