Senior Early Years Officer - Granton Primary School Nursery - EDN30406

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Senior Early Years Officer
Granton Primary School

Salary: £37,626 - £44,257
Hours: 36 per week

Granton Primary and Nursery is a school in an area of multi-deprivation.

Granton Primary Early Learning and Childcare serves the North West area of Edinburgh. It is a busy and vibrant environment where staff work closely with families and our local community.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Early Years Officer to join our hard-working, supportive team of staff.

​The setting has capacity for 110 children, comprising of 30 (aged 2) and 80 (aged 3-5) at any time.

​The setting has two larger (3-5) playrooms on either side and two smaller playrooms, for our terrific twos. There are two gardens either side which are shared by all age groups.

You should demonstrate a commitment to

• providing the highest quality experiences for children in our setting.
• leading areas for development and supporting others in the team
• using self-evaluation to inform improvement
• building and maintaining positive relationships with learners, families, and staff
• planning to meet the needs of all learners
• working collaboratively with other agencies and wider partners

This opportunity would suit an experienced EYO ready for their next challenge and step in their career. This position is a full year 52-week post, with working hours between 8am-6pm on a rota basis.

For further information please visit our website at www.edinburgh.gov.uk or to discuss the post please contact Lorraine Cusack 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.

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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