Musician/Teachers, Big Noise Douglas, Dundee
Sistema Scotland
Deadline: 19 January 2026 at 10:00
Big Noise Douglas in Dundee have two vacancies: one Musician/Teacher (Lower Strings) - permanent and one Musician Teacher (Upper or Lower Strings or GM) - temporary.
You will work with the Big Noise team to deliver excellent musical education and learning experiences for our children, young people and communities; this will include instrumental lessons, general musicianship sessions, and group teaching in our afterschool programme, as well as home visits and community performances. Wherever possible, we will match your musical skills and interests with the different elements of the Big Noise programme, while encouraging and supporting you to develop in other areas.
You will be educated to degree level or equivalent qualification and have professional performing experience. Working with large and varied groups of children and young people is essential, along with a track record of success in teaching children and young people on your specialist instrument. You will also have a belief in the benefits that a social programme such as Big Noise/Sistema Scotland can have.
We have two vacancies, as follows:
* Musician/Teacher (Lower Strings): this is a permanent post, working all year round, 14 hours per week (days of work to be agreed between Monday and Thursday).
* Musician/Teacher (Upper or Lower Strings, or General Musicianship): temporary post, working all year round, 21 hours per week (days of work to be agreed between Monday and Thursday). This post will be temporary until the end of July 2026.
(7 hrs per day)
Salary scale is £36,267 to £41,639 (all new staff start on first point of scale).
For further details please visit our website where you can view the full job/person specification and complete our online application form (no CVs please). For any additional information please e‑mail recruitment@sistemascotland.org.uk or telephone 01786 236914.
We welcome applications from diverse musical and cultural backgrounds. We also welcome applications from all nationalities; however, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for these roles, so before you apply for this post please ensure that you have the right to work in the UK. For more details on eligibility to work in the UK, please visit https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
The selection process will be held in Douglas, Dundee (date to be confirmed) and will include a panel interview, a short audition and a demonstration lesson.
All successful applicants will be subject to PVG check.
The deadline is Monday 19 January 2026 at 10:00.
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