What is the job role?
Coventry Music are looking to recruit a dynamic, enthusiastic and passionate music educator to grow opportunities for children and young people across the city in our rapidly expanding Alternative Provision programmes. This depending on musical interests and skills of the successful candidates include delivery in our Coventry Alternative Provision Programme, where students attend during the school day, at the AP Academy (Previously Pupil Referral Unit), in our partnership programmes with organisations such as St Giles Trust or with individual students to meet needs outside of mainstream education.
We are looking for someone with high quality instrumental skills who can deliver in a variety of settings whilst also supporting Coventry Music to expand and implement the key strategies of the Heart of England Music Hub, focusing on inclusion and access for all children and young people in the city. For a full time member of the team there will be an expectation to deliver music provision for 20 hours per week You would also be leading groups that rehearse out of school hours and working with the regional groups from the whole hub area. Around 1 working day a week term time is allocated to develop programmes and opportunities outside of teaching time.
Initially this post is funded until Summer and will be reviewed alongside the Music Hub Investment Process to continue into Autumn and beyond.
We are open to flexible working arrangements including part time, term time only + 3 weeks and full time.
This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role.
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for candidates who are:
1. Experienced in music education, with a high level specialism in one area and knowledgeable of a music education hub
2. Have the ability to generate relationships with schools and stakeholders to expand the delivery of music education across the city and inspire the next generation musicians
3. Deliver and lead sessions in their musical area of expertise
4. Confident to teach and build relationships to support young people access music as a tool to support wider growth and personal development
5. Deliver and co-ordinate projects and events both inside and outside of the school day and are flexible to work evenings and weekends across the whole year.