Early Years Assistant - Dean Park Primary School
- Location:
- Dean Park Primary School 31 Marchbank Gardens Edinburgh, EH14 7ET
- Salary:
- £23,651 - £23,857 per year
- Contract Type:
- Permanent
- Position Type:
- Part Time
- Hours:
- 10 hours per week
Job Description
Children, Education and Justice Services
Early Years Assistant
Dean Park Primary School Nursery
Salary: £23,651 - £23,857 (pro-rata for part time and sessional)
Hours: 10 per week, 39 weeks sessional
Monday - Thursday 11:15-13:45
Dean Park Primary is a thriving non-denominational primary school which serves the village of Balerno, in the South West of Edinburgh. The main school is currently organised into 19 classes of P1-P7, and our nursery offers full-time spaces for up to 88 children.
At Dean Park, we pride ourselves on our nurturing, positive and inclusive ethos, and our team of dedicated staff strive to ensure equality of education, equity for our families and the opportunity for every child to flourish.
Dean Park Nursery is ideally situated to take advantage of the natural resources for outdoor learning offered by our grounds, the Pentlands National Park, Malleny Wood and the Water of Leith. We enjoy excellent links with the other educational providers in our community and work closely with each setting.
We are looking for an Early Years Assistant to join our excellent team of SEYOs, EYOs, Early Years Practitioners and Early Year Assistants. We are seeking candidates who are kind, caring and enthusiastic, with a passion for working with our 3–5-year-old learners. The successful applicant will be required to register with the SSSC.
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.
As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure 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 behavioural 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 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.
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