Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools are currently recruiting for a Football Coach to join the Mary Erskine School on a casual basis from October 2024 (subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks).
The purpose of the role is to coach S1-S6 pupils on Wednesday 4.15pm-5.30pm. The postholder may also be required to assist with fixtures throughout the season.
The successful candidate must have previous coaching experience, preferably at school, regional, or national levels. They should possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, be highly organised, self-motivated, and able to multi-task while maintaining high professional standards.
To learn more about this role, please access the job description provided.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
In order to apply for the position, applicants must visit https://jobsearch.esms.org.uk/ to submit their application form.
Any enquiries about this position should be directed to the ESMS Recruitment Team at recruitment@esms.org.uk
This is an open vacancy and interviews will be conducted as applications are shortlisted.
About ESMS
Welcome to the ESMS, a vibrant, family of independent schools, for 3-18 year olds, 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. At the ESMS family of schools we pride ourselves on our holistic approach to education which means that we place as much emphasis on opportunities and activities outside of the classroom as we do on what happens in class. We offer over 300 clubs and societies as well as wide-ranging opportunities in sport, music and drama, outdoor education, trips and community involvement, all with the intention of helping your child discover their talents, learn or explore something new, have fun and make new friends.
Our Vision is to be a pioneer of rounded education in Edinburgh, giving every child the opportunity to excel.
Our Mission is to develop grounded, resilient, accomplished children, with strong values who go out into the world equipped with everything they need to lead full and happy lives.
Aims
- We offer an outstanding, well-rounded education, to a diverse group of children
- We take time to build strong relationships and to help our children feel happy, safe and secure so that they thrive emotionally and socially and academically
- We provide an unrivalled range of activities outside the classroom, enabling our children to discover and develop their natural talents
- We inspire children to aim high and achieve strong academic results
- We give children every opportunity to seize and embrace every challenge that life throws at them
- Our teachers inspire innovative thinkers with a love of learning that will last a lifetime
- Our children develop the confidence to use their voices
- Our nine values embed character, inspiring children to develop good hearts, make good decisions and improve the world around them.
