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Early Years Assistant - Fox Covert Early Years Centre

The City of Edinburgh Council • Edinburgh Technopole, Milton Bridge

Salary

£27k – £27k

Posted

16 October 2026

Work mode

Part-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

The City of Edinburgh Council is hiring a Early Years Assistant - Fox Covert Early Years Centre in Edinburgh Technopole, a part-time teaching role advertised as contract. The advertised salary is £27k – £27k. The City of Edinburgh Council holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

Description Early Years Assistant - fixed term until 31/12/2026 Fox Covert Early Years Centre Salary: £26,806 - £27,032 (pro-rata for part-time and sessional) Hours: 17 per week, 39 weeks sessional Fox Covert Early Years is a large, busy setting, with capacity for 85 children at any one time, attending various patterns of attendance between 8am and 6pm, 52 weeks per year. We work alongside our excellent term time Forest Kindergarten team, offering a blended placement for families who choose thi…

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: The City of Edinburgh Council — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £27k – £27k
How this salary compares: about 20% below the £33,800 median across 1,723 teaching roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Edinburgh Technopole, Milton Bridge · Part-time
Similar roles nearby: 2 other live teaching roles in Edinburgh Technopole — browse them
Posted: 16 October 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

About this sector

Teaching roles in secondary and further education are eligible for the Skilled Worker visa, with particularly strong demand for STEM subject specialists, modern foreign language teachers, and SEN support staff. Both state academy trusts and independent schools appear on the Home Office sponsor register and recruit internationally.