Jobs Go Public – Instrumental Music Teachers In Brentford, UK

Overview

Position Title: Instrumental Music Teachers

Company: Jobs Go Public

Location: Brentford, UK

Job Description:

Surrey Arts is part of Surrey County Council, and our values support our vision, shape our culture, and are crucial in delivering our corporate strategy.

We are the lead partner for Surrey Music Education Hub, whose aim is to work in partnership to ensure that children and young people from all backgrounds receive music education that is high quality, wide ranging, sustainable and accessible to all, and that there are clear musical pathways along which children and young people can progress.

We are an ambitious and forward-thinking organisation that places young people at the centre of our work. We are committed to developing Surrey Arts as a genuinely inclusive organisation, and one that meets the needs of the whole diverse community of Surrey. Our Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) strategy is central to our organisational development.

Surrey Arts teaches more than 5000 young people every week through instrumental and vocal tuition, music groups and regular activities. We also work across arts to deliver vibrant performing and visual arts programmes.

There are over 400 schools in Surrey and Surrey Arts works in, or with, many of them. Excellent school relationships are central to our work and building strategic partnerships is an important part of what we do, especially with other music hub delivery partners. We are the lead partner for Surrey’s cultural education partnership, Culture Box Surrey, and have close links with Surrey’s Arts Council England national portfolio organisations (NPOs).

Responsibilities:

• You will be helping to deliver high quality and innovative music education to children and adults at various schools and venues around the county through weekly instrumental and vocal tuition.
• You will teach both online and face-to-face and be part of a forward-looking team developing innovative and student centred learning opportunities.
• As well as weekly activities, Surrey Arts delivers a number of enrichment activities such as holiday courses, workshops and events which staff help to support and deliver.

Requirements:

• Have experience of group teaching
• Have experience of working with children from a range of social backgrounds
• Hold a recognised music diploma, degree, or who can demonstrate an equivalent level of achievement in their own field of practice
• Are aware of current initiatives in the UK music education system
• Are reflective practitioners with a passion for continued learning and development
• Possess specialist musical knowledge related to your instrument or field of practice, and can perform or create music to a high standard
• Can build positive relationships with children, young people, and the wider Surrey Arts team