Start Well Early Years Consultant


Company:	inploi
Salary:	Competitive
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Bolton, BL3 6HU
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	7 Aug 2026
Closing date:	6 Sept 2026

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Summary

Grade scp 5 £48,508 to scp 8 £52,761, pro rata £9,491 to £10,324, essential car user allowance up to £963pa pay award pending

Contract: fixed term 6 months

Hours: 7.24 per week

Essential requirement: full driving licence

Essential qualification: Evidence of recent post qualification of study or training (eg WellComm, ELKAN, I CAN, speech and language therapy training, Solihull Approach).

Interview date: TBC

For further information about this role, contact: Laura.wright@bolton.gov.uk

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

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The Role

This is an exciting role within Bolton Start Well Service for an Early Years Consultant.

Come and join a great team in the Start Well Service to ensure Bolton can meet the needs of children and families in Early years education and deliver the Best Start in Life plan.

The role is to lead and support inclusive, high quality early years providers to raise attainment for all children and narrow the gap between the most disadvantaged and the rest and improve school readiness age 5 years.

The post holder will work with Early education and childcare providers including schools, nurseries, childminders and out of school provision to improve outcomes for children by the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)

The post is fixed term for 1 day per week.

About You

An experienced, qualified Early Years leader, you will have excellent knowledge of the EYFS framework and the Best Start in Life strategy and be passionate about inclusive early years education

You can understand the unique needs and challenges of the sector, you are confident to implement the local authority's statutory duties for early education and childcare, ensuring funded providers meet the requirements of the Bolton Early Education Funding Agreement.

The post holder will be a leader who understands the current challenges faced by providers of Early education and childcare and be able to use a variety of approaches to support providers to ensure their settings are safe, inclusive and effective.

You will have a sound understanding of EYFS statutory expectations and inspection frameworks, the SEND code of practice and Safeguarding.

We need a strong communicator and confident presenter who can share ideas and strengthen the knowledge of the early year’s workforce.

You are a productive team member who can prioritise workload and meet deadlines.

About Us

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.

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Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance - this post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (amended in 2013). Employment offers are conditional subject to satisfactory clearances. For roles where a criminal records check from the DBS is required, this includes satisfactory clearance of this check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily bar an individual from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of an individual’s offence/s. Information provided by you or the DBS will be dealt with in a confidential manner and in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here. Bolton Council’s policy on the Employment of Ex-Offenders is available here

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk