Early Years Practitioner - St Margaret's RC Primary School

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Early Years Practitioner - Fixed Term until 26 June 2025
St Margaret's RC Primary School

Salary: £28,046 - £32,010 (pro rata for sessional)
Hours: 36 per week, 39 weeks sessional

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time, term time, EYP position in St Margaret's RC Primary School. At St Margaret’s RC PS, we place our children at the centre of all we do - believing that in the right environment where everyone’s needs are recognised and met, everyone can learn and grow. We nurture and promote partnerships between staff, pupils, parents and the community to encourage all learners to be the best they can be. We are inclusive, embrace diversity and respect everyone as equal. We aim to live out the agreed values of Love, Kindness and Respect. The successful candidate will work across our younger year primary classes to develop the pedagogy of play and with a staff team who are committed to providing a safe, secure and inclusive environment for all.

St. Margaret’s RC Primary School is a diverse primary school in the North West of Edinburgh. There is a strong inclusive ethos at St. Margaret’s RC and we are well supported by a range of partnership services and agencies, which enhance the work, and wider life of the school.

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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