Job Description
Children, Education and Justice Services
School Support Assistant - fixed term until 26/06/2025
Liberton High School
Salary: £24,909 - £25,116 (pro-rata for part-time and sessional)
Hours: 21 per week, 39 weeks sessional
Working Days: Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
Liberton High School is a non-denominational secondary school with a roll of approximately 900 pupils, working in partnership with our associated primaries of Craigour Park, Gilmerton, Liberton, and Prestonfield to serve our local community in South East Edinburgh. We have a rising roll which is projected to peak at approximately 1100 within the next four years. We are excited to be moving into a new, purpose-built Community Campus, which is due to be completed in February 2026.
The school's leadership team comprises the Head Teacher, three Depute Head Teachers, and a Business Manager. We have a complement of 65 teaching staff and 26 support staff.
We are currently looking to recruit a School Support Assistant to focus on the welfare and medical support given to our pupils by supporting day-to-day medical requests, administration for pupil welfare requirements, and the management of medical records. You will also provide wider school support by assisting with administrative and reception tasks in the main school office and through direct support to faculties, as required.
Due to the nature of this role, it is essential that the successful applicant holds a current Full First Aid Certificate. This role may suit someone looking for additional hours or to complement an existing job share.
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, and we recognize the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organization.
As part of our goal to improve our organizational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to ensure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.
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.
Salary Range: Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.
Happy to talk flexible working.
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