Early Years Practitioner - Fox Covert Early Years Centre

Early Years Practitioner - fixed term until 02/05/2028
Fox Covert Early Years Centre

Salary: £30,188 - £34,452 (pro-rata for part-time)
Hours: 21 per week, 52 weeks

Fox Covert Early Years is a large, busy setting, with capacity for 85 children at any one time, attending various patterns of attendance between 8am and 6pm, 52 weeks per year.

Our staff team is friendly, supportive, energetic and passionate about our Froebelian approaches. Play environments are natural, warm and welcoming, with nurturing and richly resourced spaces, indoors and out. We recognise all children as curious, capable learners, valuing collaboration, participation and engagement with all stakeholders. Through time, our setting has embedded a positive Growth Mindset ethos, committed to continuous professional learning that in turn supports our learners to be the best they can.

As a standalone setting, our establishment is situated within a campus alongside two Primary Schools, where two Nursery Early Years Practitioners support both Primary One classes. We are dedicated and active participants within our Learning Community and beyond.

We are now recruiting an experienced Early Years Practitioner for a fixed term contract until 02/05/2028

The successful candidate will be required to work shift patterns within the setting Monday-Friday, with some early / late shifts on rotation, within each month.

Please note - You must ensure that you have one of the following qualifications before you apply:

• SVQ Social Services (Children and Young People) SCQF Level 7
  or
• HNC Childhood Practice

When completing the application form please state the name of your qualification and level as stated above.

If you do not have either of these qualifications, we will be unable to consider your application.

Please read the attached Early Years Practitioner job pack for further information, including post qualification experience and additional requirements. If you are unsure regarding the qualification or require any other information, please contact the Nursery / Centre directly. You can search for contact details on the Council website

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 are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently underrepresented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience. Disabled and care-experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Find out more about our commitment to equalities

As part of our goal to improve organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure we're recruiting the best people. We're interested not only in your skills and experience but also in your approach to work. Therefore, part of our interview process will be an assessment of 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 Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council

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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