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Clerical Assistant
Sciennes Primary School
Salary: £24,909 - £25,116 (pro-rata for part-time and sessional)
Hours: 30 per week, 39 weeks sessional
At Sciennes we are committed to ensuring every child receives their right to an education. Our skilled staff team, engaged families and motivated learners work together to ensure that we live by our school motto of Believe, Achieve.
Our school first opened its doors in 1892. Now in 2024, we provide high quality learning experiences for over 650 children in our Victorian building, newly built annexe designed with Passivhaus technology, and in St Leonard's, our associated Nursery, based in the Pleasance.
We believe that 'none of us are as smart as all of us' and that everyone in the school plays a crucial role in making our school a safe and loving place to be.
We are looking for a Clerical Assistant who will work to ensure our school office is an organised, supportive and welcoming place. You will work alongside the school Administrator, Business Manager and Head Teacher. You will be friendly, you will be able to prioritise tasks and you will thrive on bring part of a big and busy school.
This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.
We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.
To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.
Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.
Happy to talk flexible working.
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