Early Years Assistant

Early Years Assistant at Early Years - the organisation for young children

Location: Splash Sure Start

Hours: 37 hours per week

Tenure: Maternity Cover, Fixed Term until 30 June 2026

Salary: NJC Scale 2-3, Point 4-6 (£24,404-£25,183) per annum pro rata

Do you have a passion for making a meaningful impact in early childhood education? Do you believe in the power of play to unlock potential? Be part of our team and help shape the futures of children by fostering growth and learning through purposeful opportunities.

At Early Years, we are committed to fostering growth for both the children and our staff. Joining means an opportunity to enhance your skills, make a meaningful difference, and collaborate with a team that upholds dedication, compassion, and excellence in early years care and education.

As Early Years Assistant you will ensure children attending the Developmental Programme for 2-3 year-olds and any other Sure Start programme have the best start in life by providing a safe, welcoming, high quality, inclusive early education environment, working to improve the ability to learn, improve health and improve social development of children, ante-natal to four years of age.

We should work in partnership with families to promote and facilitate positive parenting and the enhancement of the role of parents as first educators.

At the closing date have:

• NVQ Level II in Early Years Care and Education or equivalent.
• One year experience working with young children in a paid, voluntary or training/placement capacity.

• NVQ III in Early Years Care and Education or equivalent.
• A full and current driving licence enabling the post holder to drive in NI and have the use of a vehicle for official purposes or have access to a form of transport that will enable the candidate to meet the requirements of the post in full.

An information pack containing the job description and personnel specification is available by clicking. Please note, the information pack will not be available after the job posting closes therefore you may want to download it. As part of the application process, you will need to demonstrate how you meet the criteria as outlined above and, on the personnel specification, and provide a copy of your CV.

Shortlisting will be completed based on the information contained with the application form, therefore it is important to clearly outline how you meet the criteria. Please note that your CV will only be used to support your application in assessing employment history. Once you begin the application, it must be completed in one session, as there is no option to save and return to it later.

Closing date: Sunday 4 January 2026.

Interview date: Friday 16 January 2026.

A reserve list may be held for a period of up to six months for the same or similar roles if this applies to you, we will let you know via email.

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Early Years is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to providing flexible friendly working conditions. As Protestants and males are currently known to be under-represented in the Organisation, we would particularly welcome applications from these groups.

Skills - Childcare