Trafford Council

The Claremont Centre, Claremont Road, Sale, M33 7DZ

Salary – £22,394 - £28,735 per annum pro rata (£2,433 - £3,122 per annum)

Salary Grade – UQT 3 - 6

Job category – Education - Non School

Job Type – Teacher

Working Pattern – Part Time

Working hours – 3.5 hours in total per week on a Saturday Morning 9am – 12.30 during Trafford term times, under Teachers’ Pay and Conditions .

Contract type – Permanent

Closing date –11th June 2023

Interview date –TBC

Start Date - September 2023

About us

Trafford Council and its partners in the public, private and third sectors have a vision which sees us working together to close inequality gaps and maximise Trafford’s huge potential. Our vision is working together to build the best future for all our communities and everyone in Trafford.

Trafford really is a great place to work. With a positive permission culture, we embrace innovation and encourage performance. We’re keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

Trafford Music Service provides musical opportunities for children from across the borough. We are committed to enabling children from all backgrounds to access high quality music provision through curriculum teaching, whole class or instrumental lessons and ensembles.

We currently teach in primary and secondary schools across the authority as well as providing an after-school music provision at our Music Centre based in Sale.

We look forward to supporting the successful candidate in their development and we are committed to providing a nurturing and enthusiastic working environment for our staff.

The service’s values are focused on serving our young people and they are enriching lives, inspiring a love of music for all by being supportive, inclusive, dedicated and creative. You can read more about our work on www.traffordmusicservice.co.uk

Trafford Music Service are committed to attracting, recruiting, and retaining diverse candidates, as it’s important that our team reflect the communities we serve at every level within the service.

We recognise that having a diverse workforce is essential to bringing fresh ideas and perspectives to our Council, so we warmly encourage applications from under-represented groups and promise a fair and unbiased recruitment process. We are currently under-represented by people with a disability, members of the global majority, and members of the LGBTQ+ community.

If you are disabled and your application meets the minimum criteria for the post, we will offer you a guaranteed interview.

About you

Your style and approach will reflect our values and behaviours: you will be committed to continually learning and improving the way you do things to ensure quality music provision for pupils.

You will have excellent organisational and ICT skills and an ability to work efficiently to deadlines. Excellent communication, planning and delivery is essential to this role, and above all else we want to recruit someone with a love for teaching children and inspiring the next generation of children to be musical.

For more information about the team / role please email music.service@trafford.gov.uk

About the role

This role is for a committed and inspiring oboe tutor to deliver instrumental lessons at our out of school Saturday Music Centre in Sale from September. Music tutors will join a fabulous, dedicated, and inspirational team who will support you and your professional development.

The age of oboe students is from 7 up to 18 years old (Year 3 – 13), from complete beginners upwards. The ability to teach a second instrument, especially piano is desirable.

This post is contracted for 3.5 hours a week ( 9am – 1230) on Teachers’ Pay and conditions – Unqualified Teacher Pay Scale 3 - 6.

The working hours for this post are term time only and you will be required to support our termly concerts (up to 3 times per year) on a weekend.

The current scheduled hours are as below. There is opportunity to build on teaching and develop teaching during the week should you wish.

Saturday mornings 9am – 1230

About the benefits

You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged. You will have the opportunity to work and grow in a people-centred and values-based organisation that promotes a positive permission culture. Your opinions matter so you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things here at Trafford.

Trafford Council recognises the importance of well-being and offer a number of initiatives for staff, eg. mindfulness, mental health first aiders, running / walking groups and health and wellbeing events.

Our great benefits include:
Pension

Home Technology Scheme
Car Lease Scheme
Cycle to Work scheme
Simply Healthcare
Employee Discount Scheme - 'Perks at Work'

The Council needs to hold and process information about employees, workers and other individuals as appropriate, for various reasons. With the General Data Protection Regulations coming into force we have in place a new privacy notice for staff, contractors, volunteers, trainees, those on work experience and job applicants.

http://www.trafford.gov.uk/about-your-council/data-protection/privacy-notices/Service-Level-Privacy-Notices/Recruitment-Employment-Privacy-Notice.aspx