Deadline for applications: 14th January 2025, 5pm
Reports to: Senior Programme Leader
Location: The Glasshouse International Centre for Music
Salary: SCP 50, £46.32 per session, including planning and preparation
Freelance applications may also be considered at an equivalent rate; please state your preference in your application.
About The Glasshouse International Centre for Music
We’re a place where you can hear rock legends or pop icons on the same night as folk trios or opera singers. Where new musicians are nurtured and showcased on the same stages as platinum-selling performers. And where youth choirs and tambourine-shaking toddlers practice in the same spaces as our acclaimed orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia.
Whether you’re front of house, waiting in the wings, or keeping things running behind the scenes, you will be part of a team that means 2 million people enjoy top-notch gigs, concerts, and classes in our venue at Gateshead Quays, out in communities across the North East, and through live-streamed performances and digital lessons.
About you
Are you self-motivated, happy working in a team environment, and flexible enough to adapt to a changing environment? If this sounds like you, read on to find out how you can hit the ground running.
About the role
The main purpose of this role is to lead weekly singing sessions within the singing pathway, with groups of adults as part of Make Music Adults. Sessions take place in 10-week blocks, with a week’s break in the middle.
It would be great if you had experience in:
* Singing and/or singing leading at a professional level.
* Leading groups of adults of varying abilities and from a wide range of backgrounds, including those with Additional Needs and/or Disabilities.
* Leading music learning using a wide range of approaches and pedagogies.
* Developing and using inclusive music practices and pedagogy.
* Creating music resources to support activities and performances.
* Excellent organisational and written communication skills, including the creation of music teaching materials.
* Commitment to teamwork and collaboration.
Skills and knowledge of:
* Community music and musical inclusion.
* The social and personal reasons why people experience barriers to learning.
* The historical origins and social context of the songs and music being used.
* Current policy and plans related to musical inclusion and music education.
You’ll be responsible for:
* Keeping up to date with The Glasshouse policies and plans.
* Maintaining an understanding of the needs of young people and adults alongside the barriers they might experience.
* Contributing to the evaluation and monitoring of programme performance where required.
* Supporting and contributing to consultation with adults as required.
* Developing and leading high-quality inclusive music learning activities, performances, events, rehearsals, recordings, and resources as agreed.
* Leading exemplary practice in inclusive group singing.
* Working with colleagues to remove barriers to engagement and ensuring music learning activities meet a range of different needs, interests, and contexts.
* Attending and/or leading performances, events, and programme activities as required.
* Attending team and organisational meetings as agreed.
* Understanding and working in line with operational handbooks and guidelines.
Health and Safety and safeguarding
* Accept individual responsibility for reading, understanding, and working in line with Health & Safety, Safeguarding, Equality and Diversity, Dignity at Work, and other policies with the Trust.
General
* Advocating for North Music Trust and specifically the Make Music programme.
* Undertaking other duties appropriate to the post and in line with the needs of the organisation.
Our commitment to your development
At The Glasshouse, we’re always learning. We know that when it comes to training, everyone is different. You’ll work closely with your manager to identify your training journey. If you have a specific interest or would like to develop your skills in a certain area, we want to hear about it.
Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion
At The Glasshouse, we encourage a working environment that’s welcoming, inclusive, and diverse. Different backgrounds, views, and experiences are valued, so everyone can be themselves.
Right to Work
We welcome applications from candidates already eligible to work in the UK or those who can apply for a visa granting permission to work in the UK (e.g., dependent visas, ancestry, etc.) that do not require sponsorship. You will be asked to share proof of this prior to receiving any offer of employment.
Our application process
Closing date for applications: 14th January 2025, 5pm
Interview date: 5th February 2025
If you have any questions about the role or the application process, please contact Isabella, People Coordinator at recruitment@theglasshouseicm.org
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