Play and Learning Coordinator – Ann Tayler Children and Family Hub

Hackney Education provides a range of services to support the education of children, young people and adults in our inner London borough. Hackney is one of the UK’s highest performing local authorities, serving one of London’s best places to live and work. Within our diverse borough we serve a wide range of children and young people. We have a particular focus on supporting less advantaged families: Hackney figures in the 10% most deprived boroughs in England on a number of measures.

Hackney Education’s key priority is to improve the life chances of every child, young person and learner: making Hackney the most forward looking education system in the UK, where schools, settings and partners provide an exciting environment which ensures inclusion and success for everyone. We see our borough as being one of the best places in the country for young people to grow, learn, develop and achieve –and one of the best places for colleagues to work and thrive in our education system.

Job title: Play and Learning Coordinator – Ann Tayler Children and Family Hub

Salary: Scale 6, £38,748 to £39,915

Terms and Conditions: Full-Time, All Year Round, Permanent

This newly transformed Children and Family Hub is looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated practitioner to coordinate and deliver high quality care and education services and stay and play activities in the community as part of the Children and Family Hub Partnership, including in families’ homes and partner delivery sites, to improve outcomes for children across the Neighborhood.

This role is crucial to supporting, implementing and evaluating the service we provide for families. A strong knowledge of the EYFS is essential to this role and being able to identify and signpost families where needed. Strong leadership skills will be required to ensure to drive the team including agency staff and volunteers.

These are ideal positions for experienced professionals looking to be an integral part of a team within a setting that provides an outstanding personal service to diverse families in the community. Significant professional experience of working within a culturally diverse educational childcare environment is essential. You must have good interpersonal and relationship building skills and possess good assessment skills.

Ann Tayler Children and Family Hub is an Outstanding Multi-Agency Hub, housing many professionals including health, midwife, speech and language, clinical psychologist and many more.

An NVQ3 qualification in childcare learning & development or equivalent is essential for this role. You will be required to work flexible hours as the centre operates a shift system.

If you have any questions, please contact biddy.hutton@hackney.gov.uk.

Closing date: 22 November 2026 (22:59)

Interviews: Wc 07 December 2026

Hackney Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment. As this role involves regulated activity, the successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check and additional pre-employment checks in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

We are also working towards our vision, which is to be a place for everyone; where residents and staff can be proud. In order to achieve this, we are seeking individuals who embody our “PROUD” values: Purpose and Respect, where we foster belonging through active inclusion, kindness, and open dialogue; Ownership, where we champion proactive collaboration and accountability for our shared success; and Unity and Diversity, where we work as one Council to break down silos and champion anti-racist behavior.

Hackney Council works to eradicate discrimination on the basis of race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, age and marital status. We also recognise that people can be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will also work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We also welcome those interested in flexible working. We particularly welcome applications from disabled people and people from a black and global majority background as these groups are currently under represented in our workforce.

DBS check required for this role: Yes