Job Description
Children, Education and Justice Services
Position: Early Years Assistant - fixed term until 30/01/2026
Location: Parsons Green Nursery
Salary: £24,909 - £25,116 (pro-rata for part-time and sessional)
Hours: 34 per week, 39 weeks sessional
Working Hours:
Monday-Thursday: 08:30am-16:30pm
Friday: 08:30am-12:30pm
A new opportunity has arisen at Parsons Green. We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our team. For more information regarding the job role, please see the attached job description.
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.
We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work. We recognize the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experiences, and backgrounds brings to us as an organization.
To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioral 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.
You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page.
Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.
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