Early Years Domestic Support - Fox Covert Early Years Centre

The City of Edinburgh Council; Easter Howgate; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Edinburgh Council is recruiting for an Early Years Domestic Support at Fox Covert Early Years Centre in Edinburgh. This permanent part-time post is 15 hours per week, with fixed pattern: Mon and Thu 10:00–14:00 and Tue/Wed 10:30–14:00.

No formal qualification is required, but you should have a good basic education and be literate and numerate. The role involves supporting our busy early years setting while upholding safeguarding and PVG checks.

Qualifications

• No formal qualifications required; however a good basic education and literacy/numeracy are needed.

Skills

Good basic education

Literate

Numerate

Job description

Early Years Domestic Support
Fox Covert Early Years Centre

Salary: £26,205 - £26,525 (pro rata for part time)
Hours: 15 per week

Fox Covert Early Years is a setting with capacity for 85 children at any one time, attending various patterns of attendance between 8am and 6pm, 52 weeks per year.

Our staff team is friendly, supportive, and committed to ensuring we provide consistent high-quality play and learning experiences. Our play environments are natural, warm, and welcoming, with nurturing and richly resourced spaces, indoors and out. We recognise all children as curious, capable learners, valuing collaboration, participation, and engagement with all stakeholders. Through time, our setting has embedded a positive Growth Mindset ethos, committed to continuous professional learning that in turn supports our learners to be the best they can.

As a standalone setting, our establishment is situated within a campus alongside two Primary Schools, and we are dedicated and active participants within our Learning Community and beyond.

We now have a position available for the role of Early YearsDomestic Support and we are seeking a passionate and committed person. This isa permanent position and the preferred candidate will work15 hours perweek as follows:

Monday and Thursday 10am – 2pm Tuesday and Wednesday 10.30am – 2pm

Although no formal qualification is required, candidates should have a good basic education and be literate and numerate.

If you have any questions regarding the job role or require any other information, please contact the Nursery / Centre directly. You can search for contact details on the Council website https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/directory/10191/early-learning-and-childcare

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. Anunconditional 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.

Find out more about our commitment to equalities https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/inclusive-edinburgh/4

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 anassessment of 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.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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