Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 29 September 2025
Closing Date: Tuesday 23 September 2025
Contract Type: Temporary until July 2026
Salary: FC6 £30,691.29 to £33,726.36 (Pro Rata)
Working Pattern: 25 hours per week
Location: Lynburn 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 a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement:
* Working Together: 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: Give examples that demonstrate your ability to organise and solve problems to achieve results.
* Personal Ownership: 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: 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. As an early years practitioner in Fife, you will be responsible for promoting children's learning, development and welfare within a nursery context, promoting inclusion, diversity and equality, communicating with other stakeholders and for contributing to wider development within the nursery.
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
* SVQ Level 3 Social Services, Children and Young People.
Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme. You are also required to register with SSSC at practitioner level within 3 months of taking up employment in this role and must complete the required post registration training and learning (PRTL) over the registration period.
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.
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