Instrumental Music Service Manager - (Maternity Cover)

The role

Fixed Term Contract for 12 Months - Maternity Cover

Would you like the opportunity to work with an outstanding and supportive team of passionate musicians and educators and to help shape the next stage of our musical development?

Wandsworth Schools’ Music Service is one of London’s leading music education providers. We are passionate about delivering high quality and aspirational musical opportunities. Through our team of c.150 professional staff, we ensure that Wandsworth’s children and young people have access to an exceptional range of opportunities to learn musical instruments; sing; perform in ensembles and choirs; and progress to new levels of music excellence.

This post will be offered on a Fixed Term contract for 12 months for Maternity Cover.  You will have responsibility for the day to day line management and development of the instrumental tutor team, support the management and development of instrumental programmes and ensembles and lead on the recruitment of music tutors to meet service demand. In addition some of your most important duties will be, building on and maintaining productive relationships with schools and ensuring high quality teaching and learning across the range of delivery activities provided.

You will need to have:

• Proven expertise in teaching and developing WCET programmes
• Practical knowledge of a wide range of instruments and their teaching
• A high level of musical proficiency as a practising musician, including the use of Sibelius notation software
• Experience of managing staff and the ability to effectively model excellent music teaching to support staff development
• Knowledge and thorough understanding of the core and extension roles of the National Plan for Music Education and the responsibilities of the lead partner of a music education hub
• Outstanding communication skills and the enthusiasm, initiative and motivation to achieve the highest musical standards

The post requires flexible working and a willingness to work some extended days and weekends to accommodate service needs – this may include Saturdays and/or Wednesday evenings at the Wandsworth Music Academy, attendance at major events or concerts and accompanying music service ensembles on foreign tours and residential courses

In return, we can offer you working arrangements that will enhance your work-life balance. These include flexible working (where possible) and a generous holiday allowance of 31 days plus bank holidays.

In addition, we offer a range of staff benefits such as Performance Related Pay, membership of the Local Government contributory pension scheme, childcare vouchers, new technology scheme, interest-free loans on annual travel cards, discounts at many leisure activities, restaurants, shops and other establishments.

Equality Statement

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services.

We are pleased to be Disability Confident employer.

Important Information:

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 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). The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) helps employers make safer recruitment decisions and prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, including children. It replaces the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA).

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment