Early Years Support Worker

The Role

The School has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Early Years Support Worker to join its Nursery located at Mayfield on a fixed term basis. You will work as part of a skilled and experienced team to plan, support and develop the education and care of young children aged 3 to 5 years. 

Interested candidates are welcome to make informal enquiries in advance of the closing date.

Closing date is midnight on Sunday 3 November 2024.

Interviews will take place in person at Mayfield week commencing 11 November 2024.

Benefits  

Holidays

37 days paid annual leave per annum pro rata, inclusive of all public holidays. This includes 9 or 10 days’ annual leave pro rata to be kept aside for the School’s Christmas shutdown period. 

Pension 

Auto-enrolment Defined Contributions (DC) Pension Scheme with The Pensions Trust - this is an enhanced contributory scheme whereby the employer contributes 8% of gross monthly earnings and the employee contributes 4%.  The School also offers an alternative and further enhanced scheme whereby the employee can increase their contributions to either 7% or 10% and this scheme the employer will contribute 13.55%. Includes death in Service. 

Staff Fee Remission

A discretionary staff fee concession should your children attend the High School of Dundee (currently 40%) or High School of Dundee Nursery (currently 20%).

Sick Pay 

Up to 6 months full pay and 6 months half pay – increases with length of service up to the maximum after 5 years’ service.

Cycle to Work Scheme

Purchase of a bike or accessories up to the value of £2,500 on completion of probation period. Salary dependent. 

HSD Rewards 

High School of Dundee Rewards Benefits platform provided by Sodexo

Family Leave 

Childcare Days x 2 

One day off for each of moving house, graduation, wedding per annum 

Maternity Leave – 3 months’ full pay 

Paternity Leave – 1 weeks’ full pay 

Gym

Access to the School’s Gym based at Mayfield Sports Centre outside School hours.

Counselling

Up to six sessions with the Wellbeing Academy 

About the High School of Dundee

At the High School of Dundee, our unique location in the heart of the city is a major strength, helping our pupils feel connected to the real world, creating fully rounded and grounded young people. The school currently has over 900 pupils, from age 3-18, who divide their time between our main city centre campus and our extensive sports facility, Mayfield.

Our approach is built on a profound belief that if young people are valued, supported known, and engaged in their learning, they can achieve amazing things. We have a long track record of outstanding exam results, which we owe to our rigorous approach, expertise built up over many years and a genuine desire to see our pupils realise their potential.

In our Primary School, the children work daily on the crucial building blocks of literacy and numeracy, but the focus is also on making learning fun, engaging and wide-ranging. And in the Senior Years, choice is paramount. In S3, our pupils can choose eight subjects to focus on, while in S5 they can select from 25 subjects at Higher level. At Advanced Higher, 23 subjects are available.

The timetabling of exciting new interdisciplinary STEM Innovation and Business Enterprise courses, in addition to computer science for all, has embedded Future Skills into our curriculum. In tandem, the development of partnerships with local businesses is allowing us to provide real world learning opportunities which further enriches our pupils’ learning.

A focus on the essential importance of Pastoral Care and on encouraging all pupils to make the most of the opportunities presented by our vibrant and extensive co-curriculum, helps create an environment in which the School’s Core Values are ever-present and where the desire to learn, support one another and grow is embraced by all.