Proposed Interview Date: Friday 31 October 2025
Closing Date: Sunday 12 October 2025
Salary: FC6 £30,691.29 to £33,726.36 (Pro Rata)
Contract Type: Permanent
Work Pattern: 20 Hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Location: Valley Primary School
The Education Directorate is committed to Improving Life Chances for All through a wide range of direct services which support our children, young people, families and the wider Fife community. Our approach to improvement is rooted in our core values: Compassion, Ambition, Respect and Equity which reflect the ethos, culture and practice principles of all staff across the directorate.
As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site.
Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement:
* Working Together: Please give examples of when you have worked with others to contribute to team work and how you influenced those you were working with.
* Delivering Results: Please give examples that demonstrate your ability to organise and solve problems to achieve results.
* Personal Ownership: Please give examples of situations in which you have used your initiative to make improvements and used your skills to deal with challenges and change.
* Customer Focus: Please give examples of when your skills and knowledge have helped improve the learning and development of children.
We are looking for a highly skilled early years practitioner who is passionate about improving life chances for all through a professional commitment to making a difference for all of our children and young people so that they achieve their full potential.
Qualification, Registration And Skill Requirements: You are required to hold one of the following practitioner level qualifications (or equivalent):
* HNC Childhood Practice/Early Years Education & Childcare OR
* SVQ Level 3 Social Services, Children and Young People.
You should have a working knowledge of the Curriculum for Excellence, Realising the ambition and child development from birth to 5 years. You are required to have high levels of interpersonal skills and abilities which will enable you to work as a member of a team to ensure positive outcomes for all children and young people in your setting.
Further Information:
* Role Profile: When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria.
* How We Work Matters: Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace.
* Employee Benefits: Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services.
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