Graduate Music & Boarding Assistant

The Post

We are seeking to appoint an energetic Graduate Music Assistant to assist the Director of Music in promoting enthusiasm for and excellence in music throughout the School. The successful candidate will assist with the learning in and administration of a busy and dynamic Music department. Living in the boarding house, you will also assist the Head of Boarding with evening activities and boarding routines and be an integral part of the boarding house team, providing pastoral support and guidance in a caring, family setting.

The successful candidate will have a good Honours degree, preferably in Music, and be able to play the piano to at least Grade 8 standard to assist in the many accompanying requirements of Ashfold’s busy Music department.

The School

Ashfold is an established co-educational preparatory school for around 300 children aged 3–13+ set in a beautiful Jacobean mansion with its own thirty-acre estate in the heart of the Buckinghamshire countryside, just twenty minutes from Oxford, Thame and Aylesbury.

The school has expanded significantly over the last fifteen years and invested heavily in its infrastructure and support systems. We aim to give every child the firmest possible grounding in the core academic subjects within a small, caring family community where children both know each other and all of the staff.

Application

For an Application Form and full Candidate Brochure, please visit www.ashfoldschool.co.uk/staffvacancies

Closing date: 9 am on Friday 24 February 2023.

We reserve the right to close the application process earlier if we receive sufficient suitable applications from candidates.

Interviews: Telephone interviews will take place in the week commencing Monday 27 February 2023, with shortlisted candidates invited to interview in the week commencing Monday 6 March 2023.

Ashfold is committed to the protection and safety of its children, and the successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion. Charity Number 272663.