* Deadline: 12:00pm, 29 April 2025
* Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, including some evenings and weekends when required.
* Location: Edinburgh office at WHALE Arts with some work required across Scotland. Option to work from home in line with the Blended Working Policy. Employees are expected to be in the office or onsite at least 50% of the time.
* Salary: £27,300, plus employers pension contribution
Starcatchers provides training and development for the Early Learning and Childcare workforce in Scotland. This includes provision of our pioneering Creative Skills programme, projects based in childcare settings such as Wee People Big Feelings and bespoke training for ELC settings and voluntary sector organisations. The Early Years Development Coordinator works with the Early Years Development Manager and Artists in the administration, coordination and delivery of Starcatchers Early Years Development activity within a refreshed Starcatchers Staff Team for 2025/26 and beyond.
Starcatchers is Scotland’s arts and early years organisation. We champion exceptional, innovative arts and creative experiences for our youngest children, those aged from birth to 5 years old and their parents and carers. The voice, needs and interests of this audience are at the heart of all our activity, providing inspiration and provocation in the development of projects and programmes. Our work is created by highly specialist artists who are attuned to the requirements of making work for and with this unique age group. Supported by nearly 20 years of high-quality work, evidenced through research and evaluation, Starcatchers is recognised around the world as being at the forefront of artistic practice for Early Years. Our work is delivered through a 4-pillared programme of activity:
* Community Engagement
* Producing and Touring
* Early Years Development
* Advocacy
How to Apply
To apply for the role please provide your CV (max of 2 A4 pages), a covering letter (max of 2 A4 pages) outlining your experience and how you fit the criteria outlined in the job spec. There is an option to provide your application in video format if you would prefer this method in place of a written statement. Please send completed applications to heather.armstrong@starcatchers.org.uk.
We also ask all candidates to complete a short equal opportunities survey on Survey Monkey so we can anonymously collect information to enable us to monitor the effectiveness of our equal opportunities policy. This information is anonymously stored and for statistical purposes only.
If you have any questions about the role or would like to discuss any aspect of the job in advance of an application, please email Heather Armstrong.
Closing dates for applications is Tuesday 29th April at 12 Noon
Interviews for the role will be held on Tuesday 6th May at Starcatchers Office, Whale Arts Agency, 30 Westburn Grove, Wester Hailes, EH14 2SA.
* Early Years Development Coordinator Job Pack 2025
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