Location: Musselburgh East Community Learning Centre, EH21 8JJ

Salary: £35,494 - £39,692 per year

Contract Type: Temporary

Position Type: Full Time

Hours: 35 hours per week

Work From Home: Hybrid

Vacancy Information

Hourly rate of pay: £19.45 - £21.75

Temporary until 31st March 2026.
Days and Hours of Work:
Monday - Friday, 09:00-17:00
Days of working are negotiable, flexi time is applicable, and starting and finishing times are flexible.
To start 1st September 2025.

Applications will be accepted from those wishing to be considered for this role on a part-time basis. If you are applying for this role on a part time basis, please tell us in the Additional Information section of the application form.

This post is being advertised as a temporary post. The successful candidate will be a key contributor to East Lothian Works, the council's employability service.

The role will focus on:

• Promoting and delivering our Employer Recruitment Incentive to local businesses and 3rd sector organisations.
• Supporting the delivery of our Paid Work Experience Programmes.
• Supporting the management of our Employability Grant Programme which delivers a range of specialist employability support under the No One Left Behind approach.

The individual will be solution focussed, proactive, and have a passion for delivering innovative employability provision. They will have the ability to see and act on opportunities, be organised, be an able communicator and facilitator. The successful candidate will work at pace and manage a variety of competing priorities.

Home / Hybrid Working Consideration
Applications for home or hybrid working will be considered for this post in accordance with East Lothian Council’s Home Working and Worksmart Policies which can be found here . Home or Hybrid working options can be discussed with candidates invited for interview.

Please Note:
All home/hybrid workers must live in the UK. Where an application for home-working is supported, it will be subject to a satisfactory trial period. Employees will be expected to attend Council offices for the duration of induction, and be on site in East Lothian workplaces, as required. Employees with a hybrid working arrangement in place will be office based and able to work from home, with permission, on an ad hoc basis.

To support the development of employability and core skills intervention programmes within East Lothian, in accordance with National Priorities, East Lothian’s One Council Approach, the East Lothian Plan, the Single Outcome Agreement, the measurable outcomes detailed in the Education Service Plan and the Scotland’s Literacies Curriculum Framework Guidelines; learning, teaching and assessment.

Please download the Job Outline/Person Specification (available under 'Job Attachments') for the full range of tasks and duties associated with this job. You will need to refer to these in order to complete the application form. You must ensure you meet every 'essential' criteria stated on the Person Specification to be considered for interview.

The ‘East Lothian Way’ – values and behaviours we expect our employees to demonstrate in their everyday work. Should you be invited to interview, you may be asked questions based on these behaviours. Please refer to the document via the link to familiarise yourself with them.

Job Requirements

Relevant Qualifications
Educated to Degree level or equivalent in Business, Education, Community Learning, Employability and/or be able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge, skills and competencies gained through previous experience.

Evidence of engagement in continued professional development and lifelong learning.

Driving Licence
As the duties of this role require you to effectively travel to successfully undertake the full remit of the role, you must hold a current driving licence and have access to a vehicle.*
(*Where a disability precludes you from obtaining a driving licence, ELC will take into account its responsibility to make reasonable adjustments to allow for your disability.)

PVG Membership
This post is considered as a Regulated Role with vulnerable children and/or protected adults, as specified in the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020.

All preferred candidates for posts carrying out regulated work with these groups will be required to become a PVG Scheme member, or undergo a PVG Scheme update if they are already a member, prior to any formal offer of employment being made by East Lothian Council.

Please note: PVG member’s records are constantly updated with any new vetting information that arises. Any information that is disclosed on a PVG membership or update check, if relevant to the post being applied for, will be discussed with the applicant and investigated prior to any formal offer being made.

Please note:
If you have spent more than 3 months working or living outwith the UK in the last 5 years then you will be required to present a copy of an overseas criminal record check. Details of how to apply and contact details can be found on the GOV.UK website.

Please note: We do not accept CV's (either electronically or by mail). All our vacancies must be applied for by fully completing the on-line application form. Although there is an ‘import data from my CV’ function on MyJobScotland, this only imports very limited data and should not be relied upon to complete the application form. If, for example, due to a disability, you are unable to complete the on-line application form you can contact us for a paper application via the telephone number or email address above.