Head of Junior Music Courses

About the job

12 Month FTC Full Time: 35 hours per week (Tuesday till Saturday during term time and Monday till Friday outside of term time)

Junior Guildhall is the specialist pre conservatoire department of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with over 450 students aged between 4 and 18 enrolled on the Music course, Drama course and String Training Programme on Saturdays.

We seek to appoint an outstanding musician and administrator with extensive experience in the education sector to assist the Head of Junior Guildhall and ensure that Junior Guildhall continues to provide specialist education at the highest level.

The successful candidate will be dynamic and committed to developing talented young students to reach their full potential.  They will be a self-starter with excellent communication skills, the ability to build positive relationships with parents, staff and students and to create a culture which fosters collaboration, innovation, personal motivation and a lateral approach to problem solving.

He/She will manage a varied portfolio of tasks and have a proven track record as a musician and educator, have sound artistic judgement and a passion for encouraging artistic excellence in a creative work environment.

For more details please go to www.gsmd.ac.uk/jobs. Enhanced DBS checks will be required.

Closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on Monday, 11^th October 2021. 

Interviews will take place on Friday 15^th and Saturday 16^th October 2021

To apply online, please visit www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/jobs. Alternatively, please contact 020 7332 3978 (24hr answerphone) quoting GS609. A minicom service for the hearing impaired is available on 020 7332 3732.

The City of London Corporation is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.