Total 380 Junior Executive job vacancies in Edinburgh, EH14 1ED

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Early Years Domestic Support Assistant
Broomhouse Primary School

Salary: £24,346 - £24,646 (pro rata for part time and sessional)
Hours: 12 per week, 38 weeks sessional

Working days will be Monday to Thursday 11am to 2pm each day.

We have an opportunity for a friendly and enthusiastic Early Years Domestic Support Assistant to help in the preparation, serving and clearing up of lunch for children in our nursery.

See the attached job description for more details.

For further information please about the post or the school, please contact Pamela Soutar on Pamela.Soutar@ea.edin.sch.uk.

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

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Hours: Weekdays and Weekends - 8 hours a week with opportunity to work more hours 
Salary: £8.85 - £11.90 Per Hour

Why Superdrug?

Passionate about beauty and health? Love talking to customers? Working as a Sales Adviser in one of our stores is fun and no two days are the same. Hard work, yes, but rewarding too, with great benefits and opportunities to progress. A Sales Adviser role is just the start!

Our success comes from our people – they make the difference. We’re all about personality, we aim to have fun, and we work hard to deliver That Superdrug feeling!

Here's the exciting bit… A great day includes:

In our Festive Sales Advisers, we look for a positive mindset, people who can support their team to get things done and enjoy getting involved. Your role at Superdrug as one of our Festive Sales Advisers will be all about serving customers where you will deliver excellent service and make sure customers don’t miss out on any of our great Star Buys. You’ll help ensure that the store is well stocked, and a high level of store presentation is maintained and will actively be involved in achieving the store targets. To support your development, you’ll also can be trained in ear and nose piercing to support our fast-growing piercing business in store.

It is a great experience that will prepare you for even bigger challenges. Superdrug Festive Sales Advisers are extremely important to us, we recognise that you are our future Team Leaders. We will actively develop your skills and offer real career progression supported by our excellent in-house training and Apprenticeship qualifications.

What you’ll need to succeed

• Confident and clear communication skills
• Passionate about retail and customer service
• Desire to learn and improve your knowledge/skills
• Willingness to carry out piercing services for our customers (training provided) (Optional)
• Flexible in working hours and adaptable to change
• Enhanced company sick pay and pregnancy loss and support

Here’s how you are rewarded

• Up to 28 days holiday
• Up to 30% discount for you and a nominated friend or family member
• Excellent training
• Great sales incentives
• Get instant access to Wagestream. A tool that lets you track your earnings in real-time, access a percentage of your pay as you earn it, learn easy tips for managing your money and save straight from your pay into pots for the future.
• Enhanced company sick pay and pregnancy loss and support

Come and be part of something special!

For information on how we manage and store your data please go to www.superdrug.jobs/privacy-policy/

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Breakfast Club Assistant - fixed term until 26/06/2025
Craigentinny Primary School

Salary: £24,346 - £24,646 (pro rata for part time and sessional)
Hours: 4 per week, 38 weeks sessional

Craigentinny Primary School is a non-denominational school serving the Craigentinny and Restalrig areas of North Edinburgh. The school has a current roll of around 320 children with two additional Enhanced Support classes.

We are looking to recruit a committed, enthusiastic Breakfast Club Assistant who will help to provide a healthy breakfast for the children who attend the club. Additional duties will include maintaining health & safety and good order among the pupils.

For further information please visit our website at https://primarycraigentinny.home.blog or to discuss the post please contact Stephanie Dean, Head Teacher, at the school on 0131 661 2749.

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

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Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Pupil Support Assistant (Enhanced Support Provisions)
Trinity Academy

Salary: £24,909 - £25,116 (pro rata for part time and sessional)
Hours: 27.5 per week, 39 weeks sessional

Trinity Academy is a real community school with a big heart, a wonderful sense of tradition and a keen eye to the future. Our commitment for every single student is to build a culture that aligns with our vision and values, through which we work tirelessly to support every young person to thrive. With school values of Respect, Inclusion and Ambition, we can demonstrate well our commitment to both excellence and equity in our approaches to supporting the children and families that we serve.

In pursuit of getting it right for every child we are delighted to able to offer Enhanced Support Provisions (ESP) for those young people who require alternative approaches to learning. One of the key outcomes of the Positive Pathways class is to support young people with intellectual/learning disabilities and more complex Autism. It centres around a base class model and supports young people to access mainstream classes where appropriate. As one of the PP Pupil Support Assistants you will support the Support Officer and Teacher in delivering a range of learning experiences. This will include both indoor and outdoor learning experiences.

We are looking to appoint a permanent PSA to join a very motivated and able Positive Pathways team. Primary school, support for learning or special school experience is preferable due to the complexity of needs in the ESP.

