Physical Education Teacher Required

Job Description Service: Education Teacher of PE, Rothesay Joint Campus As its award-winning council, we play a vital part in the day-to-day life and long-term future of our beautiful and diverse communities. And we are committed to making the council the place to have a great career, by providing excellent benefits and a friendly, dynamic working culture so that each of our 5000 colleagues can deliver services that help our corner of Scotland thrive. We are seeking a dynamic and enthusiastic Teacher of Physical Education and Outdoor Learning to join our joint campus on the beautiful island of Bute. Whilst based in the Secondary, the successful candidate should be passionate about promoting physical activity, wellbeing, and outdoor education and delivering creative and engaging learning experiences for children and young people across our campus community. Plan, deliver, and assess high-quality learning experiences in line with Curriculum for Excellence. Teach Physical Education across the Broad General Education and Senior Phase. Deliver engaging Outdoor Learning experiences that support wellbeing, personal achievement, environmental awareness, and interdisciplinary learning. Develop and lead outdoor learning opportunities including adventurous activities, team-building, environmental education, and wider achievement programmes. Promote sustainability, risk awareness, resilience, and responsible citizenship through physical education and outdoor learning. Maintain high expectations for learner participation, positive relationships, achievement, and inclusion. Contribute to whole-campus health and wellbeing initiatives. Build positive partnerships with families, community organisations, sports clubs, and outdoor learning providers. Degree qualification relevant to Physical Education. Full registration (or eligibility for registration) with the General Teaching Council for Scotland in Physical Education. Current knowledge of Curriculum for Excellence and Getting it Right for Every Child (GIRFEC). Experience of delivering high-quality PE learning and teaching. Knowledge and understanding of Outdoor Learning approaches and pedagogy. Ability to motivate and engage young people across a range of ages and abilities. Ability to work effectively as part of a team and across different stages of education. Commitment to inclusion, wellbeing, and child-centred practice. Qualifications or experience in outdoor education, adventure activities, forest school, expedition leadership, or coaching awards. Experience leading extracurricular sports and outdoor programmes. First Aid qualification and relevant outdoor activity certifications. Our employees make good things happen in the day-to-day life and for the longer term future of Argyll and Bute. We offer various benefits to support you, such as a competitive salary, pension scheme, generous leave entitlement, cycle to work scheme, discounts on gym memberships and leisure centres, wellbeing initiatives, and opportunities for learning and career growth. We also embrace a modern approach to work, offering a flexible first approach where possible to requests from our employees to how they work. If you are planning to relocate to Argyll and Bute, our Housing Services Team can offer support to help find affordable housing. From employee recognition schemes to environmental policies we have many initiatives in place to help us look after the things we all care about. Learn more here Argyll and Bute Employee Recognition Programme, Disability Confident, Armed Forces, Fair Work First Statement, Equality and Fairness, Climate Change, Flexible and Hybrid Working Policy Argyll and Bute Council recognises the numerous benefits of a positive work-life balance to the wellbeing and productivity of our employees. We will take a flexible first approach to requests from our employees to change the way that they work. While we must balance such requests with the need to ensure the quality of the important services we deliver is not compromised, we will ensure that each request is given careful consideration with a view to achieving a positive outcome wherever possible. This post requires Protection of Vulnerable Group (PVG) Membership in relation to working with children. Please Note - Pay arrangements for those starting after 1st day of school session. In accordance with Teachers Conditions of Service (SNCT - Appendix 2.19), Teachers who commence employment with Argyll and Bute Council after the first day of the school session will have their salary for the remainder of the school salary year (which runs from 1 August to 31 July each year), recalculated to reflect how teachers accrue leave and pay. Leigh Tyley, Faculty Head PE and Expressive Arts Telephone: 01700 503367 We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about our commitment to this please visit Equality & Diversity Policy