Early Years Practitioner - Granton Early Years Centre

Early Years Practitioner – Granton Early Years Centre

Salary: £30,188 - £34,452

Hours: 36 per week, 52 weeks per year.

Granton Early Years is a large, busy setting, with capacity for 64 children at any time, attending various patterns of attendance between 8 am and 6 pm, 52 weeks per year. We work in partnership with families to promote children’s learning and development; helping to close the attainment gap and ensure equity for all.

We are now recruiting an experienced Early Years Practitioner to join our team on a permanent basis. The successful candidate will be passionate about supporting children to be confident, capable individuals and helping them to achieve their full potential. Practitioners will be highly skilled at enhancing children’s learning and development, understanding their role in supporting children to lead their own learning and will be enthusiastic about creating meaningful experiences and spaces. They will be an effective team member who contributes to the ethos and values of our setting through good communication and professional discussion, using their training and knowledge to demonstrate enthusiasm for Early Years.

The successful candidate will be required to work shift patterns within the setting, between the hours of 07:45 and 18:00, Monday‑Friday, with some late shifts on rotation, within each month.

Please note - You must ensure that you have one of the following qualifications before you apply:

Qualifications

• SVQ Social Services (Children and Young People) SCQF Level 7
• HNC Childhood Practice

When completing the application form please state the name of your qualification and level as stated above. If you do not have either of these qualifications, we will be unable to consider your application.

For further information or to discuss the post, please contact Granton Early Years on 0131 552 4808.

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 outside the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. 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.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.