Job Description
Service: Education
Closing Date: Friday 7th March 2025
Requirements
Childcare and Education Worker, Dunbeg Primary Pre Five Unit
Argyll and Bute is one of Scotland’s most stunning areas. As its award-winning council, we play a vital part in the day-to-day life and long-term future of our beautiful and diverse communities. Our unwavering purpose is to make Argyll and Bute the place to be, the place where people want to live, to work and do business. And we are committed to making the council the place to have a great career, by providing excellent benefits and a friendly, dynamic working culture so that each of our 5000 colleagues can deliver services that help our corner of Scotland thrive. Join us to make a difference.
We would love to welcome a Child Care and Education Worker to join our friendly team in working for Argyll and Bute, one of Scotland’s most stunning areas. Let us tell you about why this could be a great move for you.
This is a rare opportunity to join a friendly, professional team as keyworker to a group of eight 3 to 5 year olds in a modern nursery setting with exciting developments ahead. You will be part of a team of four CCEWs, with a part time Lead CCEW as your line manager. Check our Nursery page on the Dunbeg Primary website. We are hoping to recruit someone who wants to be part of the team in the long term; bringing creativity, warmth, a proactive, professional approach and a commitment to helping ALL of our children to thrive. If that is you then please apply telling us why this is the job for you!
Our employees make good things happen in the day-to-day life and for the longer term future of Argyll and Bute. We want you to feel valued working for us. We offer various benefits to support you, such as a competitive salary, pension scheme, generous leave entitlement, cycle to work scheme, discounts on gym memberships and leisure centres, wellbeing initiatives, and opportunities for learning and career growth. We also embrace a modern approach to work, offering a flexible first approach where possible to requests from our employees to how they work.
We care about our people and the world around us and always aim to do the right thing. From employee recognition schemes to environmental policies we have many initiatives in place to help us look after the things we all care about.
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Argyll and Bute Council recognises the numerous benefits of a positive work-life balance to the wellbeing and productivity of our employees. We will take a flexible first approach to requests from our employees to change the way that they work. While we must balance such requests with the need to ensure the quality of the important services we deliver is not compromised, we will ensure that each request is given careful consideration with a view to achieving a positive outcome wherever possible.
This post is for a temporary period until the end of the academic year.
Responsibilities
* Happy to talk about flexible working arrangements.
* The salary shown is the full time equivalent salary, the actual salary will be paid pro rata for the hours worked.
* This post requires Protection of Vulnerable Group (PVG) Membership in relation to working with children.
* This is a temporary post which may be filled on a secondment basis by an employee wishing to gain experience/career development and will be at the discretion of the employee’s director.
* The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order 2013, as amended, applies to this post.
The Individual
To apply for this vacancy, please click on the Apply Now button at the top of this page.
If you would like clarification on any information contained within the vacancy advert and/or the job description you will require to speak with the recruiting manager, who is:
* Marny McCulloch, Head Teacher
* Telephone: 01631 564781
* Email: marny.mcculloch@argyll-bute.gov.uk
* Reference: ARB156
Please note that you cannot apply for this vacancy by contacting the recruiting manager, applications must be made by clicking on the Apply Now button at the top of this page.
Please also note that we do not accept CVs, only applications completed and submitted via the Apply Now button on this page.
We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about our commitment to this please visit Equality & Diversity Policy