Early Years Practitioner - Pennywell Early Learning & Childcare - 11604_1758203948

The City of Edinburgh Council; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A local council in Scotland is seeking an Early Years Practitioner to support children’s development in a new educational setting. The ideal candidate will enhance children's learning, create meaningful experiences, and contribute to a collaborative team environment. This fixed-term role requires relevant qualifications and a commitment to safeguarding children.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Supportive work culture

Qualifications

• Must hold the required qualification(s) to apply.
• Experience working with children in a learning environment.
• Understanding of regulatory requirements for working with children.

Responsibilities

• Enhance children's learning and development.
• Create meaningful learning experiences.
• Contribute to team ethos and values.

Skills

Support children’s development

Effective communication

Teamwork

Passion for Early Years

Education

Required qualifications in Early Years

Job description

Overview

Early Years Practitioner
Pennywell Early Learning and Childcare

Salary: £29,173 - £33,287 (pro rata for sessional)
Hours: 36 per week, 39 weeks sessional

Pennywell Early Learning and Childcare opened in August 2024. This exciting new centre for providing high quality learning experiences for children and families is part of the MacMillan Hub. MacMillan Hub is a community focused, collaborative location which will provide a range of services for the local community through partnership working with North Edinburgh Arts and the relocated Muirhouse library.

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

Please note - You must ensure that you have the required qualification(s) before you apply, so please refer the attached documentation for requirements, or we will be unable to consider your application.

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 creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

Responsibilities

Support children to be confident, capable individuals by enhancing learning and development, helping them to achieve their full potential, and creating meaningful experiences and spaces. Contribute to the ethos and values of the setting through effective communication and professional discussion, using training and knowledge to demonstrate enthusiasm for Early Years.

Qualifications and Checks

Ensure you have the required qualification(s) before applying. 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. An Overseas Criminal Record Check may be required for periods spent outside the UK in the last 5 years. Offers are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.

Additional Information

We are changing the way we interview by moving to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This will assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

Our Behaviours page text is available on the Edinburgh City Council site. Salary range typically reflects starting salary and annual increases. Flexible working is available.

How to Apply and Notices

Follow us on X at @edincounciljobs. View the Early Years Practitioner job pack and Sessional Working information from the City of Edinburgh Council job resources (links unavailable in this refined format).