Submit a vacancy

Recruiting the right people with the right skills and experience, at the right time, is essential for your business. We can support you by promoting your early years and childcare job vacancies.

During the Summer term (from 4 April – 31 August 2025) there will be no charge to place an advert! Please ensure you read the info below to check what sort of jobs we can advertise.

To submit a job advert please complete the Vacancy form for providers – please ensure that you download the document to your device before completing the form.

We also have some useful templates for you to use in our Recruitment help – useful templates

Your advert will be listed in the following places:

• Online at Devon jobs
  You can submit your vacancies to us online, by following the guidance given below. Once submitted to us, the vacancies are advertised on the Devon jobs website. This website attracts thousands of jobseekers each month and is a great place to make sure your vacancy is seen by the right people. Jobseekers are also able to register to receive email job alerts as soon as a vacancy is advertised which matches their search criteria.
• Social media: we can advertise your vacancies through our Facebook page and on our Instagram page.
• We will also promote your advert via our weekly Digest newsletter

• What sort of jobs can be advertised?

  We recognise that it can be difficult to find the right level of skills, experience and qualification to fill a particular post; this is why we offer an advertising service for your early years and childcare job vacancies.

  We can advertise job roles which involve direct contact with children (pre-school / nursery practitioner, pre-school leader or supervisor etc). We can also advertise roles such as cleaner, cook and administrator – providing the post is to support the early years and childcare setting.

  We can also advertise roles based in out of school and holiday clubs and wraparound provision.

  We can only place adverts for posts in schools that relate to early years and out of school childcare. Schools wishing to advertise wider roles should contact the Devon Jobs Team for advice on advertising.

• How much does it cost to place an advert?

  During the Summer term (from 4 April – 31 August 2025) there will be no charge to place an advert.

  This is to support early years and childcare providers in readiness for the September roll-out of 30 hours and the need for increased childcare.

  (charges will be reinstated on 1 September 2025, £25 for a standard advert, £20 for registered charities).

• Are you a Torbay or Plymouth Setting?

  If you are a Torbay or Plymouth setting we will be unable to place your vacancies as these are separate local authorities and do not fall under the remit of Devon County Council’s support and funding arrangements.

  Please contact your local Family Information Service for information.

• How do I submit a vacancy?

  You will need to download the vacancy form for providers. Once you have completed the form and provided all the necessary information, return it to us.

  Please ensure that you download and save the document to your device before completing it.

  We will then send you a link to make your payment which will be via the Devon Education Services shop. You will be able to pay for the advert either by payment card or by invoice.

  If you have any queries please contact us.

• How long can the vacancy be advertised?

  The advert will remain on the job site until the closing date when it will be automatically removed. You can choose the amount of time you would like the advert to be live for. If you need the advert to be extended please let us know and we can extend it for free (providing the closing date has not passed). If you need to extend the advert after the closing date you will need to make payment for a new advert.

• What should I include in the advert?

  The vacancy form for providers will tell you what you need to include. We also encourage you to attach the relevant job descriptions and person specifications when you submit the vacancy form by email, as we can uploaded them to the childcare jobs website for jobseekers to get a more detailed understanding of what you are looking for. This can save you valuable time and energy in the long run, as it may improve the quality of applications for the role. For help with what to include in a job description and person specification, or more information on how to manage a safer recruitment process, read the Staffing Matters document.

  Make sure you know the current National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates.

• Promoting your vacancy

  Your advert will be promoted in a number of ways: on the Devon jobs website, our Facebook page and our Instagram page. It will also be promoted via our weekly Digest newsletter.

  You can also advertise a job for free using the ‘Find a Job’ service on the Direct Gov website.

  You could also contact local Family Hubs (formerly children’s centres) near you as they often have information for jobseekers. You could ask if it would be possible to pin your job advert up on their noticeboard.