Music Gap Year Student
Westminster Under School
Westminster
- New
- Salary:
- £19,971.58 (actual) equating to a full-time equivalent of £26,667.93 per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 27 August 2024
Job overview
Contract: Fixed term for one academic year (September 2024 to July 2025)
Hours: Full time, term-time only
Westminster Under School is seeking a talented and enthusiastic Music Gap Student to join our busy and thriving Music Department for the academic year.
The Role
The Music Gap Student will assist in all areas of the day-to-day running of the Music Department, providing musical, administrative, and logistical support whilst gaining valuable experience working with young people in a school environment.
Reporting to the Director of Music, you will be encouraged to actively participate in all areas of the department, including concerts and rehearsals, depending on level of expertise.
We welcome applications from confident, self-directed musicians who enjoy engaging with younger people. This role is particularly beneficial for those considering a career in education, though this is not essential.
A strong interest in music and the ability to read music are desirable but not required, and competence in Office software (Word, Excel, Outlook) is a significant advantage.
Westminster is one of the UK’s leading academic institutions and is the only ancient London school to occupy its original site. Situated close to Parliament and Westminster Abbey, together with the stimulating diversity of the South Bank and West End, the School has a special atmosphere.
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The closing date for applications is 09:00 on Tuesday 27th August. Interviews will take place shortly after the closing date.
We are an equal opportunities employer. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender identity, sex or sexual orientation.
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.
The school is a Registered Charity (no 312728).
About Westminster Under School
Westminster Under School is a great environment for happy and purposeful pupils. Our aim is to produce well-rounded individuals with a love of learning and an enthusiasm for life. We expect the boys to be hard working and active participants in their lessons, but we place equal importance on the boys embracing extra-curricular activities at the School.
We want our pupils to enjoy their time at School and we believe that one of the best ways to achieve this is by providing stimulating, challenging lessons. The boys are encouraged to think for themselves, to engage fully in classroom discussions and to take pride in their work. We aim to foster a love of learning in all our pupils and a love of teaching in those who educate them.
Westminster Under School is a day school with approximately 260 pupils aged between 7 and 13. The Under 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.
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