Senior Early Years Officer
Senior Early Years Officer
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£ 32437 - 40358
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Job Description
Proposed Interview Date: Monday 9June 2025
Closing Date: Wednesday 28 May 2025
Contract Type: Temporary Until August 2026
Salary: FC732437.03 to 40358.57(Pro Rata)
Working Pattern: 18 Hours per week Monday/Tuesday and a Wednesday morning
Location: Beanstalk FNC Dunfermline
Purpose and Values of Education Directorate
The Education Directorate is committed to Improving Life Chances for All through a wide range of direct services which support our children young people families and the wider Fife community. Our approach to improvement is rooted in our core values: Compassion Ambition Respect and Equity which reflect the ethos culture and practice principles of all staff across the directorate. We strive to ensure that our attitudes and behaviour reflect these core values in all our dealings with children young people their families and the wider community in partnership with those who support them.
Supporting Statement
As part of your application you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information check out theHow to Applysection of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked upload resum. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at considerand demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement:
- Working Together Please give examples of when you have worked with others to lead team work and how you influenced those you were working with.
- Delivering Results Please give examples that demonstrate your ability to organise and solve problems to achieve results.
- Personal Ownership Please give examples of situations in which you have used your initiative to make improvements and used your skills to deal with challenges and change.
- Customer Focus Please give examples of when your skills and knowledge have helped improve the learning and development of children.
Job Details
We are looking for a highly skilled early years practitioner who is passionate about improving life chances for all through a professional commitment to making a difference for all of our children and young people so that they achieve their full potential. As a Senior Early Years officer in Fife you will be responsible for promoting childrens learning development and welfare within a nursery context promoting inclusion diversity and equality communicating with other stakeholders and for contributing to and leading on wider development within the nursery where appropriate.
- A link to the role profile is included below where you will find more information about the role with specific reference to essential and desirable criteria for applicants.
Qualification Registration and Skill Requirements
Include overview and link to relevant paragraphs if applicable:
- You are required to hold one of the following practitioner level qualifications (or equivalent): HNC Childhood Practice OR SVQ Level 3 Social Services Children and Young People.
- Experience of working with young children in a formal setting.
- You should have a working knowledge of the Curriculum for Excellence Realising the ambition and child development from birth to 5 years.
- You are required to have high levels of interpersonal skills and abilities which will enable you to lead on aspects of team work within the nursery to ensure positive outcomes for all children and young people in your setting.
Before confirming your appointment you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.
To ensure you achieve registration with SSSC as part of the Children and Young People Workforce within 6 months of starting in a new role you must apply for registration within 3 months of your start date on the Children and Young People Practitioner register registration period.
Further Information
- Role Profile When preparing your supporting statement review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteriaRole Profile
- How We Work Matters Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the ourHow We Work Mattersbehaviour framework for more information.
- Employee Benefits Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services
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For further information please contact: Diane Ballard at
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
