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Early Years Practitioner/Assistant (Part Time Lunch Cover)

Edinburgh, Scotland
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#671778
Remote / WFH

Job Description

Skills

Experience with children
(required)

Nursery experience

Early childhood education

Communication skills

Do you have experience in Experience with children?
 
Job details
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Pay

From £12.90 an hour
Job type

Part-time

Permanent
Shift and schedule

Monday to Friday
 
Location
Edinburgh EH10 5SA
 
Benefits
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Childcare
Annual leave
Employee discount
Additional leave
Store discount
Health & wellbeing programme
Cycle to work scheme
 
Full job description
Links Nurseries Ltd is a private limited company which runs a well respected group of three nurseries in Edinburgh, Musselburgh, and Aberdeenshire. We provide flexible high quality childcare and learning for children aged 0 to 5 years. Our employment package includes:

competitive rates of pay
5.6 weeks of annual leave and 4 paid public holidays (pro rata for part time)
additional leave granted for every three years of service up to * years
heavily discounted childcare for all staff with nursery age children
training opportunities and support to become qualified
free employee health and wellbeing counselling service
we operate the cycle to work tax benefit scheme
our nurseries close between Christmas and New Year.
Our nursery in Edinburgh, City and Little City Nursery, is located in the leafy and quiet suburb of Greenbank EH10 near Morningside, Edinburgh. The nursery is set over two large spacious buildings, each with well resourced playrooms, dining areas, sleep rooms and sensory areas. Each building also has free flow access to attractive garden areas and large staff rooms with kitchen facilities. The nursery is served by local buses and ample on street parking is also available for staff travelling by car.

We are now looking for an enthusiastic, hard working, early years nursery practitioner or assistant to take on the role of lunch cover in our Little City building, which is for children aged under 3 years old. In this role your main responsibilities will be to set up for and help serve morning and afternoon snack, set up for and help serve lunch, and provide cover for staff breaks in our playrooms over the lunchtime period. Hours will be part time and negotiable, ideally 20 to 30 hours spread over five days a week Monday to Friday, and will cover the snack and lunch time periods

Candidates will preferably hold a childcare qualification or be prepared to work to gain a suitable qualification on the job. Nursery experience is also preferred, although candidates who have working experience with children in other settings such as afterschool clubs, school settings etc. will also be considered. Candidates should be able to build a rapport with children quickly, be flexible and work well as part of a team, and have good communication skills. We are also looking for candidates who are reliable, responsible, with a practical, pragmatic approach.

Candidates qualified to SVQ level 3/SCQF level 7 or equivalent in childcare are eligible to be paid £12.90 per hour, failing which the rate of pay is £12.21 per hour for age 21 and over, and £10 per hour for aged 18 to 20.

If you are interested in these positions please submit an up to date CV including a short paragraph highlighting why you are a good candidate for the role. If you indicate you have working experience with children, please ensure you detail your experience on your CV. Shortlisted candidates will be invited for interview.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: From £12.90 per hour

Expected hours: 20 – 30 per week

Benefits:

Additional leave
Childcare
Cycle to work scheme
Employee discount
Health & wellbeing programme
Store discount
Application question(s):

How many years experience of working with children do you have? Please make sure this experience is shown on your CV.
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
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