Early Years Practitioner

2 weeks ago


Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL Full time
Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Early Years Practitioner - fixed term to 26/06/2026
Sgoil Àraich Taobh na Pàirce

Salary: £28,046 - £32,010 (pro-rata for sessional)
Hours: 36 per week, 39 weeks sessional

Are you passionate about early childhood education and seeking to work in a warm and welcoming school community? Our vibrant Gaelic Medium Nursery is seeking an Early Years Practitioner to be part of our nurturing setting. At Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pàirce we celebrate Gaelic culture, music and song to help foster a love of learning through an immersive Gaelic language experience.

As an Early Years Practitioner, you'll have the opportunity to inspire young minds, create engaging and playful learning environments, and support children in their Gaelic language journey. If you're enthusiastic about promoting bilingualism and want to make a lasting impact in the lives of our learners, we would love to hear from you
Come help us cultivate a space where every child can flourish. Apply now and be part of something special

The working hours for this post are 8:15-16:30 (13:15 on Fridays). English speakers will also be considered.

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.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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