Woodwind Music Tutors

**Trafford Council**

**_The Claremont Centre, Claremont Road, Sale, M33 7DZ_**

**Salary - £22,394 - £28,735 per annum (pro rata to hours worked)**

**Salary Grade - UQT 3 - 6**

**Working Pattern -Part Time, Term Time Only**

**Contract type - Permanent**

**Closing date - Sunday 14th May**

**Interview date - Week commencing 22nd May**

There are 2 posts:
**Wider ops / Whole class woodwind tutor**

**Woodwind tutor for small group and 1-1 lessons**

12 hours in total per week

Tuesday evening 4 hours 4pm - 8pm ( 4 hours)

Wednesday daytime 9am - 3.30 ( 5.5 hours)

Thursday morning 8.30 - 11 ( 2.5 hours)

Trafford Council and its partners in the public, private and third sectors have a vision which sees us working together to close inequality gaps and maximise Trafford’s huge potential. Our vision is working together to build the best future for all our communities and everyone in Trafford

Trafford really is a great place to work. With a positive permission culture, we embrace innovation and encourage performance. We’re keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

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Trafford Music Service provides musical opportunities for children from across the borough. We are committed to enabling children from all backgrounds to access high quality music provision through curriculum teaching, whole class or instrumental lessons and ensembles.

We currently teach in primary and secondary schools across the authority as well as providing an after school music provision at our Music Centre based in Sale.

The service’s values are focused on serving our young people and they are
**enriching lives, inspiring a love of music for all by being supportive, inclusive, dedicated and creative.**
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**About you**

Your style and approach will reflect our values and behaviours: you will be committed to continually learning & improving the way you do things to ensure quality music provision for pupils.

You will have excellent organisational and ICT skills and an ability to work efficiently to deadlines. Excellent communication, planning and delivery is essential to this role, and above all else we want to recruit someone with a love for teaching children and inspiring the next generation of children to be musical.
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**About the Role**

**Instrumental woodwind tutor - individual and small group lessons**

This role is for a committed and inspiring woodwind tutor to deliver instrumental lessons during weekdays at Trafford Schools and at our after school music centre at the Claremont Centre in Sale on Tuesday. The contract is for 12 hours a week which is full time on teachers pay and conditions on the unqualified teacher scale 3 -6. The age of woodwind students is from 5 up to 18 years old (Year 1 - 13), complete beginners to diploma level. The ability to teach a second instrument is desirable. There is scope to

**Instrumental woodwind tutor - Wider opportunities ( whole class projects)**

This role is for a committed and inspiring woodwind tutor to deliver whole class woodwind projects ( usually each project lasts one term) in Trafford schools. The contract is for 10 hours which can be split across 2 days or more. Projects for one class are an hour and so typical timings for projects would be 9am - 10am, 10am

You will be required to support our termly concerts (up to 3 times per year) on a weekend.

After school hours are fixed however daytime schedules may have some flexibility on the day. There is opportunity to build on teaching taking place in schools.

**About the benefits**

You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged. You will have the opportunity to work and grow in a people-centred and values-based organisation that promotes a positive permission culture. Your opinions matter so you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things here at Trafford.

Trafford Council recognises the importance of well-being and offer a number of initiatives for staff, eg. mindfulness, mental health first aiders, running / walking groups and health and wellbeing events.

Our great benefits include:
Pension

Home Technology Scheme

Car Lease Scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

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