Pupil Support Officer

3 weeks ago


Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom City of Edinburgh Council Full time
Job Description

Education and Children's Services

Pupil Support Officer - Fixed term until 07/02/2025
Towerbank Primary School

Salary: £26, ,751 (pro rata for sessional)
Hours: 36 per week, 39 weeks sessional

Towerbank is a large non-denominational primary school which serves the community of Portobello on the outskirts of Edinburgh. The current roll is 550 in the main school and 40 in the nursery. The management team currently consists of the Head Teacher, two Depute Head Teachers, a Principal Teacher, and a Business Manager. Specialist provision is currently provided in Music, P.E. and French.

We are looking for a Pupil Support Officer to join our staff team. The successful candidate will lead our Nurture class and build relationships with families to support attendance in school.

For information about the School please visit our website at:

If you would like any further information about the post or have any questions please contact Alasdair Friend, Head Teacher, on

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. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with 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.

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 recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help 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 annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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