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Graduate Music Assistant

Graduate Music Assistant

City of London School

London

Salary:
Salary: Grade B, Point 1017 - £21, 537 inclusive of London weighting.
Job type:
Full Time, Fixed Term
Apply by:
12 August 2022

Job overview

CLS was named by the Sunday Times as London Independent Secondary School of the Year 2020, and occupies fine, modern buildings near St. Paul’s Cathedral overlooking the Thames, opposite the Tate Modern. There are impressive teaching and performance spaces, including the Great Hall which is equipped with a Steinway piano and three-manual Walker organ. 

City of London School is seeking to appoint a recent Music Graduate on a one-year contract, to fulfil a range of responsibilities, including a significant contribution to supporting the logistical and practical organisation of the Music Department. This will involve assisting the Music Department Administrator on a daily basis, and one morning per week to prepare resources for HM Chapel Royal, St James’ Palace.

The successful candidate is likely to:

• Have high personal standards and exhibit total professionalism

• Enjoy working with young people and be able to establish rapport and respectful and trusting relationships

• Be an enthusiastic musician who has the initiative, ambition and the energy to contribute to our extensive co-curricular and scholarship programme 

• Have the ability to offer coaching skills and possess keyboard skills to accompany rehearsals and auditions

• Be hard working, possess strong organisational skills, demonstrate the ability to build and maintain purposeful and successful relationships and be competent in the use of IT 

The post offers an opportunity to gain extensive and worthwhile working experience in a large independent school. The post will be particularly attractive to a graduate thinking of a career in education. The work will be varied, and that variety would, to some extent, be determined by the personality, enthusiasm and skills of the individual appointed.

Salary: Grade B, Point 1017 - £21, 537 inclusive of London weighting. 

Contract: 35 hours per week, 36 weeks per year. 

We reserve the right to appoint before this deadline and encourage early submission. 



About City of London School

About City of London School

City of London School is an independent school based in London for boys aged 10-18.

The school site is situated by the Thames. It has over 20 acres of sports pitches. It was established in 1834 and moved to its present site in 1986. The school is governed by a board and by the City of London Corporation, which appoints its governors.

Head

Alan Bird

Values and vision

City of London School’s main aims are to encourage every pupil to be the best version of themselves. The Schools prepares pupils to be respectful, optimistic and inquisitive and ultimately kind in their outlook, aware of their wider community and ready for life after school in the 21st century.

The school aims for all pupils to fulfil their potential and leave with a love of learning. Staff are highly qualified specialists in their subjects and their own academic aspirations encourage pupils to develop their creative, intellectual and physical skills.

They teach pupils the value of constructive questioning and analysis and give them the tools with which to interrogate the world and to form their own ideas and opinions, as well as appreciating and respecting those of others.

Independent Schools Inspectorate

“City of London School is exceptionally successful. The pupils’ achievements are high and they make outstanding progress, doing justice to their very high ability, which is far above the national average. Attainment is high at GCSE and A level, and pupils meet with outstanding success in applying for the most highly competitive university courses… Sound discipline and good order are present throughout, and boys express appreciation of the school’s atmosphere.”

View City of London School’s latest ISI report

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