We’re looking for a Sessional Childcare Practitioner for our flagship flexible early learning and school age childcare setting in Dundee.
This is an as and when required position to suit the needs of the nursery with an hourly rate of pay of £13.45-£13.79 per hour.
Closing date for applications: 04/05/2026
Your qualifications and experience:
We are looking for qualified and unqualified childcare practitioners to come and work in our nursery. Ideal candidates will have some experience in working with children and be available to work between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
The Role:
The successful candidates will be expected to deliver high quality early learning and childcare for children; they will be expected to support the Service Manager and the existing team. This role would be ideal for someone looking to start or further progress a career in childcare and will provide a pathway to childcare qualifications.
The Setting:
The nursery is part of Flexible Childcare Services Scotland (FCSS). FCSS is a national charity that is unique in that parents are able to book childcare by the hour, pay as they go and change their bookings each week. This flexible childcare model helps save families money on their childcare while supporting them back into education and employment, helping to distance the whole family from poverty. Thanks to partnership with Dundee City Council Council the nursery offers fully funded places for eligible 2s and all 3–5-year-olds.
Our Vision:
At Flexible Childcare Services Scotland, our vision is simple; to enable every child, family, and community to access the individual early learning support and childcare services they need to thrive.
Our Values:
Our values represent the promises we make to our people and the people we support, and how we aim to achieve their hopes, expectations and aspirations. They are:
- We put people first
- We are flexible and accessible
- We will nurture and learn together
- We are committed to delivering quality in all that we do
- We act with integrity, doing the right thing
- We are solution focussed and resilient
Staff Benefits:
Working with Flexible Childcare Services comes with generous staff benefits including:
- Flexible working
- Real living wage
- 32 days paid holidays
- Pension scheme
- Life assurance scheme
- Subsidised childcare costs for team members
- Store discount schemes
And many more!
If you share in our vision and values and you’d like to take the next step on your career journey, apply now!
FCSS is an equal opportunities and disability confident employer.
