Sistema Scotland: Cover Musicians (Wind & Percussion) - BND

Sistema Scotland

Location: Dundee

Rate: £27.5 - £32.5 per hour

Deadline: 31/01/25

We are looking for Cover Musicians (Wind and Percussion) to work as part of a dynamic team delivering a visionary, socially driven children’s orchestra centre.

Sistema Scotland’s vision is to improve lives and strengthen communities. Working with children, young people and their families, we focus on early intervention and stimulating generational social change. By playing music together in ensembles and orchestras, we aim to grow confidence, respect, teamwork and aspiration in the children, young people and communities we work with.

We deliver our work through six Big Noise programmes: in Douglas in Dundee, Raploch & Fallin in Stirling, Govanhill in Glasgow, Torry in Aberdeen and Wester Hailes in Edinburgh.

Cover Musicians enable us to continue our core delivery when Musicians are on leave or are unwell. They also help greatly in the build up to important events when we need extra support to fully prepare the children.

Cover Musicians are required to carry out a variety of roles including supporting or leading sessions, supervising children in the break times and setting up and packing away the orchestras.

Cover Musicians are offered work as and when required by Sistema Scotland on a self-employed basis. There is no obligation for Sistema Scotland to offer Cover Musicians work, or for Cover Musicians to accept any work offered to them. Fees are £32.50 per hour for the first two hours and £27.50 per hour thereafter.

HOW TO APPLY

If you are interested in applying for the opportunities above, please email your CV and covering letter to recruitment@sistemascotland.org.uk, along with details of the names and contact details for two professional referees.

Cover Musicians are offered work subject to PVG check although having a criminal record will not necessarily be a bar to working with Sistema Scotland.

Closing date for applications is Friday 31st January 2025 at 10 am.

The selection process will take place in Douglas, Dundee, however we will be accepting applications from Wind and/or Percussion Musicians who are interested in Cover at any of our other centres. The selection process will include a panel interview, a short audition and a demonstration lesson.

We welcome applications from diverse musical and cultural backgrounds. We also welcome applications from all nationalities; however, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for these roles, so before you apply for this post please ensure that you have the right to work in the UK.  For more details on eligibility to work in the UK, please visit https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.  

For further information, please contact recruitment@sistemascotland.org.uk (HR team), or call 01786 236914, or visit https://makeabignoise.org.uk/cover-musicians

The deadline is Friday 31 January 2025 at 10:00.