Early Years Practitioner - St Mark's RC Primary School - 15892_1785510030 in Colinton

Salary: £30,188 - £34,452 (pro-rata for part-time and sessional)

Hours: 18 per week, 39 weeks sessional. Hours are as follows: Monday 08:00-15:00, Tuesday 08:30-16:00, Friday 08:00-12:30pm.

The applicant must be eligible for registration (without conditions) with the SSSC as a Practitioner in Day Care of Children. The candidate must have a practice qualification as noted in the attached job profile.

St Mark's Early Learning and Childcare offers Early Learning and Childcare to children aged 2-5 years. St Mark's Early Learning and Childcare is a build that has a capacity of 110 children at any time. Here at St Mark's Early Learning, we are committed to providing an excellent early years' experience, based on mutual respect, nurture-based approaches, partnership working. We are seeking to recruit one full-time enthusiastic, passionate and driven Early Years Practitioner to join our existing nursery team. This role is primarily set in our 3-5 room, although movement across the setting will be required from time to time.

The successful applicant must demonstrate experience in forming good relationships with children, parents, staff and the wider community. Through the recruitment process, they will need to demonstrate enthusiasm, energy, commitment, initiative, optimism and flexibility to their work.

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 are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently underrepresented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience. Disabled and care-experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

As part of our goal to improve organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure we're recruiting the best people. We're interested not only in your skills and experience but also in your approach to work. Therefore, part of our interview process will be an assessment of how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

Happy to talk flexible working.