Instrumental Professional Pedal Harp - Broughton High School - 11754_1759330380
| Posting date: | 01 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | £41.53 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 October 2025 |
| Location: | Edinburgh, EH4 1EG |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | The City of Edinburgh Council |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 11754_1759330380 |
Summary
Children, Education and Justice Services
Instrumental Professional (Pedal Harp)
The City of Edinburgh Music School (Broughton High School)
Rate: £41.53 per hour
Hours: up to a maximum of 1 hour per week
We are looking for an enthusiastic, organised and experienced musician to join our specialist team. The role will include teaching gifted young musicians from beginners to Diploma level on Harp (1hr). This role will also involve ensemble work, aural and theory training, reporting, and preparing students for examinations, assessments and auditions. The successful candidate will have experience of working with specialist and/or conservatoire students and be willing to work flexibly in order to meet the needs of the service. They will also be an experienced performer working regularly at a recognised professional level with excellent communication skills and experience of working to demanding musical standards.
Desired qualities:
- Professional proficiency on Harp
- Experience of teaching specialist curriculum
- Flexibility
- Organised
- Commitment to providing the best care and tuition to our students
- Ability to quickly form positive relationships with staff and students,
- Energy and positive attitude
- Ability to work well with other specialist staff
This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.
We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.
To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.
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