Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing Monday 21 September 2026
Closing Date: Sunday 13 September 2026
Salary:
FC3 £25,604.23 - £26,786.83 (Pro-Rata)
Working Pattern: 6 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (hours to be negotiated)
Location: Waid Academy, Anstruther
Purpose and Values of Education Directorate
The Education Directorate is committed to Improving Life Chances for All through a wide range of direct services which support our children, young people, families and the wider Fife community. Our approach to improvement is rooted in our core values: Compassion, Ambition, Respect and Equity which reflect the ethos, culture and practice principles of all staff across the directorate. We strive to ensure that our attitudes and behaviour reflect these core values in all our dealings with children, young people, their families, and the wider community in partnership with those who support them.
As part of your application, you must provide us with a
Supporting Statement
which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the
How to Apply
section of our Career Site.
Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV.
More information is available on our Career site at
www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement
.
Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement:
Ways in which you have demonstrated that you can work effectively as part of a team.
(Consider the following: how you have built positive relationships build on trust and respect; how you communicate with others; how you use your initiative to meet targets and achieve goals.)
Ways in which you have worked with others to meet all learners needs.
(Consider the following: how you have shared information, followed plans, supported learners, worked with others?)
Ways in which you have built and sustained positive relationships that have led to positive outcomes for learners.
(Consider the following: how have you have demonstrated care and commitment when actively engaging with learners about their wellbeing; how have you established positive and purposeful relationships within your school community; how have you worked collaboratively with others to improve outcomes for learners?)
We are looking for a committed School Support Assistant working in our Home Economics Department who is passionate about improving life chances for all, so that children and young people can achieve their full potential.
Food Preparation Support:
Classroom and Kitchen Preparation:
Cleaning and Housekeeping:
Health, Safety and Compliance:
Before confirming to your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.
Alternative Formats
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Job information can be made available in alternative formats, to make a request please email:
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