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.

Follow us on Twitter at @edincounciljobs

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Would you like to join a local authority to start your legal career? A place where you can progress and be supported in helping your career flourish? If so, join the Legal Team at West Northants Council, one of the newest and the fourth biggest Unitary Councils in England.

Following the creation of West Northants Council in 2021, the Council is redefining how it delivers legal services. We have created a legal team split into three themes:

Place - encompassing Property, Planning, Highways and Regeneration.

Corporate - encompassing Litigation, Contracts, Governance, Housing and Employment.

People - encompassing Adults, Education, Mental Health and Public Health.

The Corporate area are seeking a new Legal Assistant to provide support and assistance on a wide variety of legal cases, mainly concerning contracts and governance work. Whether you have legal experience or are just starting your career, we can offer you the opportunity to develop your skills and legal experience. We deliver legal services across a broad range of council services giving you exposure to a wide variety of legal work.

View our colleagues, Waleed and Philippa​ talk about their experience working with our team.

We offer a wide range of benefits to our employees, these include:

• Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 28 days annual leave per year, 29 days for senior managers (pro rata, depending on how many hours per week you work), plus bank holidays. An additional 5 days, linked to continuous service, and ability to purchase up to 6 weeks additional leave per year.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health protection.
• Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
• Car Lease scheme via Tusker.
• Payment of professional subscription / membership - If your job description requires that you are registered with or are a member of a professional body, WNC will pay for your professional subscription or membership fees.
• Employee Assistance Programme - We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
• Commsave- Free membership to Commsave Credit Union who provide a variety of savings accounts, loans, a monthly lottery draw and more!
• Ongoing training and development opportunities.
• A variety of flexible working options to support your work/life balance, including full or part time, term time, 9-day fortnight, etc. (subject to business needs).
• Our West Ways of Working – We want our workforce to thrive, and we equip our employees with the right technology to support hybrid and collaborative working, on or off site, depending on the role.
• Making a difference - If you want to use your skills and experience with an organisation that are genuinely invested in making a difference, are committed to improving people's lives, and whose success has a direct impact on the wellbeing of your family, friends and people in your local area, then West Northamptonshire Council is the place for you.

Your duties will include:

• Supporting the senior lawyers in the team with contracts and procurement related matters
• Undertaking legal research
• Preparing client advice under supervision
• Assisting with representing the legal team at internal and external events
• Administrative tasks, including preparing contracts for sealing, scanning, photocopying, meeting administration, room booking, notetaking/minute production
• Preparing briefs to counsel or other external legal providers as may be required

Join us at our Eventbrite events to hear from guest speakers, including team members who have progressed through internal promotions and mentoring partnerships, as well as some of our dedicated mentoring partners.

Lunchtime event. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 12:30 - 13:15 GMT:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/west-northants-council-legal-department-careers-information-event-tickets-1075495328479?aff=oddtdtcreator

Evening event. Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:00 - 18:45 GMT:

West Northants Council legal department- careers information event Tickets, Thu 21 Nov 2024 at 18:00 | Eventbrite

West Northants is a great place to work. With a focus on career development, wellbeing, flexibility and support, this is an opportunity for you to take the next step on your career journey in a supported environment. We have multiple training and development opportunities available to assist and develop you, to ensure your success in this role and your ongoing progression and success within the Council. We offer flexible working and as local government experience is not essential, we encourage those new to legal work, looking to change sector or return to work after a career break to apply.

For more information please visit our designated legal recruitment pages at https://www.westnorthants.gov.uk/spotlight-our-key-services-careers-and-our-partners/our-legal-teams or contact Nicki Agalamanyi, Head of Legal (Corporate) on 07901 931853 for a confidential discussion.

At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.

Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services.

Hear more from our Chief Executive, Anna Earnshaw, about what it's like to work at West Northants Council https://youtu.be/lV0EfeUF4aU

We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential.  We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner

The following film was created by us to communicate our intentions - watch WNC colleagues explain what DEI means to us.

If you need additional support or reasonable adjustments during the application process, including needing the job description in another format or language, please email careers@westnorthants.gov.uk for support.

West Northants Council, where careers thrive.

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Social Work Assistant - fixed term until 31/03/2026
Waverley Court

Salary: £32,010 - £37,626 per year
Hours: 36 per week

This is an exciting time in Edinburgh to Join a project to develop, promote and implement person centred / trauma informed and related approaches with a range of new initiatives underway as part of the Whole Family Wellbeing developments to support system change and future sustainability. A key function of all this involves Edinburgh’s families, the voices of children and young people to support a co-design and co-production approach to the service delivery. You will be working collaboratively across the children services partnership in Edinburgh to meet the key objectives of a range of policy drivers such as Getting it Right for Every Child, The Promise and wider poverty agenda. You will work with a wide range of services to design and deliver initiatives that provide development of trauma-informed practices for staff and services at all levels in the council. The service aims to offer earlier support to vulnerable families contributing to the objectives of the Children & Families services to Edinburgh’s strategy.

