Overview
Early Years Officer – Gilmerton Early Years Centre
Salary: £34,452 – £40,501 (pro rata for part time). Hours: 18 per week.
Gilmerton Early Years is a large, busy setting operating across patterns of attendance between 8am and 6pm, 52 weeks per year. We work with families to promote children’s learning and development, helping to close the attainment gap and ensure equity for all. The setting has a natural environment with outdoor spaces that back onto the local Community Garden, and the Community Centre is next door. We encourage our team to strive for high standards with support and development opportunities at all levels.
Responsibilities
The post outlines the recruitment of a skilled, knowledgeable and creative Early Years Officer on a permanent basis. (Note: The original text does not provide a detailed list of day-to-day duties. If you have a formal responsibilities list, please add it here.)
Qualifications and requirements
Please note – You must ensure that you have the required qualification(s) before you apply, so please refer to the attached documentation for requirements, or we will be unable to consider your application.
If you are unsure of your qualifications or for further information about the post, please contact Gilmerton Early Years on 0131 664 1202.
Pre-employment checks
This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. If an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more outwith the UK in the last 5 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.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care-experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently underrepresented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience. Disabled and care-experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.
Additional information
Find out more about our commitment to equalities: https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/inclusive-edinburgh/4
As part of our goal to improve organisational culture and create a great place to work, part of the interview process will include an assessment of how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working. You can find out more on Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council page.
Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annual increases until the top of the range. Flexible working is welcome.
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