Pupil Support Assistant - Gylemuir Primary School

Pupil Support Assistant
Gylemuir Primary School

Salary: £25,905 - £26,111 (pro-rata for part-time and sessional)
Hours: 27.25 per week, 39 weeks sessional

Working pattern for position is Mon-Thurs 08.40 to 15.20 and Fri 08.40 to 12.30

Gylemuir Primary School is situated in North West Edinburgh, our learners are residents of Corstorphine and Broomhall areas of Edinburgh with a broad social mix. At Gylemuir staff work together to ensure, we get the right support, in the right way for every child. It is important to us that everyone feels they are a supported and happy and part of the Gylemuir family.

We are seeking a motivated and caring individual to join our dedicated team of Pupil Support Assistants. This role requires patience, flexibility, and a commitment to promoting positive learning and inclusion for all children. Previous experience of working in a school is not essential but desirable.

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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