Job title:
Employer: Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
Location: Various Schools in Merthyr Tydfil
Required from: September 2022
Contract Type: Part-time fixed term 20% (1 day) until September 2023
Salary: Unqualified Teachers Pay Scale
Closing Date: May 27th 2022
Interview date: TBC
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council Music Service is looking for a committed, enthusiastic musician and Teacher of Singing who would be able to motivate, inspire and communicate with pupils of all ages and abilities in a variety of educational settings are welcome to apply.
Post-holder essential requirements:
• A degree or graduate diploma in music
• Experience in teaching Singing in 1-1, large group and whole class/school settings
• Team worker
• Be receptive to new ideas
• Full driving licence and access to a car
• Enhanced DBS
• EWC registration
• All new Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council post holders are required to undertake a 10 hour online Work Welsh course prior to taking up their position
Post-holder desirable requirements:
• Ability to offer alternative instruments/piano
• Curriculum Music class teaching experience
• Welsh speaker
• Teaching qualification
Raising Aspirations Raising Standards is Merthyr Tydfil’s strategy to improve educational outcomes; the Music Service is committed to this strategy being forward thinking and looking to enable high quality inclusive music making for all children and young people in the County Borough.
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is committed to protecting and safeguarding the most vulnerable people in our community. Rigorous pre-employment checks are undertaken for all appointments as part of our recruitment and selection process.
All employees are required to comply with their individual and organisational responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, the Information Security Policy and relevant supporting operational policies. Any matters of a confidential nature must not be disclosed or passed to any unauthorised persons or third party under any circumstance either during or after employment except in the proper course of your employment or as required by law, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council or both. Any breach of confidentiality may lead to disciplinary action.
We value diversity in our workforce and consider ourselves to be an Employer of Choice, committed to promoting and integrating equality of opportunity into all aspects of our work. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage applicants from all groups and backgrounds to apply and join us at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. We are strongly committed to eradicating discrimination in the workplace and ensure that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, disability, sex, race, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, gender identity and expression, and pregnancy and maternity.
Merthyr Tydfil LA is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
