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Food Service Assistant

Food Service Assistant

ESMS - The Junior School

Edinburgh, City of

  • £1,665 - £1,733 per year
  • Expired
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent
Start date:
As soon as possible
Apply by:
26 August 2022

Job overview

We are seeking to appoint a Food Service Assistant (also known as Lunch Supervisors) to join the ESMS Junior School on a permanent basis from 22 August 2022 (or as soon after as possible).

ESMS staff are passionate, pioneering and strive for excellence in everything they do. We value the incredible contributions they make to school life, we invest in their careers and we support their ambitions so that they flourish professionally and personally.

The successful candidate will be ready to support our Nursery and Primary 1 children as they enjoy hot lunches in our dining pods. These spaces are designed to replicate a ‘family dining’ experience. The successful applicants will have to be comfortable working with small children and appreciate the importance of encouraging good behaviour and manners as our children learn to eat together. The successful candidate will be able to multi-task and demonstrate good attention to detail. It is essential that the candidate is committed to the ESMS values and is a team player.

This is permanent, part time position for 4 hours per week (Thursday & Friday, 11.30am to 1.30pm), during term time only. The salary range is £1,665 - £1,733 (pro rata) per annum, which is B6 to B8 of the ESMS Support Staff Salary Scales, and the salary appointment will be dependent upon relevant experience.

The successful candidate may also wish to consider the option of adding additional hours per week to support our Early Birds provision (Monday to Friday 7.30am to 8.30am) or in After School Club (Monday to Friday from 1.30-5.30pm).

ESMS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and Disclosure Scotland.

The closing date for applications is 12pm on 26 August 2022. We anticipate interviews will be held week beginning 29 August 2022.

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About ESMS - The Junior School

+44 131 311 1111

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The ESMS Junior School is a large, independent, co-educational, non-denominational day school of approximately 1250 children aged 3-12, who become members of either The Mary Erskine School or Stewart's Melville College when they finish Primary 7.  It is situated in central Edinburgh. Admission is through assessment.

The Junior School has excellent facilities of its own as well as sharing those of the two senior schools.  The ethos of the school is that each child’s individuality is nurtured within a structured and disciplined framework.  We firmly believe that happy children will achieve more academically and in extra-curricular activities.  The atmosphere is therefore a caring one with great emphasis on encouraging children to take part in the many opportunities open to them.  Children are encouraged to take responsibility whilst being challenged both academically and in general as young people.  They learn to make choices and develop confidence in a supportive and positive environment in which our nine values, common across all three schools, are central to everything we do.

Specialist teaching is available in Music, Drama, Dance, PE, Games, French, Art and ICT.

A wrap-around care service is also provided before and after school.

The Nursery and Primary 1-3 classrooms in the Junior School are situated within the grounds of The Mary Erskine School and Primary 4-7 children are based within the grounds of Stewart’s Melville College.

ESMS offers excellent facilities, such as a state-of-the-art performing arts centre, large swimming pool, tennis courts, rugby and hockey pitches and floodlit astroturf pitches.

Headteacher

Mike Kane

Principal

Mr Anthony Simpson

Values and vision

The ESMS Junior School has nine core values that are recognised by all members of the school community: kindness, respect, commitment, enthusiasm, responsibility, grace, appreciation, confidence and integrity.

We do not follow the Curriculum for Excellence.  We believe that what we offer reflects the values which are an essential element within the CfE but we also believe in the importance of a structured and more formal approach to the development of our children’s skills and confidence in all curricular areas, in particular Language and Mathematics.  Regular and relevant assessments are integral to our approach, as is our commitment to ensuring that children and their parents are kept informed of their progress.

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Applications closed