Teacher - NAY17966

North Ayrshire Council; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

North Ayrshire Council is seeking a teacher for St John Ogilvie Primary School as part of the Education Directorate. The post focuses on delivering effective teaching services to children and young people in a Catholic denominational setting, with required RC Church approval process and PVG checks.

Applicants should note that references and proper safeguarding checks are required, and the role aligns with the Council's focus on staff development and professional standards within Catholic schools.

Responsibilities

• delivery of effective teaching services to children and young people attending St John Ogilvie Primary School.

Job description

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.

We are a disability confident leader and we support reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process - for more information click

important-information-for-applicants (north-ayrshire.gov.uk)

This post is based within our Education Directorate. You will be responsible for the delivery of effective teaching services to children and young people attending St John Ogilvie Primary School..

Teaching in Denominational Schools

In accordance with Section 21 (2A) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 the successful candidate for this post will require to have the approval of the Roman Catholic Church. Applicants are advised that it is their responsibility to obtain such approval, and this should be done at the earliest opportunity. The necessary documents can be downloaded from the Scottish Catholic Education Service website at:

www.sces.org.uk. Also available on the website is the Instrument for Approval document, which provides information on the Catholic Church requirements for Senior Leaders and Teachers of Religious Education within Catholic schools.

For more details see the attached Role Profile below.

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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;

Email Address -

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

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 into account within the scoring, and your application may not be progressed.