Early Years Stronger Practice Advisers – Programme Lead
-
School:
NEAT Academy Trust -
Location:
-
Salary:
N8 £40,777 - £45,091 per annum (Actual salary £20,388 - £22,545 per annum pro rata) - subject to moderation -
Hours:
18.5 -
Contractual Status:
Fixed term -
Closing Date:
24th Sep 2026
This role is part time, working 18.5 hours per week, full year and fixed term to March 2028. Job share opportunities would be considered.
Through our Tyneside Early Years Hub, we are seeking a dedicated Early Years Stronger Practice Advisor (EYSPA) Programme Lead to oversee the delivery of our DfE-funded Early Years Stronger Practice Advisor Programme across our regional hub area.
As the EYSPA Programme Lead for the Tyneside Early Years Hub, you will play a central role in delivering high-quality, well-coordinated support to early years settings. You will oversee the programme life cycle end-to-end—from recruitment, onboarding, and matching advisers with settings to monitoring progress, quality assurance, financial administration, and reporting directly to the Department for Education (DfE).
We are looking for a colleague who has:
- Broad, generalist understanding of educational settings
- Experience of coordinating programme/project delivery.
- Experience working with multiple partners.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills
- Experience managing data and reporting.
Our Tyneside Early Years Hub is a regional support network operating within NEAT Academy Trust. Designed to elevate early childhood education, the hub provides evidence-informed advice, best-practice frameworks, and coordinated guidance to early years settings in line with Department for Education (DfE) expectations.
At the heart of our Trust is a mission to nurture, educate, achieve, and transform the lives of all young people within our North East communities. By joining us, you will become part of an exciting, innovative organisation aligned by this shared purpose. We are a welcoming, friendly, and committed team of colleagues.
In return we offer:
- Great opportunities for continuing professional development and a career pathway across our trust.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), delivered by Health Assured – the UK and Irelands leading wellbeing provider.
- Cycle to work scheme offering savings on a range of bikes and safety equipment via salary sacrifice.
- Access to free eyes tests for DSE users.
- Opportunities for flexible working. Discounts for large national retailers and local businesses in a wide range of categories including holidays, cars, days out, fashion, insurance and much more.
- Membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or Local Government Pensions Scheme which the trust also contributes to on your behalf.
- Recognition of previous service with other schools, academies, local government etc.
- Family friendly schemes such as maternity, paternity, shared parental and emergency dependent leave.
Looking for further information? Please contact Sarah Stock, EYSPH Lead to arrange an informal chat on s.stock@neatat.org.uk
Interested? If you would like to join us and feel you could thrive here, then please read the accompanying job description and person specification, and complete an application form by clicking ‘apply now’ no later than 12noon on Thursday 24th September 2026.
Expected Interview Dates – 25th September 2026.
Specific training for this role will be delivered on Friday 16th October and Wednesday 4th November 2026.
Safer Recruitment Note: NEAT is committed to safer recruitment practice and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required as part of pre-employment checks. For shortlisted candidates, we will conduct an online search as part of our screening.
NEAT Academy Trust
NEAT Academy Trust, usually known as NEAT, was formed in 2017 from an existing collaboration of schools within North East England.
Academy trusts are charitable companies set up to provide education for the public benefit. We are a “mixed” multi-academy trust as we were established to include both non-faith and Church of England schools.
At the heart of our trust is the aim to nurture, educate, achieve and transform the lives of all young people within the communities we serve across the North East. We have a national research school, which aims to build and strengthen networks of schools throughout the region and help them access effective education research and implement it in everyday practice.
Visit School Website