School Support Assistant - Balerno High School

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice services

School Support Assistant- Welfare & Reprographics
Balerno Community High School

Salary: £23,651 - £23,857 (pro rata for part-time and sessional)
Hours: 31.5 per week, 39 weeks sessional

Balerno High School is a fully comprehensive, non-denominational high school situated in the southwest of Edinburgh. We are proud to be a school community built on strong relationships and a commitment to success. Our school values promote excellence and resilience; and we provide a learning and teaching environment built on respect, honesty and inclusion.

Our school has an excellent academic reputation and a vibrant extra curricular and enrichment programme.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our Business Support team. Your primary role will be to support pupil welfare, including first aid and the administration of medications as required. You will also be responsible for processing reprographic requests. You will also support with general administrative duties

You must demonstrate a flexible approach to supporting the school, and be committed to providing a high level of service to staff and pupils.

You should be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills as you will be communicating with staff, pupils and families.

Good organisational skills are essential to manage a varied workload.

Experience in using Microsoft office packages is desirable.

A current First aid certificate is desirable, with the commitment to attend training essential.

Further information about the school can be found at our website www.balernochs.edin.sch.uk or if you require specific information please contact the school by email at admin.balernochs.edin.sch.uk or telephone on 0131 477 7788.

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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