Head of Centre - Sighthill & Stenhouse Early Years Centres

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Head of Centre - Fixed term until 4/4/2025
Stenhouse Early Years Centre & Sighthill Early Years Centre

Salary £42,717 - £50,550 per year
Hours: 36 per week

Stenhouse

Stenhouse EYC is located within the South West neighbourhood of The City of Edinburgh. It is located within the Stenhouse housing area of the City and consists of an adapted farmhouse and annexe building. The farm house is a two-storey structure which contains a number of meeting and office spaces, a kitchen, a staff rest room and various service utility rooms and storage spaces. The annexe building houses two large playrooms, a meeting/parents room, a small preparation kitchen, a bathroom, a large outdoor play area/garden and some indoor utility rooms and storage spaces.

Stenhouse EYC has staffing capacity to be open 52 weeks a year, Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm.

There is currently a Head of Centre, two senior early year’s officers, a clerical, a kitchen domestic and six full time equivalent early years’ staff. The Centre has a Care Inspectorate registration capacity to provide a service for up to 40 children aged 0-5 years with the majority of children attending being aged 0-3 years old.

Sighthill

Sighthill Early Years Centre is located within the south west of the city of Edinburgh. It is located within the Sighthill/Calder’s housing area. The building is a purpose-built low-level structure, housing two playroom areas, a dining room area, two office/meeting rooms, one reception area, one small and one main kitchen area, a staff restroom and various service utility rooms and storage spaces.

The centre was purpose built in the 1970s and officially opened in 1983.

Sighthill Early Years Centre is currently staffed to be open 52 weeks a year, Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm.

There is a Head of Centre who supports the service, two senior early years officers, a clerical, a kitchen domestic and eight full time equivalent early years staff.

The centre has a Care Inspectorate registration capacity to provide a service for up to 40 children aged 0-5 years, with all the current children attending being aged 0-3 years old.

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.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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