Senior Early Years Practitioner - Pinkie St. Peter's Primary School

East Lothian Council; Musselburgh; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading local authority as a Senior Practitioner in Early Education and Childcare. In this permanent, full-time role, you will lead a team to deliver high-quality learning experiences in a new nursery setting. You will be responsible for guiding practitioners while promoting a caring and safe environment for children to thrive.

Qualifications

• Must be educated to HNC level in Early Education and Childcare or equivalent.
• Must be SSSC registered or apply for registration within 3 months.
• Knowledge of current practice and legislation in Early Learning and Childcare.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a team of early learning and childcare practitioners.
• Deliver a high quality child-centred service and support children's needs.
• Establish exciting new practices in a new nursery setting.

Skills

Child Development

Team Leadership

Communication

Child-centred Approach

Education

HNC in Early Education and Childcare

SNNB/HNC/SVQ3 in Childcare/Education

Job description

Salary: £34,126 - £38,159 per year

Contract Type: Permanent

Position Type: Full Time

Hours: 35 hours per week

Vacancy Information

Hourly rate of pay: £18.70 - £20.91
This is a 52-week non-sessional post i.e. it will include working during the school holidays.

Days and Hours of Work:
Monday, 08:00-14:00
Tuesday, 11:00-16:45
Wednesday - Friday, 08:00-16:15
To start asap.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone to join a growing team and develop in their Early Years Career. We are looking for someone who can work alongside our other Senior Practitioner to guide the team and continue to deliver high quality early learning and childcare in an environment where all children have the opportunity to flourish and progress to the best of their abilities.

The successful candidate will be part of the team establishing exciting new practice in a brand new purpose built nursery building.

To work as part of and supervise on a day to day basis, a team of early learning and childcare practitioners, in delivering a high quality child centred service which supports the needs of children and families and enables each child to achieve their potential within a caring, safe and welcoming environment.

Please download the Job Outline/Person Specification (available under 'Job Attachments') for the full range of tasks and duties associated with this job. You will need to refer to these in order to complete the application form. You must ensure you meet every 'essential' criteria stated on the Person Specification to be considered for interview.

The ‘East Lothian Way’ – values and behaviours we expect our employees to demonstrate in their everyday work. Should you be invited to interview, you may be asked questions based on these behaviours. Please refer to the document via the link to familiarise yourself with them.

Job Requirements

Qualifications
You must be educated to HNC level in Early Education and Childcare or hold SNNB/HNC/SVQ3 qualifications in Childcare/Education or equivalent and be able to evidence additional learning and knowledge of current practice and legislation in relation to Early Learning and Childcare.

Scottish Social Services Council:
SSSC registration is an essential requirement of this role. If you are appointed and are not already a member of the relevant section of the SSSC Register, you will be required to apply for registration within 3 months of your start date to ensure that you are registered within the required 6 months.

PVG Membership
This post is considered as a Regulated Role with vulnerable children and/or protected adults, as specified in the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020.

All preferred candidates for posts carrying out regulated work with these groups will be required to become a PVG Scheme member, or undergo a PVG Scheme update if they are already a member, prior to any formal offer of employment being made by East Lothian Council.

Please note: PVG member’s records are constantly updated with any new vetting information that arises. Any information that is disclosed on a PVG membership or update check, if relevant to the post being applied for, will be discussed with the applicant and investigated prior to any formal offer being made.

Please note:
If you have spent more than 3 months working or living outwith the UK in the last 5 years then you will be required to present a copy of an overseas criminal record check. Details of how to apply and contact details can be found on the GOV.UK website.

Further details on all East Lothian Council Primary and Secondary Schools, including individual school websites can be found here: Primary and Secondary Schools

Please note: We do not accept CV's (either electronically or by mail). All our vacancies must be applied for by fully completing the on-line application form. Although there is an ‘import data from my CV’ function on MyJobScotland, this only imports very limited data and should not be relied upon to complete the application form. If, for example, due to a disability, you are unable to complete the on-line application form you can contact us for a paper application via the telephone number or email address above.