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Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Teacher of Craft, Design and Technology
Wester Hailes High School

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

At Wester Hailes High School we place learning at the centre of all we do, believing that in the right environment everyone can learn and grow.

We nurture and promote partnerships between staff, pupils, parents and the community to encourage all learners to be the best they can be.

We are inclusive, embrace diversity and respect everyone as equal.

We are committed to be a centre of excellence in our Community. Our culture is one that is ambitious, and we promote and support high attendance, achievement and attainment. We are very proud of the positive relationship between and among staff and pupils.

The successful applicant for this post will be a skilled, effective teacher, committed to experiential learning, with an ability to engage all young people in effective learning and to manage and encourage positive behaviour. We require a commitment to warm and mutually respectful relationships with young people, families and colleagues. We are looking for effective communication, inter-personal and negotiation skills, and a capacity for both leadership and teamwork. 

This post is considered Regulated Work with Vulnerable Children and/or Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check prior to a formal offer of employment being made by the City of Edinburgh Council.

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.

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