Starcatchers is recruiting for an Early Years Development Coordinator to join a newly refreshed Starcatchers team for 2025 and beyond.
Starcatchers provides training and development for the Early Learning and Childcare workforce in Scotland. This includes provision of our pioneering Creative Skills programme, projects based in childcare settings such as Wee People Big Feelings and bespoke training for ELC settings and voluntary sector organisations. The Early Years Development Coordinator works with the Early Years Development Manager and Artists in the administration, coordination and delivery of Starcatchers Early Years Development activity within a refreshed Starcatchers Staff Team for 2025/26 and beyond.
Job spec https://starcatchers.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/EYDC-Starcatchers-Recruitment-pack-1.pdf
Starcatchers is Scotland’s arts and early years organisation. They champion exceptional, innovative arts and creative experiences for our youngest children, those aged from birth to five years old and their parents and carers. The voice, needs and interests of this audience are at the heart of all their activity, providing inspiration and provocation in the development of projects and programmes. Their work is created by highly specialist artists who are attuned to the requirements of making work for and with this unique age group.
To apply for the role please provide your CV (max of two A4 pages), a covering letter (max of two A4 pages) outlining your experience and how you fit the criteria outlined in the job spec. There is an option to provide your application in video format if you would prefer this method in place of a written statement. Please send completed applications to heather.armstrong@starcatchers.org.uk.
They also ask all candidates to complete a short equal opportunities survey on Survey Monkey so they can anonymously collect information to enable us to monitor the effectiveness of their equal opportunities policy. This information is anonymously stored and for statistical purposes only. Please follow this link to complete the survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RTPD8XK.
If you have any questions about the role or would like to discuss any aspect of the job in advance of an application, please email Heather Armstrong.
Closing dates for applications is Tue 29 April 2025, 12 Noon
Interviews for the role will be held on Tue 6 May 2025 at Starcatchers Office, Whale Arts Agency, 30 Westburn Grove, Wester Hailes, Edinburgh
Salary: £27,300 (35 hours per week)
For further information, please contact heather.armstrong@starcatchers.org.uk (Heather Armstrong) or visit https://starcatchers.org.uk/jobs/early-years-development-coordinator/.
