Education Support Officer (Early Years) (Permanent)

Job Description

The successful candidate will support the Senior Education Officer in delivering the strategic vision, values, and aims of the service, ensuring the provision of a high-quality, efficient, and effective Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) Service.

As part of West Dunbartonshire Council’s central Early Years Team, you will contribute to continuous improvement across our ELC settings and funded ELC providers. You will work collaboratively within a central team of officers to promote and implement high-quality outcomes through play pedagogy approaches at the early level and for children aged 0–3 years.

As a member of the Early Years Central Team of Education Support Officers, you will report to and take direction from the Senior Education Officer for ELC. Your role will involve supporting, developing, and maintaining high standards across our early years provision.

Key Requirements:

- Proven experience of leading and managing at early level is essential.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Demonstrated capability in modelling exemplary standards of ELC leadership.
- Strong knowledge and experience of implementing Curriculum for Excellence at the early level.
- A deep understanding of national guidance, particularly Realising the Ambition: Being Me.
- A commitment to sustaining ELC improvement and delivering high-quality learning and teaching.

We are looking for a candidate who is enthusiastic, dedicated, and aligned with the Council’s key priorities of inclusion, and raising the aspirations, achievement, and attainment of all children.

Requirements

The employment for which you are applying is excepted from the provisions of section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applicants are, therefore, not statutorily entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are "spent" under the provisions of the Act. In the event of employment any failure to disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action.

Responsibilities

This post is considered as Regulated Work with Children under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2020 and as such membership with the PVG scheme is essential. Further details of this scheme can be found here.

Preferred applicants will be required to become members of the relevant PVG scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme update check prior to a formal offer being made by West Dunbartonshire Council.

The Individual

WDC was voted one of the top ten flexible employers and prides itself in providing flexible working to support work life balance. In addition to this there are also additional benefits:

• Access to the Local Government pension scheme (LGPS) with an employer’s contribution of at least 19.3% and all associated benefits
• A minimum of 25 days annual leave, increasing a day each year up to 35 days as well as 8 fixed public holidays each year
• Access to employee wellbeing supports including occupational health & counselling if ever you need help and support

Now that you have read the role and what we have to offer, we would love to hear from you. Please use the application to tell us your experience, and why you are the candidate for this role.

For information about West Dunbartonshire Council please click on the following link and see why we are an employer of choice:

http://www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/working-for-us/about-us/

More information on the benefits of working within West Dunbartonshire Council, can be found using the following link:

http://www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/working-for-us/benefits-of-working-with-us/