After School and Holiday Club Team Leader

Erskine Stewart's Melville Schools are currently recruiting for an After School and Holiday Club Team Leader to join the Ravelston site on a permanent basis from February 2025 (subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks). The hours of work will be part-time and will differ between term time and holidays. During term-time you will work Monday - Friday 1.30pm - 6.00pm, a paid working week of 22.5 hours. During holiday periods, you will work 26.25 hours per week Monday to Friday on a rota basis to be agreed with the ePlus manager. The salary range is £17,879 to £19,459 per annum, which is point 21-24 on the e-Plus Practitioner (Qualified) salary. The purpose of the role is to lead the service provision daily with the Practitioner team, in consultation with the ASC/HC Deputy Manager at Ravelston. This will include such duties as overseeing daily operations of room teams, ensuring high-quality care for children, and leading a creative program of activities. It also includes supervising and mentoring Practitioners, maintaining a safe environment, and ensuring effective communication between staff.

The successful candidate must have experience of working with children hold either a Playwork or Early Years qualification or equivalent. It is also highly desirable for the candidate to have knowledge of Microsoft 365.

Welcome to the ESMS, a vibrant, family of independent schools, for 3-18 year olds, in the heart of Edinburgh. We offer a co-educational nursery and junior school, single-sex but closely twinned secondary education and a co-educational sixth form. At the ESMS family of schools we pride ourselves on our holistic approach to education which means that we place as much emphasis on opportunities and activities outside of the classroom as we do on what happens in class. We offer over 300 clubs and societies as well as wide-ranging opportunities in sport, music and drama, outdoor education, trips and community involvement, all with the intention of helping your child discover their talents, learn or explore something new, have fun and make new friends. Our Vision is to empower learners within our community through innovative approaches and transformative experiences, cultivating creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration. Through a dynamic education and a culture of determination, we inspire students to dream big, set ambitious goals, and surpass their own expectations, ensuring every child has the opportunity to excel and achieve a fulfilling, successful life, whatever path they choose. Our Mission is to develop resilient, accomplished, and values-driven students equipped with the knowledge, skills, and mindset to lead full, happy lives and shape a better world. Aims

• We offer an outstanding, well-rounded education, to a diverse group of children
• We take time to build strong relationships and to help our children feel happy, safe and secure so that they thrive emotionally and socially and academically
• We provide an unrivalled range of activities outside the classroom, enabling our children to discover and develop their natural talents
• We inspire children to aim high and achieve strong academic results
• We give children every opportunity to seize and embrace every challenge that life throws at them
• Our teachers inspire innovative thinkers with a love of learning that will last a lifetime
• Our children develop the confidence to use their voices
• Our five values embed character, inspiring children to develop good hearts, make good decisions and improve the world around them.
  
  Staff are offered a range of benefits including: a generous holiday allowance, enhanced sick pay, family friendly policies, use of the Schools' swimming pool and fitness room outside school hours, membership of the ESMS Discount and Benefits Scheme, including a range of discounts at 130,000 retail and entertainment locations.
Values We are looking for individuals who can embody and promote ESMS values of Kindness, Confidence, Resilience, Integrity, and Curiosity while role modelling behaviours in line with our school pillars of Ambition, Innovation, and Community. ESMS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and Disclosure Scotland. All staff working at ESMS have direct access to young people therefore all posts within the school are considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.