Senior Early Years Officer – Stanwell Nursery School
Salary: £39,129 to £46,023 (pro‑rata for part time & sessional). Hours: 36 per week, 39 weeks sessional.
Stanwell Nursery School is a busy nursery with capacity for 79 children aged 2–5 years. Children attend various patterns of attendance between 8 am and 4 pm, 39 weeks per year. Senior Early Years Officers lead Early Years Officers, Practitioners and Assistants in providing high‑quality early learning and childcare and spend 50 % of their time in the playrooms.
The post holder must have achieved a qualification which provides credits towards the BA in Childhood Practice and meets SSSC registration requirements. Possession of a BA in Childhood Practice or equivalent is desirable.
For further information, please contact Stanwell Nursery School on 0131 554 1309.
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 outside 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.
Our Behaviours
As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work for the people of Edinburgh, we want to bring the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work. We are changing our interview and assessment process from competency‑based to behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based. This new approach 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.
We are 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 brings to us as an organisation.
You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page: https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/behaviours
Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.
We are happy to talk flexible working.
Follow us on Twitter at @edincounciljobs.
View the Senior Early Years Practitioner Job Pack: https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/36694/senior-early-years-practitioner-job-pack
View Sessional Working Information: https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/36683/sessional-working-information
#J-18808-Ljbffr