Gaelic Playgroup Supervisor - Various Locations - EDN29813

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Gaelic Playgroup Supervisor - fixed term until 26th June 2025
Various locations

Salary: £25,322.00 - £27,727.00 (Pro rata for part time and sessional)
Hours: 7 per week, 38 weeks sessional

We are looking for energetic, enthusiastic Gaelic speakers to join our team of Cròileagan Playgroup Leaders. This service is central to our vision to see Gaelic language and culture thrive in Edinburgh by providing the very best pathways into Gaelic Medium Education (GME) for our youngest learners. You will join our well-established Cròileagan Team and work in close cooperation with our Early Years and Partner Provider colleagues. This role involves supporting families to start their GME journey by engaging them with Gaelic language and culture through play and activity sessions at various locations in Edinburgh.

Applications are invited from strong, confident Gaelic speakers with experience of/ interest in working with children age 0-3 and their parents and carers. A team player, you should have very strong communication skills and be confident in your ability to plan and lead play and activities and support parents and children to develop their Gaelic language skills.

To find out more please contact Sorcha Wheelan sorcha.wheelan@edinburgh.gov.uk

The City of Edinburgh Council is committed to the delivery of a high-quality education service for all children and young people, and to working in partnership with parents and communities. A culture of continuous improvement underpins improvement activity in our schools, supported by the Quality Improvement Service.

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.

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