Associate Lecturer-Drums (Rock and Pop)

This is an exciting time to join our Media and Performing Arts Faculty within a forward-thinking and growing College. Our people are at the very heart of our organisation. We are committed to being an exceptional employer where staff thrive because they feel valued, engaged, and challenged. 

Exeter College Music Academy is looking to expand their already strong team of instrumental teachers. This is an exciting opportunity to teach music in a dynamic, creative and ambitious music department. Your job purpose is to provide an outstanding student experience through teaching and learning, enabling Music Academy students to develop their drumming skills to a standard that maximises their potential. Your main responsibility is to provide teaching on a one-to-one basis, which supports the students’ music curriculum and their personal progression goals. The successful candidate will be a professional/semi-professional musician with appropriate qualifications and industry experience, have experience of graded music examinations, read music fluently and demonstrate a deep interest in music education and music performance.

Our values – Ambition, Collaboration, Energy 

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Your benefits 

As a member of our team, you will also have access to a range of excellent benefits and discounts, along with staff development opportunities, wellbeing services and activities.  You will also have the opportunity to join the Teachers Pension scheme, find out more at Teachers' Pensions (teacherspensions.co.uk). 

Key Information 

At Exeter College we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our student's including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. 

All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.  

All posts at Exeter College are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further inform. 

We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and access for all, irrespective of age, background, race, gender, religion, ability, disability, or sexuality. We welcome applications for employment from the whole community 

To apply for this post please visit our website at www.exe-coll.ac.uk.

The closing date for receipt of completed application 14th December by 12 midnight.

Interviews will be held in Exeter on Thursday 5th January 2023.

Successful applicants will be asked to perform a 3-5 minute selection of music and to conduct a short observed instrumental lesson with one of our current music students.

Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure by the DBS.

We do not accept CV’s, no agencies please.