Trainee Music Leader - Gateshead, United Kingdom - Sage Gateshead

Sage Gateshead

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Gateshead, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Reports to:
Traineeship Programme Leader

Location:
Sage Gateshead

Working hours: 91 contracted hours, 150 additional hours available to claim for observation of activity and reflective conversations

Salary:
SCP 20, £21,293 pro rata, per annum

Contract:
Fixed term, September March weeks during term time)

About Sage Gateshead
We are an international music centre based on the banks of the River Tyne.

We are a unique venue where artists from across the world perform and audiences from a wide range of backgrounds come to hear, make, and enjoy all types of music.

We support local people to be creative, to develop a passion for music and put music at the heart of communities.

Our artist development programme provides local artists with the opportunities they need to develop a career in music.

We support young people to make music in our building and in the wider community through programmes such as In Harmony Newcastle Gateshead.

We believe our work makes life better for people in the North East. We're building a creative, diverse, and passionate team and that's where you come in

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, here are some specific types of experience that will help you hit the ground running.

You must have proven experience of:

Competent musical skills and knowledge;
A flexible approach;
A motivation to develop your creative practice;
A passion for inclusive music making.

Knowledge and skills of:

An interest in working with children and young people across a range of contexts;
Ability to work collaboratively with a team of Music Leaders;
Safeguarding in education contexts;
Good communication skills with people from a diverse range of backgrounds;
The ability to work with groups of differing abilities in a variety of settings;
Enthusiasm for learning.

It also helps if you have:

Experience of working with children and young people across a range of contexts, including:
Children and young people ages 05 and their families
Care experienced children, foster and adoptive families;
Children and young people with additional needs/ special educational/and/ or disability (SEN/D);
Formal and informal musicmaking contexts.
Some knowledge of musical inclusion

About Make Music

Make Music is the name for all Sage Gateshead's music classes, groups, ensembles, training programmes, and activities for schools and music leaders.

Anyone of any age can get involved to make music in lots of different styles, from music production to classical, with support, that's right for them.

Make Music:
Young People supports young people from age develop as musicians, producers, and music leaders. Visiting artists contribute to inspiring and training the musicians of the future.

From absolute beginners to our Centre for Advanced Training, inspirational teaching, and chances to perform on our stages, develop skills and spark a lifelong love for music.

We create pathways into the music and creative industries and knock down barriers to young people getting involved.

About the role of Trainee Music Leader
_ _at Sage Gateshead**Trainees will be supported to develop their music leadership skills and inclusive practice through paid, on the job training and shadowing opportunities across Sage Gateshead's Make Music Programme.

The Traineeship will take place over 20 weeks between September 2023 and March 2024. Successful applicants will be required to attend introductory training on Friday 15th September 2023.

This is a non-accredited opportunity and places are subsidised by funding from Youth Music.

Trainees will:

Attend an introductory training day on Friday 15th September 202
Participate in weekly group meetings on Friday's 10am 12pm during term time.
Be allocated a mentor to meet fortnightly.
Observe and reflect on _up to_6 hours of musical activity per week led by an experienced Sage Gateshead Music Leader;
Please note most of the activity available to observe takes place Thursday to Sunday.
Attend 3 training sessions to be negotiated on induction.

Trainees will be contracted for 91 hours over 7 months (September 2- March 24) to include:

25 hours training time (introductory training plus 3 further training days)
42 hours attendance at Friday group meetings (21 sessions)
10 hours mentor meeting time (1 hour per fortnight over 20 weeks)
10 hours selfdirected time to research and develop resources and repertoire
4 hours 1:1 line management time

In addition to contracted hours, Trainees will be able to claim up to 150 hours for observing sessions (up to 6 hours per week) and having reflective conversations with Music Leaders (up to 1.5 hours per week).

Your responsibilities:

Programme Logistics