Early Years and Childcare Workforce Survey 2026 (Wales)

Description

*****CONTRACT NOTICE****** The supplier will be responsible for the end-to-end design, delivery, analysis and reporting of the Early Years and Childcare (EYCC) Workforce Survey 2026, in line with Welsh Government research standards, relevant legislation, and best practice in social research. The appointed supplier will: - Deliver a robust, high-quality bilingual (Welsh and English) workforce survey aligned to Welsh Government priorities - Build on the 2025 survey, potentially retaining standardised questions agreed with Welsh Government and Social Care Wales stakeholders to ensure national comparability. - Build on the 2025 response rate - Organise and facilitate a stakeholder engagement session to review and consider evaluation questions. - Provide a critical review of the current planned survey, recognising the ambitions of consistency, patterns and trends - Achieve high response rates across Wales, ensuring representation across regions, service types and Welsh-medium provision - Ensure the survey is accessible, inclusive and supports equality duties under the Equality Act 2010 and Public Sector Equality Duty in Wales - Generate robust workforce intelligence to inform Welsh Government policy development, workforce planning and sustainability - Produce a concise report to support evidence-based decision-making across Welsh public services Requirements include: - survey design and setup - survey hosting, distribution and delivery - analysis & reporting - governance & ethics - digital, bilingual and accessibility considerations