Job Description
Children, Education and Justice Services
Curriculum Leader - Social Subjects & RMPS - Fixed term until 19/12/2025
Liberton High School
Salary: £64,320
Hours: 35 per week
Liberton High School is a non-denominational secondary school with 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 leadership team comprises of 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 a successful school, which is evident in our attainment journey over the past 5 years. Liberton High School is a place where everybody matters and our dedicated staff are committed to supporting our young people to achieve their potential.
We are looking for a creative and innovative individual to join our Extended Leadership Team as Acting Curricular Leader of Social Subjects and RME.
The successful candidate will be able to use their skills, knowledge and experience to provide leadership within this faculty and hold responsibility for promoting our school values through the delivery of the faculty improvement plan. You will have overall responsibility to plan and implement the delivery of Curriculum for Excellence to ensure maximum impact that benefits children and young people
Teaching commitment will be a maximum of 17.5hrs and the successful candidate should have the ability to teach subjects from across the faculty within the BGE and either History, Geography, Modern Studies or RMPS in the senior phase.
Salaries will be in accordance with the Scheme of Salaries and Conditions of Service for Teaching Staff in School Education.
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 out with 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 recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
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