Erskine Stewart Melville - Early Year Practitioner

Location: Scotland
School: Erskine Stewart Melville
Type: Full-time | Fixed Term | Term Time
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Summary

We are currently seeking to fill the position of Early Year Practitioner.

Detail

About ESM

Welcome to the ESM, a vibrant independent school set in beautiful grounds in the heart of Edinburgh. We offer a co-educational nursery, junior school and senior school.

We are a consistently award-winning school, with an educational legacy that stretches back more than 300 years. Children’s education is underpinned by our values: kindness, confidence, resilience, integrity and curiosity. From virtual reality headsets in the classroom to developing one of the first outdoor learning programmes in Scotland, we are always searching for new ways to develop the whole child.

The people that work for us are passionate, pioneering and strive for excellence in everything they do. We value the incredible contributions they make to school life, we invest in their careers and we support their ambitions so that they flourish professionally and personally.

About the role

Erskine Stewart Melville are currently recruiting for an Early Years Practitioner to join the Nursery on a temporary basis from 6 January 2027 to 25 June 2027 (subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks). The role is term time and full time, working 35 hours with a salary of £27,791 – 30,236. The role is based at the Junior School on Ravelston Dykes.

The purpose of the role is to deliver a high quality, child centred service as part of the Early Years’ team and will include such duties as:

Being actively involved in the delivery of an effective Early Years’ Service in line with school policy and procedures.
Support the planning and implementation of a curricular programme which meets the needs of the individual child in line with National and Local standards.
Set up challenging and stimulating indoor and outdoor learning situations.

The successful candidate must be educated to HNC level in Childcare and Education, hold the SVQ3 in Children’s Care, Learning and Development (CCLD), or equivalent for registration with the SSSC.

To learn more about this role, please access the job description provided.

Benefits

Employees get access to a range of benefits including:

Fee remission from Nursery to S6
Free school lunches
Free Sports’ Club membership, including access to pool and fitness suites
Generous holiday allowance
Generous pension
Death in service benefit
Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity leave
Membership of the ESM Discount and Benefits Scheme, including a range of discounts at 130,000 retail and entertainment locations
Employee Assistance Service
Cycle to work scheme
Car leasing salary sacrifice scheme
Annual professional review process
Regular salary reviews
Funding towards professional qualifications

Eligibility

ESMS is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. The successful candidate will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right work in the UK.

Values

We are looking for individuals who can embody and promote ESMS values of Kindness, Confidence, Resilience, Integrity, and Curiosity while role modelling behaviours in line with our school pillars of Ambition, Innovation, and Community.

ESMS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and Disclosure Scotland.

All staff working at ESMS have direct access to young people therefore all posts within the school are considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Any enquiries about this position should be directed to recruitment@esms.org.uk

The deadline for applications is midday on Friday 27 November. We anticipate that interviews will take place the week beginning 7 December.