Early Years Consultant

Are you an experienced Early Years Leader or Childminder who wants to make a difference to children in Hertfordshire and beyond? We are recruiting for an Early Years Consultant to join our friendly and collaborative team. With a passion for striving for excellence in early years, we are looking for someone who has recent experience leading a PVI setting or Childminding business.

Our team provides support and training to settings and childminders in Hertfordshire and beyond to benefit children’s learning and development. You will play a vital role in shaping the future of early childhood education, working closely with Early Years Settings and Childminders, delivering tailored training, conducting support visits and developing innovative products and services. If you are passionate about early childhood education and would like to join our team, we would love to hear from you.

Our ‘working from anywhere’ approach provides colleagues the opportunity to work flexibly in line with their role requirements. This consists of working on‑site across various settings, remote working and, if desired, up to 2 days per week in our Head Office in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. The ability to reach different locations by car will be essential for this role. A full driving licence and appropriate car insurance will be required.

As there is a permanent home working element to this role, you will need to ensure you are equipped for home working.

Would you like to know more information about this opportunity? If so, further information can be found in the job outline. You can also contact Dawn Macdougall for an informal discussion regarding the role on or email dawn.macdougall

How to apply

Contract: Fixed term for 1 year

Hours: Fulltime at 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year

Salary: Starting at FTE £42,000 p.a.

Location: Hybrid working consisting of remote working, with flexibility required to work across educational settings in Hertfordshire and neighbouring counties, with an opportunity to work up to 2 days per week in our Head Office in Stevenage, Hertfordshire if desired and to meet the business needs.

Closing date: 9th January 2026.

Interview date: Friday 23rd January 2026

We are a committed Disability Confident employer and a signatory of the BITC Race at Work Charter reflecting our continuing commitment to be unbiased across our recruitment and workplace practices.

We actively encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply and to join us. We use an anonymous application process to ensure we always select candidates based on their skills and competencies. When two or more candidates have equal merit, the candidate with protected characteristics will have an advantage over others. This tie‑breaker approach is described as positive action in the Equality Act 2010 and we believe strongly in the power of overcoming disadvantage.

If you are invited to interview, please be prepared to discuss the subject of unconscious bias with us. These conversations are extremely useful in giving us an idea of what working together will be like.

HFL is an equal opportunities employer, committed to building and celebrating an environment that is inclusive and equitable, in which everyone can flourish, regardless of race, age, sexuality, gender, disability, or status.