Total 6 job vacancies by The City of Edinburgh Council

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Communication Support Worker
Additional Support for Learning Service

Salary: £28,046 - £32,010 (Pro-rata for part-time & sessional)
Hours: 36 per week, 39 weeks sessional

Any informal enquiries should be directed to Helen.Pickett@ea.edin.sch.uk

Communication Support Workers will provide bespoke communication support to deaf children/young people, some with complex additional support needs, throughout their time in educational establishments. This may include interpreting/translating information in British Sign Language (BSL) and/or other agreed communication methods e.g. English, Sign-Supported English, lip speaking and scribing/note taking as necessary, using Augmentative and Alternative Communication ( communication devices, systems, strategies and tools that replace or support spoken language) as part of an inclusive communication approach.

Postholders will assist teaching and support staff in schools to ensure that deaf pupils allocated to them can access the curriculum fully and achieve the best possible learning outcomes. They will support pupils by advising school staff on adapting learning materials to make them more easily understandable, using a range of equipment and ICT where appropriate. They will take a lead role in facilitating communication with peers and the wider school community, promoting deaf awareness.

These posts require the postholder to work in a range of settings across the city including: Nursery, Primary, Secondary and Special schools and as such applicants must be willing to work anywhere in the city as required.

Applicants should hold Level 3/ SCQF level 6 in British Sign Language or be able to demonstrate equivalent skills/experience. A BSL skills test will form part of the interview process.

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 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.

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Job Description

Place

Event and Venue Safety Officer
City Chambers

Salary: £37,626 - £44,257
Hours: 36 per week

We are inviting applications to be part of a small team who are at the heart of event planning in Edinburgh, aka THE Festival and Events City

Do you –

Have a passion for partnership working?
Want to help and advise communities to organise celebrations in their area?
Have a positive outlook and a keen eye for detail?
Want to help plan for and work at some of Scotland’s largest and most prestigious events?
Work hard and have the right skills and experience to join the public safety events team?

If you do, then we want to hear from you!

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 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.

Follow us on Twitter at @edincounciljobs

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Job Description

Children, Education & Justice Services

Communication Support Worker
Additional Support for Learning Service

Salary: £26,788 - £30,751 (pro-rata for sessional)
Hours: 36 per week, 39 weeks sessional

Any informal enquiries should be directed to lynsey.robinson@ea.edin.sch.uk

This exciting new post is to work as part of the Deaf Support Team. The post holders will assist teaching and support staff in schools, to ensure that deaf pupils allocated to them can access the curriculum fully and achieve the best possible learning outcomes. They will support pupils by advising school staff on adapting learning materials to make them more easily understandable, using a range of equipment and ICT as advised by the allocated teacher where appropriate. They will support children/young people throughout their time in educational establishments by interpreting information in British Sign Language (BSL) and/or other agreed communication methods e.g. English, Sign-Supported English, lip speaking and note taking as necessary.

Applicants must hold Level 3/ SCQF level 6 in British Sign Language or be able to demonstrate equivalent skills through experience in order to work with deaf young people in an educational setting requiring interpretation from spoken English to BSL.

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.

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.

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.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page 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.

Follow us on Twitter at @edincounciljobs

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Job Description

Place

Event and Public Safety Operations Manager
City Chambers

Salary: £50,550 - £60,506
Hours: 36 per week

The City of Edinburgh Council is looking for a motivated, innovative and dynamic leader to take on the role of Event and Public Safety Operations Manager. Edinburgh is the leading festival and events city and this role offers a unique opportunity to be at the heart of how it all works.

This role offers the opportunity to lead the team that looks after event planning for all major events and sports grounds in the City. Responsible for a small, but dedicated team of professional officers, the successful candidate will need to work with colleagues across the Council and with external stakeholders nationally and internationally to maintain and develop Edinburgh’s reputation as a vibrant, safe and sustainable world leading cultural capital.

• Develop and implement a work programme for the event and venues team, aligning this with the Council’s Culture Plan and Council Business Plan priorities.
• Lead and deliver event planning and operational management for all large and major events in the city, with a particular focus on event safety. This will include providing expert advice on event and venue safety, including best practice, guidance and appropriate legislation frameworks.
• Manage a team of specialist officers to ensure venues and events in Edinburgh are consistently advised to a high standard on how to operate safely. Ensure that workload is managed effectively and that team members are supported.
• Monitor the Event Operations budget, developing an annual programme of operational priorities and project managing their delivery within the available funding/timescales, in accordance with the Council’s financial regulations and demonstrating best value.
• Contract management for physical security contractors to ensure crowded spaces are protected appropriately, in accordance with the Council’s Procurement rules, and liaise with the relevant council teams to ensure works are coordinated.
• Chair Event Planning and Operation Group and Safety Advisory Group meetings for high-profile events and represent the Council in these meetings.
• Lead, on behalf of the Council, the planning and delivery of large events in the city, escalate issues and making recommendations to senior managers if issues arise and/or following events.
• Manage and coordinate council resources during event delivery, acting as the Council’s Tactical (Silver) Commander for large public events if required).
• Develop, enhance and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders and colleagues, to ensure effective management of city event operations.
• Provide advice to the Council’s licensing service in relation to event and venue safety, providing reports and attending the Licensing Sub Committee as required.
• To initiate, develop and manage the implementation of new approaches to event planning and operations.

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.

Requirements

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 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.

Follow us on Twitter at @edincounciljobs

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Teacher of English and Media - fixed term until 04/04/2025
Trinity Academy

Salary: £32,217 – £48,516
Hours: 35 per week

Trinity Academy is a school at the heart of a vibrant and diverse community, with a wonderful sense of tradition and a keen eye to the future. Our commitment for every single young person is to build a culture around our values of respect, inclusion, and ambition; this for our staff as much as our pupils. At Trinity Academy we take partnership working seriously. We work very closely with our associated Primary Schools to ensure a smooth transition into Secondary School and put equal importance on supporting young people into our school as we do in preparing them for the world after school.

The successful candidate will be creative, inclusive and a team player, and will be part of a wonderful English department who have delivered excellent results for all in our school.

Salaries will be in accordance with the Scheme of Salaries and Conditions of Service for Teaching Staff in School Education.

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.

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.

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.

Follow us on Twitter at @edincounciljobs

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Job Description

Children, Education & Justice Services

Communication Support Worker
Additional Support for Learning Service

Salary: £26,788 - £30,751 (pro-rata for sessional)
Hours: 36 per week, 39 weeks sessional

Any informal enquiries should be directed to lynsey.robinson@ea.edin.sch.uk

This exciting new post is to work as part of the Deaf Support Team. The post holder will assist teaching and support staff in schools, to ensure that deaf pupils allocated to them can access the curriculum fully and achieve the best possible learning outcomes.

They will support pupils by advising school staff on adapting learning materials to make them more easily understandable, using a range of equipment and ICT as advised by the allocated teacher where appropriate. They will support children/young people throughout their time in educational establishments by interpreting information in British Sign Language (BSL) and/or other agreed communication methods e.g. English, Sign-Supported English, lip speaking and note taking as necessary.

Applicants must hold Level 3/ SCQF level 6 in British Sign Language or be able to demonstrate equivalent skills through experience in order to work with deaf young people in an educational setting requiring interpretation from spoken English to BSL.

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.

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.

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

Follow us on Twitter at @edincounciljobs

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme