Recruiting and managing staff
5. Share your vacancies
Do Something Big campaign
The Department for Education's "Do Something Big" recruitment campaign is to encourage people to start a career in early years.
The message is:
Do Something Big
Work with small children
The campaign asks people to ‘Search early years careers’, encouraging visits to the website earlyyearscareers.campaign.gov.uk.
The website has information about roles in nurseries, pre-schools and wraparound care. It links to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) free ‘Find a job’ vacancy platform.
Use the free campaign resources and advertise your vacancies on ‘Find a job’ to boost your recruitment and attract the right candidates for your positions.
Advertise your vacancies
When advertising for staff you should use the Department of Work and Pensions Find a job platform (which is free to use) Please watch these video tutorials on YouTube to help you create an employer account and post your jobs. Use the term 'early years’ in the title of your job adverts and select ‘Education jobs’ for the job category to ensure your vacancies are seen by a large pool of potential candidates.
Recruitment resources
The DfE campaign includes free, downloadable resources to help you advertise your vacancies, including social media graphics and videos.
DfE Early years campaign recruitment resources
A series of vodcasts by Foundation Years exploring how Early Years settings can address the growing challenges of attracting and retaining talented staff.
Local vacancies service
When advertising for staff you might want to use our free vacancies service for Lancashire settings.
Local colleges and universities
You may also wish to contact local colleges and universities:
| Institution | Contact name | Email address |
|---|---|---|
| University of Cumbria | Patricia Carroll | patricia.carroll@cumbria.ac.uk |
| Edge Hill University | Edge Hill University Recruitment Portal | Please use recruitment portal |
| Lancaster and Morecambe College | S.Lloyd@lmc.ac.uk | |
| Blackpool and Fylde College | Jane Dunstan | Jane.Dunstan@blackpool.ac.uk |
| Cardinal Newman College (Preston) | Charlotte Hunter Marie Collins | chunter@cardinalnewman.ac.uk mcollins@cardinalnewman.ac.uk |
| West Lancashire College (Skelmersdale) | Wendy Bennet | wendy.bennett@westlancs.ac.uk |
| Runshaw College (Leyland) | Kirsty Burgoyne | Burgoyne.K@runshaw.ac.uk |