Job Reference: schooltalent/TP/33365/2590
Number of Positions: 1
Contract Type: Part Time Permanent
FTE: 0.24 of full time teacher
Remuneration: £8,532 to £12,358 (depends on skills and experience)
Working Hours: Equivalent to 0.24FTE of a full time teacher
Location: Edinburgh
Closing Date: 18/05/2026
Department: Art & Design
Region / Division: ESMS
Job Role: Teaching
The Role
Erskine Stewart's Melville are currently recruiting for a Teacher of Art and Design to join the Art and Design Department at the ESM Senior School on a permanent basis from 17 August 2026 (subject to satisfactory pre employment checks). This is a permanent, part time role, working equivalent to 0.24FTE of a full time teacher.
The purpose of the role is to teach Art and Design to all year group levels and contribute to the School's extra curricular programme. This is a varied role, delivering a broad curriculum using a wide range of media, techniques and processes including but not limited to drawing, painting, printmaking, 3D work, photography and/or digital art.
Qualifications:
- GTCS registered, or eligible for registration, with a relevant subject specific teaching degree.
- Passionate about Art and Design and able to support the department to collaborate, create and build a successful subject offering for all students of the Senior School, as well as contribute to extra curricular Art and Design activities, exhibitions and enrichment programmes.
Nationality and Work Visa:
- International applicants cannot be sponsored by ESMS. They must have alternative right to work in the UK.
Values:
- Kindness, Confidence, Resilience, Integrity, and Curiosity.
- Behaviour modelling in line with our school pillars of Ambition, Innovation, and Community.
Safeguarding:
- All staff have direct access to young people; all posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
- Applicants must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and Disclosure Scotland.
Closing and Interview Dates:
- Closing date for applications: 10am Monday 18 May 2026.
- Anticipated interviews: Tuesday 26 May 2026.
Benefits:
- Fee remission from Nursery to S6.
- Free school lunches.
- Paid moving house day.
- Free Sports' Club membership, including access to pool and fitness suites.
- Auto enrolment in the Scottish Teachers' Pension Scheme.
- Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity leave.
- Membership of the ESMS Discount and Benefits Scheme.
- Employee Assistance Service.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Car leasing salary sacrifice scheme.
- Annual professional review process.
- Regular salary reviews.
- Funding towards professional qualifications.
