Graduate Music Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Westminster School

Westminster School

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London, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Introduction

At Westminster Under School we pride ourselves on offering a friendly and supportive working environment within which the successful applicants would be welcomed as a member of the team.

The department enjoys an excellent reputation for the quality and diversity of music created through its choirs, orchestras, jazz and wind bands, chamber music groups, and occasional stage musicals.

Main Responsibilities

Assist with departmental administration such as cataloguing music, preparing music for rehearsals and assisting the Visiting Music Teachers, photocopying and other support as necessary, such as refreshing display boards and resources for lessons.
Supporting classroom lessons opportunity to work with small groups during lessons
Supervision of pupils practising during break and lunch times, engaging with them in a mature and positive way
Provide support in ensemble and choir rehearsals.
Assist with concert planning and delivery helping to collate information for concert programmes and plan rehearsals schedules.
Provide Front of House support at concerts greeting audience, helping set up and stage manage, help students prepare for performances.
General assistance with the daytoday running of the department
Assist and supervise pupils taking part in school trips as and when they take place, paying particular attention to the behaviour and safety of pupils.

Hours of Work
8:00 - 16:30 Monday to Friday, term-time only.

The Graduate music assistant will additionally be required to attend department events and concerts, involving evening hours, most likely in the capacity of front of house or stage management.

The post is a fixed term role for one academic year, commencing in September 2024

Please refer to the person specification below.

Equal Opportunities

Safeguarding and Child Protection
Westminster Under School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

About The School

Working at Westminster Under School
Westminster Under School is a busy, purposeful and vibrant place to be and an excellent workplace. The community is made up of 292 pupils, 43 teaching staff and 50 support staff.

Westminster Under School is a friendly and welcoming place to work.

There is a real sense of community here and staff members quickly become part of the rhythm of life, both inside and outside the classroom.

Social events are regular and varied, with plenty of opportunity to socialise outside working hours.

Support staff as much as teaching staff are encouraged to embrace the School's day-to-day activities, whether that be attending a concert or a sports fixture.

Westminster Under School is for everyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic. We hope you are encouraged to apply.

The School

Westminster Under School is a great environment for happy and purposeful pupils, and for all the staff who support them.

Our aim is to produce well-rounded individuals with a love of learning and an enthusiasm for life, and who relish coming into School each day.

All members of staff play an important role in ensuring that day-to-day processes at the School run smoothly, and in turn helping each and every pupil to enjoy and benefit from all that the School has to offer.

The Under School is a day school with approximately 292 pupils aged between 7 and 13.

The School was founded in 1943 in the precincts of Westminster School in Little Dean's Yard, just behind Westminster Abbey.

The 17 boys with whom it began rapidly became 60 in number and by 1950 there were 80 boys in the Under School.

The boys had to compete for space with the senior school pupils who had returned from evacuation at the end of the war, but in 1951 the Under School acquired its own premises in Eccleston Square.

Numbers of pupils continued to rise during the 1960s and 1970s and in 1981 the School moved once again to its present site overlooking the Westminster playing fields in Vincent Square.

A stone's throw from the same Square is the striking Art Deco Sports Hall, which is used by both Westminster Under and Westminster Great School pupils.

To this day, the Under School enjoys a strong and important bond with Westminster Great School.

Both schools foster a deep sense of the importance of independent thought and the ethos of a liberal education, giving them a unique shared identity.

It is usual for Under School pupils to be offered a place at the Great School, and the vast majority accept their offers, continuing on until they leave the School in Year 13.

Package Description

Required for:
September 2024

Location:
Vincent Square - Westminster Under School

Contract:
full-time (term-time only), temporary (one year fixed-term contract).

Salary:
£19,