Skills For Life - Education Business Assistant

Job Summary

Temporary for 26 weeks ending 28th February 2027

We may conduct our interviews in person or using Microsoft Teams for video calling. All you need is a device with a camera and access to the internet. We will provide guidance and instructions on how to use this method if your interview is being held virtually. We are a disability confident leader and we support reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process - for more information click important-information-for-applicants (north-ayrshire.gov.uk)

Interviews - Applicants MUST attend one of the Information Sessions below to be given an interview slot. Tuesday 5th May, 10am, Volunteer Rooms, Irvine Wednesday 6th May, 10am, Saltcoats Town Hall North Ayrshire Council’s Skills for Life programme is funded by Scottish Government and aims to support parents to gain training, skills and experience. These Education Business Assistant posts are based in various North Ayrshire school offices. The Skills for Life programme offers: 26 week, term-time, mentored placement ·20 hours per week - Mon-Fri, 10am-2pm. Paid at the RLW, £13.52 ph. Eligibility To be considered for the post you must be an unemployed parent living in North Ayrshire, with a dependent child(ren) living with you. You will not be eligible if you have participated in this programme, PEP or Step Into previously.

Interviews will be held at the Parent Hub in Ardrossan on Tuesday 19th May & Wednesday 20th May. Interview slots will be allocated at the Information Sessions listed above. Registration to participate in the Skills for Life programme, you must be registered with the We Work for Families project. This ensures you meet the eligibility criteria prior to employment and have the relevant ID required for the post.

Pre-employment Training – Digital Skills Successful candidates are required to participate in Pre-employment Digital Skills Training. You must be available 26th May until 25th June. The classes will be at Ayrshire College, Kilwinning Campus on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 10am-2pm. The Digital Skills training will include PC Passport, Microsoft Sway, Forms, and Teams. Internet Safety, Data Security and SharePoint will also be included. Disclosures If a PVG is required for this post, successful applicants will complete a Disclosure Scotland application and be approved before starting in placement. ID Requirements- Passport and 2 official letters with your current address

For more details see the attached Role Profile below.

Before you apply, find out a little bit about us and why we are a Great Place to Work.

Staff Values & Behaviours

North Ayrshire Council uses behavioural based approach throughout the recruitment process. Our staff values of Focus, Passion & Inspiration will be explored for this vacancy.

Further information on our Staff Values and how to complete behaviour based application form questions is available on the Staff values and behaviours (north-ayrshire.gov.uk).

Additional Information

References

For your information if this post requires references you will be notified of further details if you are successful in gaining an interview. Not providing relevant references when requested may delay the outcome of the interview process.

PVG (Children)

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children.

Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to confirmation of employment being made by North Ayrshire Council. Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant PVG check (£59 or £18), which will be deducted from your salary following commencement of employment. For further information on the PVG Scheme please visit Disclosure Scotland - mygov.scot. For further details on North Ayrshire Council’s policy please visit Pre-employment checks (north-ayrshire.gov.uk).

Please note if you are the successful candidate your name and email address will be entered into the Disclosure Scotland PVG system to generate your PVG form which will be issued to your email with an enclosed link to complete.

Our Workstyles

As an employer of choice, North Ayrshire Council has identified four different Workstyles. Each post in the council has been allocated one of these styles:

In Building – More than 90% of time spent primarily at a single base or location.

This post has been allocated the workstyle: In Building

More information on our workstyles can be found in our HR Guide - Workstyles (north-ayrshire.gov.uk). If you have any questions on the allocated Workstyle for this post, please ask at interview.