Early Years Officer in Glenrothes

Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing Monday 23 November 2026

Closing Date: Sunday 22 November 2026

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: FC6 £31,761.26 to £34,914.86 (Pro Rata)

Working Pattern: 20 Hours per week, Monday to Friday, (11.30am to 3.30pm), 39 weeks per year

Location: South Parks Nursery, Glenrothes

Purpose and Values of Education Directorate

The Education Directorate is committed to Improving Life Chances for All through a wide range of direct services which support our children, young people, families and the wider Fife community. Our approach to improvement is rooted in our core values: Compassion, Ambition, Respect and Equity which reflect the ethos, culture and practice principles of all staff across the directorate.

Supporting Statement

As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV.

Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement:

• Working Together – Please give examples of when you have worked with others to contribute to teamwork and how you influenced those you were working with.
• Delivering Results – Please give examples that demonstrate your ability to organise and solve problems to achieve results.
• Personal Ownership – Please give examples of situations in which you have used your initiative to make improvements and used your skills to deal with challenges and change.
• Customer Focus – Please give examples of when your skills and knowledge have helped improve the learning and development of children.

Job Details

We are looking for highly skilled early years practitioners who are passionate about improving life chances for all through a professional commitment to making a difference for all our children and young people so that they achieve their full potential. As an early year's practitioner in Fife, you will be responsible for promoting children’s learning, development, and welfare within a nursery context, promoting inclusion, diversity, and equality, communicating with other stakeholders and for contributing to wider development within the nursery.

Qualification, Registration and Skill Requirements

You are required to hold one of the following practitioner level qualifications (or equivalent): HNC Childhood Practice or SVQ Level 3 Social Services, Children and Young People. You are also required to register with SSSC at practitioner level within 6 months of taking up employment in this role and must complete the required post registration training and learning (PRTL) over the registration period.

You should have a working knowledge of the Curriculum for Excellence, Realising the Ambition and child development from birth to 5 years. You are required to have high levels of interpersonal skills and abilities which will enable you to work as a member of a team to ensure positive outcomes for all children and young people in your setting.

As this role requires SSSC registration, the successful applicant will have three months to apply for registration. If appointed, you must start your application as soon as possible, so you're registered within the required six months.

Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.

We particularly encourage applications from men, who are currently underrepresented within this type of work.

Further Information

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For further information please contact: Natalie Falconer.