Education Worker

We’re an award-winning charity that runs local learning centres in the heart of communities where the young people we support live. Our centres provide an innovative education programme which includes practical learning support and motivational and confidence-building activities for children and young people aged 7-18. Our aim is
to inspire students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to broaden their horizons and achieve their full potential.

As the UK’s leading university access organisation,
our staff team is helping thousands of young people each year. We have forty-one centres and extension projects across England and Scotland, with ambitious plans to scale-up our provision further over the coming years.

We are looking for someone who will thrive in a fast-paced, rewarding role helping to change the lives of young people by taking up a fixed-term contract as an Education Worker at our IntoUniversity centre in Craigmillar, Edinburgh.

As a charity with social mobility as its core objective, IntoUniversity is wholly committed to equality of opportunity. We work with children and young people from a diverse range of backgrounds, and we believe that our staff team should be similarly diverse and representative. 

The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be, and we recognise that we have much more to do in this regard. We are committed to building a culture where students, staff and volunteers are valued for the unique people they are. We therefore encourage applications from candidates from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds. In particular, we actively and warmly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, male candidates and candidates with a disability as they are currently under-represented within IntoUniversity.

If you believe that all young people deserve the chance to develop their talents regardless of their background and want to play a part in helping them succeed, then we would be delighted to hear from you.

Contract

Full-time, fixed-term until August 2025.

Start date

As soon as possible as agreed with the candidate

Working hours

• Monday: 9:30am – 6:00pm 
• Tuesday: 9am – 5:30pm 
• Wednesday: 9am – 5:30pm
• Thursday: 9:30am – 6:00pm 
•  Friday: 9am – 5:30pm
  (Some additional weekend & unsocial hours will be required)

Salary

£25,500. This will rise to £27,400 from 29th July 2024

Location

IntoUniversity Craigmillar, The White House, 70 Niddrie Mains Rd, Craigmillar, Edinburgh

Annual leave

• 33 days (inc bank & public holidays)
• + 3 closure days (two in December and one in July)  
• + additional length of service entitlement (one day per year of service, up to 5 days)

Staff benefits

– Year round ‘early finish’ Fridays at 4.30pm

– Employee Assistance Programme

– Life Assurance

– Staff in FOCUS – rewards, competitions and prizes across the year

– Interest-free new starter loans of up to £1,000

– Summer working hours

– Cycle to Work Scheme and Travelcard  Loan Scheme