Package Description:

Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools are currently recruiting for a Junior School Assistant (including Games) to join The Junior School on a temporary basis from March 2026 (subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks) until 26 June 2026. This is a fulltime, term time only role, working 37.5 hours per week with a pro rata salary of £20,807 per annum. The role is based at the ESMS Junior School at Queensferry Road.

The purpose of the role is to support and provide in-class administrative assistance to Year Group Leaders, Class Teachers and Teacher Assistants, particularly in ESMS Junior School. They also support the Junior School Games programme (P4-7), including midweek Games, supervision over Breakfast and Bus Clubs on a rota basis and Saturday morning coaching and games.

The successful candidate will have experience working with children, excellent organisational skills, and proficiency in Microsoft Office. Experience in coaching and working in a school setting and supporting events is desirable, along with a positive, proactive attitude and the ability to stay calm under pressure.

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Eligibility	ESMS is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. The successful candidate will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right work in the UK.
Benefits	Staff are offered a range of benefits including: a generous holiday allowance, enhanced sick pay, family friendly policies, use of the Schools’ swimming pool and fitness room outside school hours, membership of the ESMS Discount and Benefits Scheme, including a range of discounts at 130,000 retail and entertainment locations.
Values	We are looking for individuals who can embody and promote ESMS values of Kindness, Confidence, Resilience, Integrity, and Curiosity while role modelling behaviours in line with our school pillars of Ambition, Innovation, and Community.

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.

All staff working at ESMS have direct access to young people therefore all posts within the school are considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

The closing date for applications is 12pm on Friday 13 February 2026. We anticipate interviews will be held on the 27 February 2026.

About ESMS

Welcome to the ESMS, a vibrant family of independent schools, set in beautiful grounds in the heart of Edinburgh. We offer a co-educational nursery and junior school, single-sex but closely twinned secondary education, and a co-educational sixth form. 

We are a consistently award-winning School, with an educational legacy that stretches back more than 300 years. Our Schools have always been pioneers of rounded education. Children’s education is underpinned by our values: kindness, confidence, resilience, integrity and curiosity. From virtual reality headsets in the classroom to developing one of the first outdoor learning programmes in Scotland, we are always searching for new ways to develop the whole child.

The people that work for us 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.

Benefits

Employees get access to a range of benefits including:

Fee remission from Nursery to S6
Free school lunches
Free Sports’ Club membership, including access to pool and fitness suites
Generous holiday allowance
Generous pension
Death in service benefit
Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity leave
Membership of the ESMS Discount and Benefits Scheme, including a range of discounts at 130,000 retail and entertainment locations
Employee Assistance Service
Cycle to work scheme
Car leasing salary sacrifice scheme
Annual professional review process
Regular salary reviews
Funding towards professional qualifications

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