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Join our holiday camp team! Are you passionate about inspiring young minds through creative and innovative programmes? George Watson’s College is developing an exciting, non-sport focused holiday camp programme, and we are seeking experienced and creative Camp Practitioners to support the delivery of high quality camps for children and young people aged 9 – 14. About the role We are looking for enthusiastic, experienced practitioners to work closely with our Camp Leaders. As part of a dedicated team, you will be responsible for delivering high quality, stimulating and fun camp programmes while ensuring a safe and supportive environment for all participants. Essential experience and qualifications • Experience in working with children and young people in a club, classroom or extra-curricular setting is required., • Drama and theatre, • Fashion design, • Art and design, • Culinary arts (cooking and baking), • Film making and/or animation, • Creative writing To apply, please click the Apply for this job button. Please include your CV and a covering letter. Main Responsibilities: Holiday Camp Delivery To deliver fun, engaging and inclusive holiday camp lessons and activities to mixed ability pupils from P4-S3 using the lesson and activity plans, resources and content designed by the Camp Leader. To ensure a safe, supportive, and stimulating environment for all holiday camp participants, supervising and engaging with the children throughout the day to make sure that each child feels welcome and included. To foster positive relationships with all camp participants and colleagues, encouraging teamwork, creativity and social interaction, and acting as a positive role model for the camp subject. To undertake other general duties to support the smooth operation of the holiday camp, including: • registration and sign-out procedures, • supervising break and lunchtimes, • early drop off and late pick up, • attending team meetings, • communicating with parents/carers To collaborate with the Camp Leader, other Practitioners and Assistants to create a cohesive and exciting week long programme, including supporting the preparation of daily resources and materials. To work with Holiday Camp colleagues to set up the learning/activity areas at the start of the programme, tidy and prepare the learning spaces at the beginning and end of each day, and return the camp area to the School in a clean and satisfactory condition at the end of the holiday camp. Wellbeing, Safeguarding and Child Protection To support the general physical and emotional wellbeing needs of the individual children attending camps, as well as managing behaviour in a positive and constructive way. To uphold the School’s safeguarding procedures and policies and ensure the welfare of the children attending camps at all times. To pass on any child protection concerns relating to camp participants to the School’s Child Protection Officer/Camp Leader. Health and Safety To ensure familiarity with the School’s Health & Safety policies and procedures, including risk assessments and safe methods of work specific to the camp department, including supporting the children in the safe use of resources or equipment. To immediately report any Health and Safety concerns, including any accidents or “near misses” to the Camp Leader. Ideal Candidate: Essential criteria: • Previous experience of working with children and young people, • Previous experience and knowledge of the relevant camp subject area (e.g. Art, Drama, STEM, Music etc), • Qualified or currently working towards qualification in childcare, education, and/or the relevant subject area e.g. diploma/degree level, • Ability to plan and deliver fun and structured activity and learning sessions, • Flexibility and adaptability needed to work with children of differing ages and ability (from P4 - S3), • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, • Collaborative approach and excellent team player, • Passion for education and working with young learners, • Experience working in summer camps or extracurricular programmes, • IT Skills including Google Suite and Microsoft Office, • First Aid qualification, • Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding and child protection and Health & Safety Package Description: Location: George Watson’s College, Edinburgh Contract Type: Casual, Short term contracts Hours: Contracted hours will be 30 – 35 hours of camp delivery time per week Working weeks: Camps will run during all key school holidays in 2026 and beyond: February, April, July, August, and October Salary: The salary for this position will be in the Grade 2 range of £27,090 - £30,231 (based 36.25 hours, 52 weeks). The salary will be pro-rated for contracted hours.

LOCATION - Manchester / Leeds / Leicester or Edinburgh We are seeking a qualified and enthusiastic Principal Electrical Building Services Engineer to support and develop the project delivery capabilities of our busy and successful building services team. Candidates will successfully lead and deliver multiple, medium complexity projects without supervision, or packages of high complexity projects under the direction of more experienced staff.You will provide advice to clients and will take responsibility for managing and cultivating client relationships and securing new work. You should be able to lead, or demonstrate the competency to lead, a team of less experienced staff as you may have line management responsibility. Project work will vary and you will have experience across a range of sectors including life sciences, defence, education, commercial, residential, renewable energy, industrial, retail, healthcare and leisure within both public and private domains. In this role you will be responsible for all aspects of design in the delivery of electrical engineering consultancy services for a portfolio of projects. You will be responsible for; undertaking calculations, production of drawings, producing specifications and reports, conducting site surveys, conducting construction stage duties, providing client liaison, consulting with members of design/construction teams and any other relevant duties required to comply with project briefs. Producing and reviewing electrical design drawings will be key to your role. Experience of using Autodesk Revit MEP would be beneficial.If required further training in Revit and other systems will be provided. You will have the passion and drive to deliver and manage projects in accordance with the clients brief and programme, and to help develop good client relationships. You should be capable of managing your own workload and the workload of others, updating forward plans of workload regularly & working to time allocations. Key responsibilities: Production and review of detailed design calculations for all aspects of electrical design. Production of specifications and plant schedules. Production of design notes, basis of design and RIBA stage reports showing compliance with standards and best practice. Production of design drawings from conception through to detailed design. Conducting detailed site surveys and inspection of installations. Mentoring and guidance of junior to intermediate engineers. Input into fee estimates and bid process. Support associates and director with resource planning and managing team workload. Holds (or meet the criteria to hold) security clearance to MOD SC level. Requirements: Ideally you will have an accredited Building Services /Electrical Engineering degree or higher educational qualification. Ideally Chartered engineer or working towards membership. The skill set and passion for engineering with the ability to manage and deliver electrical building services engineering designs across a range of sectors. Experienced in project lead and delivery of electrical services across multiple projects, as part of a multi discipline design team. Conducting any or all stages of electrical design from concept to completion as required by the project. Take design lead on projects promoting design excellence at all times. Experience in a range of digital tools including AutoCAD, AutoDesk Revit, Dialux, Relux, Amtech, NBS and Microsoft packages Proven ability to develop designs conscious of energy conservation, sustainability and with a knowledge basis of renewable technologies. Fully conversant with technical and legislation requirements for electrical services equipment and installation design and management. Able to take charge of project deliverables, make decisions on developing the discipline design elements, act on own initiative and operate in a pro-active way. Strong communication and people skills, particularly the ability to influence and negotiate both internally and externally with an open and inclusive style. Consulting closely with other professionals, including structural engineers, architects, surveyors, and contractors of in-house and external project teams. Strong report writing skills. Experience of producing and supporting fee estimates and bid writing would be beneficial. Able to generate a programme and produce progress reports against this. Experience in managing and mentoring junior to intermediate engineers. About Tetra Tech: Tetra Tech is a leading provider of high-end consulting and engineering services for projects worldwide. We combine the resources of a global, multibillion dollar company with local, client-focused delivery in more than 400 locations around the world. We are Leading with Science to provide sustainable and resilient solutions for our clients. At Tetra Tech, we provide a collaborative environment that supports individual performance, innovation, and creativity. We are proud to offer competitive compensation and benefits. For more information on our company, please visit our website at. To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter on the Careers section of our website. We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Tetra Tech is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity/shared parental leave, in line with the Equalities Act 2010. We are veryhappy to discuss flexible working for this role, including the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times, or compressed hours.We can offer a range of solutions to help you to get the most out of your work / life balance. Additional Information Organization: 784 TCE Requisition 78400001575c272c101-f45c-4783-b4a0-50ad222b87c0