Music Facilitator / Teacher-Coach
Location: Birmingham
Contract Type: Self-Employed
Start Date: January 2025
Closing Date: 31st December 2024 at 17:00
Interviews: Thursday 9th January (and follow up dates for other candidates)
We are looking for an experienced practitioner/teacher to offer fortnightly coaching to classroom teachers, empowering them to deliver whole-class Music to students across Primary (currently every other Tuesday 9:30 – 3:30 during term time).
Ark is a charity whose mission is to transform children’s lives through education. The Ark Music programme supports music-making across Ark schools, to make sure that every child has access to high quality music education, regardless of their background.
The ideal candidate will:
- Have a genuine passion for and belief in the potential of every young person
- Be an excellent teacher and music educator
- Be an active musician
- Have experience in choir leading, whole-class teaching and (ideally) teacher-coaching
Other Roles
We are looking for exceptional music facilitators/teachers to join our pool of freelance practitioners for project-based work:
- Freelance artists: Projects are offered on an engagement-by-engagement basis with opportunities including leading student ensembles, supporting at events/residentials, performing as part of our ‘house band’ etc.
- Early Career Artists – Music Mentors: We also welcome applications from school-leavers, current university students/recent graduates; talented musicians who are interested in gaining paid experience in working in outreach/participation.
If you believe you’ve got skills to pass on to our students – we want to hear from you!
How to Apply
If you are interested in working with us, please email ark.music@arkonline.org with the subject ‘Application for freelance position’ and the role you are interested in applying for.
Please send us:
- CV/portfolio/LinkedIn profile with any musical/teaching experience
- Answers to these two questions, either in your email or in a video (no longer than 4 minutes total):
- Why do you want to work for Ark Music?
- What experience and/or skills will you bring to the team and to our schools?
We welcome applications all year round, however we will be prioritising shortlisting for these positions on Monday 6th January and offering shortlisted candidates a telephone interview on Thursday 9th January. Placements would start soon after this date.
Recruitment will remain open for other roles
