About the role

Pre-School Deputy Supervisor

Service: Peterborough Pre-schools

Salary: £13.95 per hour
Location: Cygnets
Hours: 35 hours per week (term time only) – 38 weeks per year
8.00 -15.30 Monday – Friday

Contract: Start date of January 5th 2027 & fixed term contract until July 5th 2027- this is initially a 6-month secondment contract. There is an option to make the contract change permanent if agreed by both parties.

Are you a skilled practitioner with excellent communication skills? Are you solution focused and passionate about making a difference? Do you have experience of taking on extra responsibilities within your current role? If so, Family Action has an exciting opportunity working within a small team to care for children aged 2-4 in our lovely early years setting.

Main Responsibilities:
You will be responsible as a key worker for progressing the learning and development of the children in your care. You will support the setting supervisor with leadership tasks and administrative roles and step up to lead in their absence.

Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):
• You will hold an early years and childcare qualification at a minimum of level 3.
• You will be an energetic, self-motivated and innovative individual who is keen to bring along new ideas and make them happen.
• Good written skills for observation and report writing.
• You will have some experience of working at a senior level or be confident taking on additional responsibilities.
• Ability to organise workload, meet competing priorities and flexibility to adapt to changing work schedules.
• Ability to build positive relationships, communicate effectively, and work collaboratively.
• Commitment to equal opportunities, diversity and equality.
• Ability to align with and support Family Action’s mission and values.
• Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Benefits:
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions.
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions;
- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers,
- cycle to work scheme,
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities.

We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community / particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support.

All candidates with a disability are welcome to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme and request priority consideration for an interview, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role.

To help remove financial barriers to working with us, we will reimburse travel costs if you are invited to attend an interview in person.

To Apply:
• Click the ‘Apply’ link below and fill out our digital application form
• Closing Date: 23rd Oct 2026 at 11.59pm

For direct queries or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or flexible working requests, please email: Karen Woodcock, Early Years Manager: karen.woodcock@family-action.org.uk

Appointments are subject to satisfactory Safer Recruitment checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check where appropriate to the role.
*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.