Job Description
Children, Education and Justice Services
Position: Early Years Practitioner
Location: Roseburn Primary School
Salary: £28,046 - £32,010 (pro rata for sessional)
Hours: 36 per week, 39 weeks sessional
At Roseburn School and nursery, we believe that children thrive in an environment in which they are happy, challenged, and secure. Our aspirations for our children are summed up in our school motto: Dream, Believe, Achieve.
We have a dedicated and supportive staff team who work hard to provide the best opportunities for all our pupils in a safe, nurturing, and happy learning environment. We are supported well by our parents, the Roseburn School Parent Partnership, and we have strong links with our local community.
There are around 249 children in the school, comprising of 10 classes, and the nursery class provision is 30 full-time spaces.
Our nursery is supported by the HT and Acting Principal Teacher for Early Years. We are seeking an enthusiastic Early Years Practitioner to be a part of our Roseburn team.
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 brings to us as an organization.
As part of our goal to improve our organizational culture and create a great place to work 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.
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