Job Description

Proposed Interview Date:

Week Commencing Monday 10 November 2025

Closing Date:

Thursday 30 October 2025

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary:

FC6 30,691.29 to 33,732.26 (Pro Rata)

Working Pattern:

36 Hours per week, 39 weeks per year, (8:18am to 16:00pm Monday to Friday), Monday/Tuesday/Thursday/Friday is spent outdoors with the children and Wednesday is admin day no children present.

Location:

Kirkcaldy West Outdoor Nursery

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 resume'. 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

team work

and how you influenced those you were working with.

Delivering Results

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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

The outdoor nursery is based in Kirkcaldy West Outdoor Nursery, Beveridge Park. It will utilise the container as a pickup/drop off point and staff base. The container may also be accessed during inclement weather. However, practitioners and children will benefit from being outside for almost

all of

each session. Everyone will be outside in all weathers all year round, engaging in stimulating and challenging outdoor learning activities, utilising

CfE

and Realising the Ambition to plan appropriate learning opportunities across the curriculum.




Practitioners should have a keen interest in outdoor play and learning and appreciate the challenges working outside in all weathers can bring, including the likelihood of getting wet and muddy on a regular basis! All practitioners will be expected to develop their knowledge and skills at working in an outdoor environment whilst always promoting the health and safety of children.




The post requires a significant level of physical exertion to set up and pack away camp materials each day, in all weather conditions.

Qualification, Registration and Skill Requirements

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




HNC Childhood Practice/Early Years Education & Childcare OR


SVQ Level 3 Social Services, Children and Young People.

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.

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.

As this role requires SSSC registration, the successful applicant 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.

More details are included in the role profile

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

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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Alternative Formats

- Job information can be made available in alternative formats, to make a request please email:

transactions.recruitment@fife.gov.uk

For Further Information Contact:

Sharon.Stanhope@fife.gov.uk