This role has a starting salary of £52,047 per annum, based on a 36-hour working week.
Surrey Arts is on an inspiring journey of transformation, aiming to modernise, expand, and diversify our musical offer. As part of this mission, we are seeking a dynamic and visionary Musical Progression Senior Lead to join our senior leadership team. The team is based in Guildford, with members splitting their week between working from home, the office, and attending meetings throughout the county.
Rewards and Benefits
- A generous local government salary related pension
- 26 days' holiday (prorated for part time staff), rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service
- Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
- An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
- Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
- Paternity, adoption and dependents leave
- Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
- 2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year
- Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
- Opportunities to join national music education networks
About the Team
Surrey Arts is the Arts Service for Surrey County Council. We are the lead delivery organisation for Surrey Music Education Hub. We provide music lessons, instrument hire, out of school music centres, activities, and ensembles for young people.?Surrey Arts is the lead partner for the Cultural Education Partnership as well as leading on a range of arts and culture programmes across the county.?
You will join a team dedicated to "changing lives through world class arts". Surrey Arts is 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.
About the Role
This post is part of senior leadership role within Surrey Arts as part of the music team, working strategically on development of all Surrey Arts' work and the Music Education Hub.? The role will involve:
- Leading our out of school music provision (music centres, holiday provision) and ensembles
- Leading the transformation programme for our ensemble provision
- Developing our progression strategy to support the development of diverse progression opportunities for young people including accreditation and pathways into the creative and cultural industries
- Developing partnerships with external organisations to broaden and diversify the local musical offer for young people
You will be working with members of the wider Surrey Arts leadership, administration and teaching teams and will take responsibility for service wide developments to evolve our offer for young people, ensuring that we are delivering the aims of the National Plan for Music Education.
Shortlisting Criteria
To be considered for shortlisting for this position, your CV and personal statement should clearly evidence the following:
- Demonstrable success as an instrumental, vocal or classroom music teacher (or equivalent experience as a leader in formal/ arts education)
- A recognised teaching and/or management qualification or equivalent experience
- A developed understanding of musical progression routes to meet the needs of our diverse community
- Demonstrable experience in successful recruiting, managing, coaching and developing staff
- Informed understanding of the needs of our key stakeholders: SCC, ACE, schools, DFE and in-depth knowledge of the current developments in the wider music education landscape
When applying for the role, you will be asked to answer the following questions:
- Tell us about your experience of leading a strategic area of responsibility for an organisation.
- Give us an example of an innovative project that you have led which has had a positive impact on children and young people.
- Explain how you have used data to inform strategic decisions and drive change.
- In no more than 500 words, please outline other ways in which your skills and experience makes you suitable for this role
The job advert closes at 23:59 on 7th July 2024 with interviews planned for the 16th July 2024.
As part of the interview process, candidates will be asked to deliver a short presentation and complete a task which will be set on the day.
Interview questions will be given to candidates 30 minutes before their allocated interview time because we don't want you to be distracted by the unknown of the interview, we genuinely want you to present the best version of yourself.
We would love to hear from you if you share our passion for the Arts and are committed to inspiring Surrey's musicians of the future.
Our Commitment
Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:
- The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
- The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form
Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.
We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.