Senior Early Years Intervention Officer - Waverley Court

The City of Edinburgh Council; Easter Howgate; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A local council in the UK is seeking a Senior Early Years Intervention Officer to engage with children as part of early learning expansion funded by the Scottish Government. This role offers a unique opportunity for individuals with a relevant degree or in progress. You will be part of a team aiming to improve outcomes for learners while undergoing continuous training in intervention methodologies. Applicants will need to join the PVG Scheme and undergo criminal record checks.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Ongoing training and development

Qualifications

• Degree or working towards a degree qualification within early years.
• Experience in intervention work to improve child outcomes.
• Understanding of working with children and families.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with children in identified settings.
• Provide ongoing high-quality training to support intervention work.
• Help close the poverty-related attainment gap.

Skills

Degree or working towards a degree in early years

High-quality training in intervention work

Ability to work directly with children

Education

Degree in early childhood education

Job description

Senior Early Years Intervention Officer – Waverley Court

Salary: Grade 7, £39,129 – £46,023 (pro‑rated for sessional). Hours: 36 per week, 39 weeks sessional.

We are currently recruiting for three Senior Early Years Intervention Officers as part of the Early Learning and Childcare Expansion funded by the Scottish Government.

In Edinburgh, this is a relatively new post and offers an excellent opportunity for anyone who has a degree or is working towards a degree qualification within early years.

Senior Early Years Intervention Officers are centrally managed within the Early Years team and then allocated to identified settings to work directly with children. The role includes ongoing high‑quality training to support intervention work, which aims to improve outcomes for our youngest learners.

This post will appeal to practitioners who want to further develop their skills and help close the poverty‑related attainment gap.

Regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will need to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. If an individual has spent a continuous period of three months or more outside the UK in the last five 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’re committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognize the benefits of a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds.

To achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency‑based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and 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 increases annually until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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