Early Years Practitioner Broughton Primary School

Early Years Practitioner
Broughton Primary School

Salary: 29173 - 33287 (pro-rata for part-time)
Hours: 21.6 per week 52 weeks

Working pattern for position is Wednesday to Friday shifts varying between the hours of 7.45am and 6.10pm (available on request).

Candidates must supply two references to be considered for shortlisting.
This role requires working shift patterns therefore please only apply if you can undertake these within the days and hours specified above.

The applicant must be eligible for registration (without conditions) with the SSSC as a Practitioner in Day Care of Children in possession of a practice qualification as noted in the attached job profile.

Broughton Nursery offers Early Learning and Childcare to children aged 3-5 years.
At Broughton we are committed to providing an excellent early years experience based on mutual respect partnership participation and fun. We are looking to recruit a full-time passionate and driven Early Years Practitioner to join our existing nursery team. This position will eventually be based within the new purpose-built centre which will be in the vicinity of the school and is due to open in the future with a capacity for up to 120 children.

The successful applicant must demonstrate experience in forming good relationships with children parents staff and the wider community. Through the recruitment process they will need to demonstrate enthusiasm energy commitment initiative optimism and flexibility to their work.
For further information please visit our school website or contact Broughton Primary School Nursery 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.

Were 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 were 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 were 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.

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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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