Graduate Music Assistant

Required for September 2024

Bolton School is seeking to appoint a Graduate Music Assistant to assist the Foundation Director of Music in delivering the curricular and extra-curricular music programme across the Bolton School Foundation. The role will be fixed term for one academic year.

Applications for the role are invited from enthusiastic individuals who can work individually and as part of a team. The successful candidate will be well-qualified and highly committed, ideally with some experience of rehearsing choral and/or instrumental ensembles. Excellent keyboard skills with experience as an accompanist and/or the ability to play an orchestral instrument to a high standard would be advantageous. They will be able to offer technical, musical, administrative and logistical support to the Music Department.

The normal hours of work will be 35 hours per week to include supporting extra-curricular activities and performances during the week and occasionally at a weekend, during term time. This role is flexible and can be tailored to the strengths and experience of the successful applicant. It is a fantastic opportunity for a graduate who may be considering a career in music education or experience of the wider education sector.

With some 2,500 pupils, Bolton School is a large, thriving, academically selective day school. It is situated a mile or so from the town centre in a stunning 32 acre campus and is within easy reach of some of the nation’s finest cities and countryside.

In Autumn 2021, significant changes were made to the leadership structure of the School Foundation, investing the newly created position of Head of Foundation with overall responsibility. Within the new structure, there are three sections: Girls’ Division, Boys’ Division and Primary Division. A Head of each Division and the Head of Foundation, together with the Clerk and Treasurer, are the Foundation’s Senior Officers; they are directly accountable to the Governors.

Two adjoining and similar buildings, now attached by a state-of-the art Sixth Form Centre, house the Boys’ and Girls’ Senior Schools, each of which provides a traditional academic education from the age of 11 years. The Primary Division includes separate Junior Schools for boys and girls from the age of 7 and a co-educational Infant School and Nursery.

An attractive salary and benefits package are available. For further details and to apply online for the position, please visit the School website.

Closing date for applications: Friday 26 April 2024 at 12.00 noon

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 08 May 2024

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace to reflect the diversity of our pupils and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and to join Bolton School. As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees. We do not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

Bolton School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Criminal Records Check for Regulated Activity.

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