School Operations Assistant, Sir E Scott (5686) - CNS06468

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar; Harris; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Distant Islands Allowance

Job summary

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar seeks a School Operations Assistant for Sir E Scott on Harris. The role is 25 hours per week, term time, permanent, with a salary of £17,292 to £17,460 per annum, inclusive of £1,750 Distant Islands Allowance.

You will support both teaching and non-teaching staff, and liaise with the Head Teacher and Education & Children's Services. Duties include supervising pupils, school crossing patrol, campus checks, reporting defects to PMD, and handling internal delivery tasks.

Qualifications

• Good communication with staff and pupils
• Knowledge of highway code and road safety
• Experience with health and safety requirements (RIDDOR)
• PVG scheme membership is a legal requirement for regulated work with children

Responsibilities

• Supervise pupils and oversee crossing patrol duties
• Carry out regular checks on the school environment and fabric and report defects
• Report health and safety issues to Head Teacher and PMD
• Handle messenger and internal delivery duties as required

Skills

Communication skills

Health and safety awareness

Road safety knowledge

PVG scheme eligibility

Job description

ADVERT:

School Operations Assistant, Sir E Scott (5686)
25 hours per week, term time, permanent post
£17,292 to £17,460 per annum, inclusive of £1,750 Distant Islands Allowance

Required for 25 hours per week, term time, you will provide a support role to the teaching and non-teaching staff of the school, the Head Teacher and interface with the Education & Children's Services Department.

Duties will include: supervision of pupils and undertaking school crossing patrol; carrying out regular checks on the environmental and fabric of the whole school campus and reporting defects to Property Maintenance Delivery (PMD); reporting any Health and Safety related events to the Head Teacher and ensuring that incident forms are completed and submitted; undertaking messenger and internal delivery duties as required.

You must have a good working knowledge of the highway code and basic road safety and basic health and safety. You must have previous experience of health and safety issues in relation to general workplace activity with knowledge of the reporting requirements under RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases, And Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995). It is essential you have the ability to supervise pupil and have excellent communication skills.This post is subject to membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme as a legal requirement of a regulated role with Children ( Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme - mygov.scot ).

Interviews will be conducted in person, providing candidates with the chance to personally meet the team and experience our work environment.

Closing Date: Monday 7 September 2026

Salary for the above post is inclusive of Distant Islands Allowance. Appointment to the post will be on the first point of the grade.

Please note that sponsorship is not available, or being offered, in connection to this post.

ADVERT:

Neach-taice Obrachaidhean Sgoile, Sgoil an Tairbeirt (5686)
25 uairean a thìde gach seachdain, tron teirm, dreuchd mhaireannach
£17,292 gu £17,460 gach bliadhna, a' gabhail a-steach £1,750 de Chuibhreann Eileanan Iomallach

Bidh thu ag obair airson 25 uairean a thìde gach seachdain, tron teirm, a' cur taic ri luchd-obrach teagaisg, luchd-obrach nach eil a' teagasg san sgoil, agus Ceannard na Sgoile, agus bidh thu ag obair maille ri Roinn an Fhoghlaim is Sheirbheisean Chloinne.

Bidh na dleastanasan agad a' gabhail a-steach: a' toirt stiùireadh do sgoilearan agus a' coimhead às an dèidh nuair a bhios iad a' dol tarsainn an rathaid; a' dèanamh sgrùdaidhean cunbhalach air àirneis àireann na sgoile gu lèir agus a' deanamh aithisgean air rudan a tha ceàrr do Roinn Buileachadh Obair-chàraidh Togalaich is Talmhainn (PMD); a' dèanamh aithisgean air cùisean Slàinte is Sàbhailteachd do Cheannard na Sgoile agus a' dèanamh cinnteach gun tèid foirmichean mu chùisean èiginneach a lìonadh agus a chur a-steach mar bu chòir; a' lìbhrigeadh dleastanasan teachdaire is eadaramh clas mar a dh'fheumar.

Feumaidh eòlas math a bhith agad air còd an rathaid, sàbailteachd rathaid bhunaiteach agus slàinte agus sàbhailteachd bhunaiteach. Feumaidh eòlas roimhe seo a bhith agad air cùisean slàinte agus sàbhailteachd a thaobh an àite-obrach, le eòlas air feumalachdan aithrise fo RIDDOR (Riaghailtean Ag Aithris air Leòntan, Galaran, agus Tachartasan Cunnartach 1995). Tha e riatanach gu bheil an comas agad stiùireadh a thoirt do sgoilearan agus gu bheil sgilean conaltraidh sàr-mhath agad.

Feumaidh tu ballrachd de Sgeama Dìon Bhuidhnean So-leònta (PVG) mar riatanas laghail a thaobh a bhith an sàs ann an obair riaghlaichte le Clann san dreuchd seo. (Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme - mygov.scot)

Thèid agallamhan a chumail aghaidh ri aghaidh, gus cothrom a thoirt do thagraichean an sgioba a choinneachadh is an àrainneachd-obrach againn fhaicinn dhaibh fhèin.

Ceànn-latha: Diluain 7 Sultain 2026

Tha tuarastal na dreuchd a' gabhail a-steach Cuibhreann Eileanan Iomallach. Thèid an neach a shoirbhicheas fhastadh air a' chiad ìre den rang.

Bi mothachail nach eil sponsaireachd ri fhaighinn, no ga thabhann, an lùib na dreuchd seo.