School Support Assistant - St Augustine's RC High School

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

School Support Assistant - Fixed term until 22/12/2024
St Augustine’s RC High School

Salary: £23,651 - £23,857 per year (pro-rata for part time and sessional)
Hours: 20 per week, 39 weeks sessional

St Augustine’s is a Catholic secondary school of approximately 950 students situated in the west of the City of Edinburgh. Its catchment area encompasses five Catholic primary schools extending from South Queensferry in the north to Balerno in the south. However, as a result of parental choice, our current S1 contains students drawn from 31 primaries.

St Augustine’s stresses the importance of high levels of achievement for every student and there is a strong sense of community within the school. All staff of St Augustine’s, teaching and non-teaching, are prepared to make a positive contribution to the school as a whole and to play their part as members of the St Augustine’s community.

The post is in a busy school as part of the support staff for a variety of depts. Emphasis is on getting the best possible outcome for each of our students so an enjoyment of working in a High School setting while having excellent administration skills are welcome qualities for applicants. Knowledge of Word, Excel, Oracle, email and, if possible, SEEMiS are key skills too. 1st Aid qualification would be an advantage as some duties are in the sick bay.

For further information please visit our website at www.st-augustines.edin.sch.uk or to discuss the post please contact 0131 334 6801.

Please note that this post is subject to review and also has a mobility clause meaning there is a chance that the successful candidate could be moved to a different school in the future

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.

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.

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.

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Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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