Early Years Officer - Wardie Primary School - 12351_1762861428

Early Years Officer Wardie Primary School Salary: £33,287-£39,129 Hours: 36 per week, 39 weeks sessional Opened in 1931 Wardie Primary School is situated in North Edinburgh and is part of the Trinity Cluster. The school roll is 450 with a 40 place nursery. We have 22 teaching staff. SLT made up of 1 HT, 2 DHT, 1 PT, and 1 BM. 27 Support Staff including Administrator, Clerical Assistants, Pupil Support Assistants, Early Years Officer, Early Years Practitioners, Early Years Assistants, and Early Years Domestics. We are recruiting a Early Years Officer to work in Wardie Primary School Nursery. Act as 'Key Worker' for a group of children and in partnership with their families/carers to provide a service, in consultation with other staff/agencies Assess and review the needs of individual children using agreed criteria to set objectives for each child. Develop appropriate plans as required. E.g. Care plan, Personal Learning Plans, Individual Education Plans, etc Work as part of a team to plan and manage the workload. Input to the development and implementation of an appropriate curriculum in response to the requirements of the Birth to Three Framework and Curriculum for Excellence. Support parents and carers in their parenting role and assist in the development of skills needed to ensure positive outcomes for children. Please follow this link for further details on the role: To provide a service compatible with good practice in the education and care of young children and young people within the polices and systems laid down by the Council, the Children and Families department, Care Inspectorate and the SSSC codes of practice. 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. 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. 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. You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/behaviours" ; href=" https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/behaviours" ; target="_blank">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. Follow us on Twitter at @edincounciljobs View https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/36695/early-years-officer-p… style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"> Early Years Officer Job Pack View Sessional">https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/36683/sessional-working-inf… Working Information ">https://counter.adcourier.com/QmVja3kuQ3VubmluZ2hhbS4yNjA4Mi4xMzUzMkBja… ;

Location: Wardie, GB

Posted Date: 11/15/2025