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Ref no:
12988_1767182247
Published:
31/12/2025
Closes:
07/01/2026
Location:
63 Firrhill Cres, Edinburgh, EH13 9EE
Salary:
£29,173 - £33,287 per year
Contract Type:
Permanent
Position Type:
Full Time
Hours:
36 hours per week

Early Years Practitioner
St Mark's Early Learning and Childcare

Salary: £29,173 - £33,287 (pro-rata for sessional)
Hours: 36 per week, 39 weeks sessional

St Mark's Early Learning and Childcare are looking to recruit an experienced practitioner to join our nursery team in the role of Early Years Practitioner.

St Mark's Early Learning and Childcare has a capacity of 110 children at any one time, we are a busy centre with four playrooms, we have two Terrific 2's playrooms and two 3-5 playrooms. The successful candidate will be required to work a shift pattern between the hours of 07:45 - 18:00.

The successful candidate will have significant, recent experience of working within the nursery environment they will possess the range of skills necessary to work alongside experienced practitioners.

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.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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