District Early Years Adviser

About the role

Do you have experience supporting early years practitioners in implementing best practices to improve children's outcomes?

If so, we are looking to recruit a District Early Years Adviser to empower and inspire early years practioners and practice.

The District Early Years adviser role has oversight of a group of schools across a geographical location and/or Trust. They take responsibility for planning programmes of support, effectively using local and national data to inform service design to meet schools’ changing needs. They work closely with our lead advisers to ensure that support for schools locally is maximised and that both contracted and traded services impact positively on outcomes for all children.

This role demands a strong background in EYFS leadership and practice, coupled with a passion for fostering creativity and innovation in Early Years provision and quality. You will collaborate closely with Head teachers and EYFS leaders across the sector, delivering bespoke training, expert advice, and dedicated support. Flexibility and self-motivation are key, as the role involves travel to schools within our network across Hertfordshire and neighbouring counties.

The Early Years team at HFL are passionate individuals work together in the interests of our youngest children. If you are passionate about shaping early years education and have the expertise to drive meaningful change, we would love to hear from you. Join us in making a lasting impact on practitioners, schools, and—most importantly—children’s futures. Apply today and be a part of our commitment to excellence in early years provision.

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 schools and settings, some 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. If you drive, then a full driving licence and appropriate car insurance will be required. As there is a home working element to this role, you will need to ensure you are equipped for home working.

Benefits: a generous employer pension contribution, 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 31 days after five-years) or the equivalent paid for Term Time employees, family-friendly policies, hybrid working, paid mileage, a cycle to work scheme, onsite charging points for electric vehicles, access to mental health and wellbeing support, company performance bonus, professional development opportunities, benefit schemes for discounts and cashback offers, and more.

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 Shardi Vaziri/Louise Jennings who would be happy to chat to you on email shardi.vaziri@hfleducation.org or louise.jennings@hfleducation.org

To apply, email hfl.recruitment@hfleducation.org with a detailed CV along with a cover letter to include responses to the following questions, alternatively apply via our website: Join our team | HFL Education

1. Do you have the right to work in the UK? Please provide details of the document that gives you the right to work in the UK, and if applicable the expiry date, e.g. British/Irish passport, share code & date of birth, type of visa, Home Office endorsement.
2. As part of the Hybrid working pattern the role requires 3 days per week in HFL Head Office, and 2 days per week remote or onsite which requires travel across Hertfordshire and neighbouring counties at educational settings or as required to meet the business needs. Can you confirm you have a full UK Driving License with own vehicle which can be insured for business use, you live in a commutable distance, and are willing to travel frequently as stated?
3. What inspired you to apply for this role?

As part of our move towards eradicating unconscious bias within the recruitment process, we will be anonymising your forms.

For recruitment queries, our Central Recruitment Team can also be contacted on the hfl.recruitment email address above. We would love to hear from you.

Closing Date:   Monday 23rd June 2025 12pm 

Interview Date: Wednesday 9th July 2025 in Stevenage.

We are committed towards becoming an anti-racist organisation, and our recruitment statement is set out below in support of this.

HFL is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We insist on the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues and will never condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

HFL is also equally committed to becoming an anti-racist organisation and we encourage you to view our Anti-racist position statement which gives clarity on our anti-racist stance. In our relentless efforts to be an anti-racist organisation, we recognise the negative impacts of under representation and lack of diversity in our organisation, our education system and in all aspects of our society. Therefore, for recruitment into any HFL post, where we have 2 or more candidates of equal merit, candidates with protected characteristics will be given advantage over candidates without such characteristics. This is sometimes referred to as a ‘tie-breaker’ and is referred to as ‘positive action’ in the Equality Act 2010.

To help us meet our high standards and aspirations of a fully diverse and inclusive workplace, we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply and to join us.

Please note that if you are invited to interview, we will expect you to be prepared to discuss unconscious bias with us; we find these conversations more than any others give us all a good idea of what working together will be like.