Head of Centre - Craigentinny Early Years Centre

Head of Centre
Craigentinny Early Years Centre

Salary: £44,257 - £52,373
Hours: 36 per week

Successful candidate will ensure the effective delivery, management, co-ordination and development of integrated, flexible learning and care services for children 0 - 8 years.

They will be accountable for the day-to-day operation and leadership of the setting, the delivery of the highest quality skilled Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) provision to secure the best possible outcomes for the children, working in partnership with parents and carers and have overall leadership and management responsibility for approx. up to 40 staff but will delegate management tasks to the Senior Early Years Officers as appropriate. The number of staff is determined by the level of service being delivered and will include Senior Early Years Officers, Early Years Officers, Early Years Practitioners, Early Years Assistants, Clerical staff and domestic support staff.

Daily contacts with members of the staff team providing leadership, strategic direction, mentoring and coaching and ensuring the smooth effective delivery of the service.

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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