Senior Early Years Officer - Hailesland Early Years Centre - EDN29729

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Senior Early Years Officer
Hailesland Early Years Centre

Salary: £37,626 - £44,257 per year (pro rata for part time)
Hours: 18 per week (52 weeks)

The working pattern for this post is 18 hours over 3 days: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday .

We are looking for a knowledgeable and skilled SEYO who has passion for early years education and working in partnership with children and families. At Hailesland we live our vision which is through nurturing relationships we promote curious minds, kind hearts and a sense of belonging for all our children. The successful candidate will have existing leadership experience within an early learning and childcare setting and demonstrate a robust understanding of national guidance and key policy. We are particularly looking for an early educator who has a sound understanding of play and upholds the view that all children are competent and unique individuals.

You must ensure that you have the required qualification(s) and experience for the post before you apply, so please refer to the attached documentation for requirements, or we will be unable to consider your application.

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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