Early Years Officer

Proposed Interview Date:
Week Commencing 02 February 2026

Closing Date:
Tuesday 27

January 2026

Contract Type:
Temporary until 14 August 2026

Working Pattern: 10 Hours per week, 39 weeks per year (Monday & Tuesday)

Location:

East Wemyss Primary School Nursery Purpose and Values of Education 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,cultureand 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.

As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make youa 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 aCV. More information is available on our Career site at  .

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 team work 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.

We are looking for a highly skilled Early Years Practitioner who is 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 Years 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.

You are required to hold one of the following practitioner level qualifications (or equivalent):

HNC Childhood Practice/Early Years Education & Childcare OR

You are also required to registered with SSSC at practitioner level within 6 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 to 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.

As this role requires SSSC registration, you will have three months to apply for registration.

If appointed, you must start your application as soon as possible so you're registered within the required six months.

If you need to achieve a qualification to maintain your SSSC membership, information will be provided if you are appointed. You must ensure you complete the qualification within the specified timeframe.

We particularly encourage applications from men, who are currently underrepresented within this type of work .

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