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.

Follow us on Twitter at @edincounciljobs

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Supervisory Assistant (Dining Room) - fixed term until 26/06/2025
Gracemount Primary School

Salary: £24,346 - £24,646 (pro-rata for part time and sessional)
Hours: 7.5 per week, 38 weeks sessional

Monday to Thursday 11:30am- 1pm (1.5 hours per day over lunch period)

Friday 10-11:30am (1.5 hours organisation of packed lunch delivery to children's classes)

The successful candidate will provide supervision to children during non-teaching times, namely when eating lunch in the classroom, the dining room and/or in the playground. We have a friendly team of staff in the dining room, who work together to try to enhance the lunch experience of the children.

The post holder will be responsible, under the direction of the Business Manager or Head Teacher or such other officer as may be designated by the Authority, individually or as a member of a team, for securing the safety, welfare and good conduct of pupils during the midday break period in accordance with the practices and procedures of the local authority.

Duties will include:

- Supervision of the pupils during lunch period, playground areas and school premises

- Ancillary associated duties (e.g. cleaning up spillages, ensuring tables are clean etc.)

- To ensure the maintenance of good order and discipline.

- To promote the nurturing ethos of the school and foster good relationships with pupils and staff.

- Encouraging children to eat a healthy lunch, and to eat their lunch before heading outside to play.

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

Your new company
Hays is happy to be partnering with an Edinburgh-based accountancy firm to hire part-qualified or qualified accountants for the accounts and bookkeeping team. The firm has an excellent culture which is people-driven and perfect for someone who is interested in accounts and wants to maintain a healthy work-life balance. The team is friendly and hosts multiple social events throughout the year, which creates a great dynamic. The firm prides themselves on providing a high-quality, bespoke service to SMEs across a range of industries, including owner-managed businesses, charities, and manufacturing.

Your new role
In your new role, you will be responsible for assisting the Accounts team with the management of their diverse client base. The successful candidate will prepare year and month-end financial statements and accounts, prepare corporate tax andVAT returns and assisting with other ad hoc duties where required.

What you'll need to succeed
In order to be successful in this role, you will:
- Have prior experience working in the accounts team of a CA firm
- Knowledge of Sage and Xero
- Excellent communication skills
- Ideally someone who is part-qualified ICAS or ACCA

Only candidates that have the right to work in the UK will be considered.

What you'll get in return
Alongside a competitive salary and excellent career progression opportunities, the role offers benefits including:* A compressed 34.5 hour week for full-time staff over 4.5 days (early finish on a Friday)
* A strong emphasis on work/life balance
* Private medical insurance
* Discretionary bonus schemes
* Flexible start and finish times
* The opportunity to work from home on a hybrid working model

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Pupil Support Assistant - Fixed term until 26/6/2025
Forrester High School

Salary: £24,909 - £25,116 per year (pro rata for part time and sessional)
Hours: 27.5 per week, 39 weeks sessional

The role of the Pupil Support Assistant will be to help with the educational, care and welfare needs of all pupils ensuring those with additional needs, who are able to attend a mainstream school, can effectively access the curriculum.

You will be joining a high achieving and successful department and other teams of staff who are dedicated to providing the best for all our young people. This is a demanding role and you should be committed to raising the attainment and achievement of all our pupils.

Forrester High School is a state of the art PPP school opened in January 2010. All classrooms are fully equipped to a very high standard and teaching classrooms all have access to an interactive whiteboard.

Since 2012, the school has rolled out iPads to certain year groups to help improve their learning in the classroom and at home. As a 1:1 computing school, all teachers and assistants have the latest Apple technology which includes iPads and there are Apple TV’s in every classroom.

Sports facilities are exceptional and include Games Halls, Gym, Swimming Pool, Fitness Suite, 3G and 2G artificial pitches as well as conventional grass pitches for both rugby and football.

For more information about the school, please visit the website http://forresterhighschool.org.uk/ or call 0131 334 9262.

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.

Follow us on Twitter at @edincounciljobs

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Early Years Domestic Assistant
Viewforth Early Years Centre

Salary: £24,346 - £24,646 (pro rata for part time)
Hours: 24 per week

Monday - Thursday 8am - 1:30pm and Friday 8am - 12pm

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Early Years Domestic Support to join the Viewforth Early Years Centre team.

Please see attached job profile for further information about the role.

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.

