Programme Area Leader for Childcare and Early Years (T267)
Riverside College Halton, Kingsway, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 7QQThis job expired on 13 October 2026
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
13 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
30 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher or lecturer
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subjects
- Children's development and learning, Early years
Working pattern
- Full time: To support the Head of School in leading Childcare and Early Years provision. This post is 37 hours per week (Full Time), 52 weeks of the year
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £39,117 - £49,521
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications
- Relevant professional qualification
- Teaching qualification
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Knowledge/Experience
- Significant and successful teaching experience in Child Care & Early Years with a proven record of success
- Relevant professional experience in the industry
- Experience of effective team working and promoting effective relationships between staff and students
- Ability to develop supportive working relationships with key stakeholders
- Knowledge of curriculum and assessment issues
- Detailed understanding of curriculum developments and national initiatives in Child Care & Early Years
- Experience of quality assurance processes and procedures
- Knowledge of safeguarding issues
- Knowledge of equality and diversity issues
Skills/Attributes
- Leadership and inter-personal skills
- Ability to manage and resolve a range of situations in the best interests of the students
- Ability to contribute to the whole College experience
- Effective communicator
- Flexible approach
- Logical approach to problem solving
- Excellent IT, information management and reporting skills
Additional Requirements
- Willingness to work flexible hours
What the college offers its staff
Employee Assistance Programme/Wisdom Wellbeing
Pension
Eye Test Vouchers
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Riverside College Halton
- Organisation type
- FE College, ages 16 to 99
- Education phase
- Sixth form or FE college
- Size
- No information available
- Age range
- 16 to 99
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- hrunit@riversidecollege.ac.uk
- Phone number
- 0151 257 2800
Cronton Sixth Form College and Riverside College are highly popular and successful colleges, conveniently located in Widnes, within easy reach of Liverpool, Manchester and Chester. The colleges currently cater for over 3,900 16-18 students, over 2,000 adults, 350 Higher Education students and over 500 Apprentices. We also won Employer of the Year at the Halton Business Awards June 2025.
Following an Ofsted inspection in April 2024, the Colleges have been given the highest possible rating of OUTSTANDING for a second time.
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