Teacher (Early Years) - NAY18044

North Ayrshire Council; Irvine; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

North Ayrshire Council in Irvine is seeking a peripatetic Early Years Teacher within the Education Directorate to support high quality early learning and childcare services across the region.

The role focuses on pedagogical modelling and leading professional learning across services delivered by the Council and its partners, ensuring consistent practice and positive outcomes for children.

Interviews may be conducted in person or via Microsoft Teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in Early Years settings.
• Experience as a peripatetic teacher is desirable.
• Ability to lead professional learning across multiple services.

Responsibilities

• Provide pedagogical modelling across Early Years settings.
• Support delivery of high quality early learning and childcare.
• Collaborate with partner providers to improve outcomes.

Skills

Pedagogical modelling

Early Years

Professional learning

Job description

Job Summary

We may conduct our interviews in person or using Microsoft Teams for video calling. All you need is a device with a camera and access to the internet. We will provide guidance and instructions on how to use this method if your interview is being held virtually.

This post is based within our Education Directorate. As a Teacher within our central Early Years Team you will support the delivery of consistent, high quality early learning & childcare services to improve the outcomes for children across North Ayrshire. This will be a peripatetic teaching role with a focus on pedagogical modelling and enhancing professional learning across services delivered by the Council and our partner providers.

For more details see the attached Role Profile below.

Before you apply, find out a little bit about us and why we are a Great Place to Work.

Staff Values & Behaviours

Our values of Focus, Passion and Inspiration are core in everything we do and how we do it, they are the foundation that our work is built on across the whole of the Council. However, for the purposes of the recruitment process for teaching posts we will explore the post advertised in conjunction with the appropriate Professional Standards.

Additional Information

References

As part of the selection process we ask that you provide ONE completed reference alongside your application form. References will be read in conjunction with your application form. Therefore, applicants who do not submit references in time will be placed at a disadvantage compared to those who have provided appropriate references, as additional points will be added to your score where the panel are in receipt of a satisfactory reference (i.e 0 points for no reference received, maximum of 6 points for a very strong reference). Your second referee will be contacted by North Ayrshire Council if you are the preferred candidate for the post.

Please note that it is your responsibility to gather a reference, and forward the completed reference to the relevant contact within the School. References should be received before the closing date for the vacancy. References for this vacancy should be emailed to;

Lynsey Clark - Education Officer (Early Learning & Childcare)

Email Address - [e-mail]

PVG (Children)

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children.

Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to confirmation of employment being made by North Ayrshire Council. Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant PVG check (£59 or £18), which will be deducted from your salary following commencement of employment. For further information on the PVG Scheme please visit Disclosure Scotland - mygov.scot. For further details on North Ayrshire Council's policy please visit Pre-employment checks (north-ayrshire.gov.uk).

Please note if you are the successful candidate your name and email address will be entered into the Disclosure Scotland PVG system to generate your PVG form which will be issued to your email with an enclosed link to complete.

Our Workstyles

As an employer of choice, North Ayrshire Council has identified four different Workstyles. Each post in the council has been allocated one of these styles:

In Building - More than 90% of time spent primarily at a single base or location.

This post has been allocated the workstyle: In Building

More information on our workstyles can be found in our HR Guide - Workstyles (north-ayrshire.gov.uk) . If you have any questions on the allocated Workstyle for this post, please ask at interview.

Use of AI in applications

Applicants may use AI tools to assist with drafting or refining their application. However, AI should only be used to enhance an application and must not replace personal experience or be used to generate content wholly on the applicant's behalf. Where it is identified that AI has been used to create an application in full or to falsify responses, this will be taken in account within the scoring, and your application may not be progressed.