Follow us on Twitter at @edincounciljobs

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Early Years Assistant -fixed term until 26/6/2025
Frogston Primary School

Salary: £24,909 - £25,116 (pro rata for part-time and sessional)
Hours: 10 per week, 39 weeks sessional

Monday - Friday 10.30am -12.30pm

This is an exciting opportunity for an Early Years Assistant to join our team in our Early Years Centre. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic with excellent interpersonal and communication skills and will share our passion for ensuring the highest possible quality of learning for our young children.

Our nursery has capacity for 80 pupils and offers a mix of term time and full year places for 3-5 year olds and Terrific 2s.

Further info can be found on our school website -https://frogstonprimary.wordpress.com

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.

Follow us on Twitter at @edincounciljobs

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

What’s on offer:

• Full-time, 35 hours per week, Monday – Friday.
• 24 days leave plus Public Holidays.
• Company pension scheme.

Do you have experience working in residential conveyancing? Our client could have the perfect opportunity for you! A new position has become available for an ambitious, and career focused Legal Assistant. The successful candidate will be a highly organised an analytical individual with a strong attention to detail. You will need to be proactive, and use your own initiative, ensuring high levels of confidentiality at all times.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assisting fee earners with the production of correspondence and other documents, instructions being provided verbally, and via digital dictation.
• Communicating with clients to give and gather information to progress their case via email, letter, telephone and in person.
• Opening and closing files in accordance with the firm’s stated procedures.
• Dealing with incoming emails, faxes, phone calls and correspondence for fee earners to include allocation to the relevant files and case management system.
• Maintaining departmental diaries/calendars to ensure key dates are noted and staff are in the correct place at the right time to satisfy client requirements.
• Ensuring an effective file review system is in place and is followed in every case being handled.
• Dealing with financial issues such as costing files, ensuring payments on account are made, credit control measures are followed, and incoming and outgoing payments are recorded properly on the firm’s accounts package.
• Ensuring files are managed in accordance with the firm’s written standards to ensure compliance with the Solicitors Code of Conduct in respect of client care, money laundering, complaints handling etc.

Person Specification:

• 5 GCSEs or equivalent to include English and Math's are essential.
• High level of proficiency in; word processing, Excel spreadsheets, time recording, email, case management.
• Knowledge of legal practices and the legal sector, with specific understanding of the Conveyancing.
• Ability to produce correspondence and other documents on own initiative as well as under instruction.
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to prioritise and work under pressure.
• Excellent keyboard, copy typing and audio typing skills.
• Problem solving, a positive and friendly team player, and a ‘can do’ attitude, particularly in relation to digital ways of working.
• Our successful candidate will be a very personable, energetic, and confident individual who has excellent administration and organisation skills.

Hours: Weekdays and Weekends - 12 hours a week with opportunity to work more hours 
Salary: £8.85 - £11.90 Per Hour

Why Superdrug?

Passionate about beauty and health? Love talking to customers? Working as a Sales Adviser in one of our stores is fun and no two days are the same. Hard work, yes, but rewarding too, with great benefits and opportunities to progress. A Sales Adviser role is just the start!

Our success comes from our people – they make the difference. We’re all about personality, we aim to have fun, and we work hard to deliver That Superdrug feeling!

Here's the exciting bit… A great day includes:

In our Festive Sales Advisers, we look for a positive mindset, people who can support their team to get things done and enjoy getting involved. Your role at Superdrug as one of our Festive Sales Advisers will be all about serving customers where you will deliver excellent service and make sure customers don’t miss out on any of our great Star Buys. You’ll help ensure that the store is well stocked, and a high level of store presentation is maintained and will actively be involved in achieving the store targets. To support your development, you’ll also can be trained in ear and nose piercing to support our fast-growing piercing business in store.

It is a great experience that will prepare you for even bigger challenges. Superdrug Festive Sales Advisers are extremely important to us, we recognise that you are our future Team Leaders. We will actively develop your skills and offer real career progression supported by our excellent in-house training and Apprenticeship qualifications.

What you’ll need to succeed

• Confident and clear communication skills
• Passionate about retail and customer service
• Desire to learn and improve your knowledge/skills
• Willingness to carry out piercing services for our customers (training provided) (Optional)
• Flexible in working hours and adaptable to change
• Enhanced company sick pay and pregnancy loss and support

Here’s how you are rewarded

• Up to 28 days holiday
• Up to 30% discount for you and a nominated friend or family member
• Excellent training
• Great sales incentives
• Get instant access to Wagestream. A tool that lets you track your earnings in real-time, access a percentage of your pay as you earn it, learn easy tips for managing your money and save straight from your pay into pots for the future.
• Enhanced company sick pay and pregnancy loss and support

Come and be part of something special!

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