Education Engagement Team Assistant

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Contractual hours 37

Basis Full time

Job category/type Early Years and Childcare

Date posted 04/06/2026

Job reference 18771

37 hours per week

Fixed Term up to 31 March 2027

Bridgend County Borough Council is seeking a motivated individual who has a passion for ensuring vulnerable learners educational needs are being met. An exciting opportunity has arisen to be a part of a team that promotes the needs of vulnerable learners in accessing good quality education that meets their needs.

Your experience in education, social care or the voluntary sector will allow you to work closely with a variety of staff across education and social care to improve outcomes for those children in identified vulnerable groups.

This group of learners includes but is not exclusive to those who have elected to be home educated, children who are supported by the Youth Justice Service, children with English as an additional language, Gypsy Traveller Families, children who are looked after and children who risk of exclusion or children deemed to be at risk of significant harm.

You will work with Education Engagement Team Coordinators and education welfare officers to support families who choose to electively home educate, attend meeting and conferences to share feedback on behalf of education as well as supporting visits and events for our electively home educated children and young people.

This is a great opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge of If you have the necessary professional knowledge supported by experience, we look forward to hearing from you. In return, we can offer an opportunity for you to make your mark and implement change in a supportive environment.

A range of flexible terms and conditions can be negotiated for the right candidates.

For an informal discussion regarding this post, please contact Megan Apsee (Interim Team Manager) on

The ability to greet customers through the medium of Welsh is a requirement for this post.

Protecting children, young people or adults at risk is a core responsibility of all council employees.

The council’s Hybrid Working Policy applies to this post. This provides a framework for establishing how you will undertake working hours between your home and the office.

An Enhanced with Childrens Barred list criminal records check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) is a requirement for this post.