About this role
Proposed Interview Date: 02 March 2026 – 13 March 2026
Closing Date: Monday 02 February 2026
Contract Type: Permanent and Temporary
Salary: FC6 £30,691.29 - £33,732.26 (Pro-Rata)
Working Pattern: Various contracts and shift patterns available throughout Fife
Location: Fife Wide
Purpose and Values of Education & Children’s Services Directorate
The Education Directorate is committed to Improving Life Chances for All through a wide range of direct services which support our children, young people, families, and the wider Fife community. Our approach to improvement is rooted in our core values; Compassion, Ambition, Respect and Equity which reflect the ethos, culture, and practice principles of all staff across the directorate. We strive to ensure that our attitudes and behaviour reflect these core values in all our dealings with children, young people, their families, and the wider community in partnership with those who support them.
Supporting Statement
As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement.
Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement:
Working Together – Please give examples of when you have worked with others to contribute to teamwork and how you influenced those you were working with.
Delivering Results – Please give examples that demonstrate your ability to organise and solve problems to achieve results.
Personal Ownership – Please give examples of situations in which you have used your initiative to make improvements and used your skills to deal with challenges and change.
Customer Focus – Please give examples of when your skills and knowledge have helped improve the learning and development of children.
Job Details
We are looking for highly skilled early years practitioners who are passionate about improving life chances for all through a professional commitment to making a difference for all of our children and young people so that they achieve their full potential. As an early year's practitioner in Fife, you will be responsible for promoting children’s learning, development, and welfare within a nursery context, promoting inclusion, diversity, and equality, communicating with other stakeholders and for contributing to wider development within the nursery.
A link to the role profile is included below, where you will find more information about the role, with specific reference to essential and desirable criteria for applicants.
Qualification, Registration and Skill Requirements
You are required to hold one of the following practitioner level qualifications (or equivalent):
HNC Childhood Practice OR
SVQ Level 3 Social Services, Children and Young People.
You are also required to registered with SSSC at practitioner level within 3 months of taking up employment in this role and must complete the required post registration training and learning (PRTL) over the registration period.
You should have a working knowledge of the Curriculum for Excellence, Realising the Ambition and child development from birth to 5 years.
You are required to have high levels of interpersonal skills and abilities which will enable you to work as a member of a team to ensure positive outcomes for all children and young people in your setting.
Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.
You will save money on your SSSC fees as these will now be paid for all roles and grades by the Scottish Government
Further Information
Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria Role Profile
How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our How We Work Matters behaviour framework for more information.
Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services
Directorate Information - Council Department information
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For further information please contact: Donna Cessford, [email protected]
Other facts
About Fife Council
Fife Council is committed to making the Kingdom the best place to do business. Fife Council is the third largest local authority in Scotland. We employ approximately 18,000 people who provide 900 different services to over 366,900 people. The services we provide range from education, social work, housing, and community services to transportation, looking after the environment and developing the economy.
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What you'll do
- As an early years practitioner, you will promote children’s learning, development, and welfare within a nursery context. You will also contribute to wider development within the nursery and communicate with other stakeholders.
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