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Development Assistant (Countryside) - EAY11608
| Posting date: | 25 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £14.83 to £15.53 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 August 2025 |
| Location: | Kilmarnock, KA1 3XB |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | East Ayrshire Council |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | EAY11608 |
Summary
Job Purpose
Contributing to and delivering excellent customer service across Ayrshire Leisure, the Countryside Assistant will facilitate the organisation, preparation and delivery of a wide range of planned programmes, activities, events across East Ayrshire Leisure contributing to the design and delivery of innovative, modern and sustainable services. Working within a performance management and continuous improvement framework the post holder will strive to exceed the expectations of the East Ayrshire Leisure Strategy and Delivery Plan.Please see the attached Job Specification and key activities which outline all responsibilities and duties for this post.
TO BE CONSIDERED FOR INTERVIEW, CANDIDATES MUST DEMONSTRATE ON THE APPLICATION THAT THEY MEET ALL ESSENTIAL CRITERIA OF THE ATTACHED JOB SPECIFICATION.
Rate of Pay
Rate of Pay - £14.83 - £15.53 per hourHours of work: Saturday and Sunday 9.00am - 5.00pm with 1 hour unpaid lunchbreak applicable each day.
This is a temporary post until 31st March 2026.
Responsibilities and Our Values
Contribute to and deliver excellent customer service, and in doing so promote and recognise the importance of people in delivering our vision and values;• Being honest and demonstrating integrity at all times
• Engaging and inclusive with our people, partners and stakeholders
• Striving for continuous improvement by being ambitious and aspirational in all that we do
• Taking responsibility and being accountable for our organisation and our service delivery
Additional Information
Employment ReferencesWe follow the national guidance in relation to pre-employment checks namely “Safer Recruitment Through Better Recruitment”. With regards to requests for references and in line with this guidance, during your application process you should provide details of a minimum of two appropriate and relevant references, one of which should be from your current or most recent employer. It is also a requirement that the reference from your current or most recent employer is from an appropriate senior manager and it is not a reference from a former peer operating at the same level.
The duties of the post involve Regulated Work with children and/or protected adults, as specified in the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. Successful applicants for such posts will be required to become a Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme member in respect of Regulated Work with either or both of these groups as appropriate, or if they are already a Scheme member, be subject to a PVG Scheme Record Update, before any formal offer of employment can be made by East Ayrshire Leisure.
Please note:- PVG members' records are constantly updated with any new vetting information that arises. Any information that is disclosed on a PVG Scheme Record or Scheme Record Update, if relevant to the post being applied for, will be discussed with the applicant prior to any formal offer of employment being made.
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About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.