School Support Assistant - James Gillespie's High School - 12420_1763978066
| Posting date: | 24 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £25,905.00 to £26,111.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 December 2025 |
| Location: | Edinburgh, EH9 1DD |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | The City of Edinburgh Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 12420_1763978066 |
Summary
Children, Education and Justice Services
School Support Assistant
James Gillespie's High School
Salary: £25,905 - £26,111 (pro-rata for part time and sessional)
Hours: 30 per week, 39 weeks sessional
Working Pattern: Monday to Thursday 8.30am - 15:30pm & Friday 8:30am - 12:30pm
James Gillespie's High School is in the Marchmont area of Edinburgh. A fully co-ed comprehensive since the 1970s, we are also Edinburgh's only Àrd-Sgoil (Gaelic Secondary School).
James Gillespie's 18th century vision for inclusion and high-quality education endures in our school values today- Respect, Kindness, Integrity, Inclusion and High Expectations.
We are looking for an enthusiastic person to join our office support team. The post holder will be responsible for secretarial and clerical assistance for our school. You will have excellent organisational and time management skills supported by relevant local authority or school experience. You will be flexible, well organised and have excellent interpersonal skills to ensure the smooth running of our school office. You will not be working directly with the students.
The successful candidate will be expected to manage and operate various computerised systems and have sound knowledge and experience in this area. The job will include student attendance admin, chasing student absences and monitoring the completion of staff's registers. A working knowledge of SEEMIS and other school-based systems would be an advantage as would the ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines. Candidates will be expected to provide basic first aid and administer medication as appropriate. A suitable qualification in first aid or a willingness to undertake any necessary training is essential.
The post holders will assist in a range of tasks relating to the administration and organisation of teaching resources, student records and documentation. You will have no direct teaching responsibility or sole supervision of young people.
The successful candidates must work well under pressure, enjoy working with people, and have very strong organisational and time-management skills. Prior experience working in school administration, as well as spoken and written Gaelic, would be advantageous however, not essential.
Desired qualities:
* Flexible
* Empathetic
* Resilient
* Organised
* Proactive
* Proven IT experience
* Ability to quickly form positive relationships
* Energetic and positive
* A good sense of humour
For more information about the school, please visit the website https://jamesgillespies.co.uk/"> style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">James Gillespie's High School - Àrd-sgoil Sheumais Ghilleasbuig or call on 0131 447 1900.
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.
As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.
To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.
You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/behaviours"> style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council
Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.
Happy to talk flexible working.
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