Graduate Music Assistant

GRADUATE MUSIC ASSISTANT

Two-terms fixed term / Full-time / Term time plus 1 week

Actual salary £16,035.52 per annum (£28,662.53 FTE)

Required from January 2025

STAHS is a vibrant school supported by a diverse and enthusiastic community of staff, pupils, parents, and alumni. It is important that our staff reflect the diversity of our community, and we therefore welcome and encourage applications from people of all genders and sexual orientation, those from Black, Asian and other minority ethnic backgrounds, and those with disabilities.

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, passionate and versatile Graduate Music Assistant to develop their musical skills and gain experience of working with young people in our dynamic and flourishing department renowned for musical excellence.

The post is suitable for a recent graduate looking to join a supportive and dedicated team. Excellent keyboard skills will be required to assist on a day-to-day basis with the co-curricular side of the music department, both at our Senior School in St Albans and at our Prep School in the village of Wheathampstead. Excellent organisational and administrative skills are essential, as well as an enthusiastic, encouraging and collaborative nature that can further enrich our successful department. Opportunities will be tailored to suit the successful candidate’s interests and experience.

This is a two-term fixed-term position, offered on a full-time basis, 39 hours per week, 22 weeks per year (Term time plus 1 week). The working hours will be 8.00am – 5.00pm Monday – Thursday and 8.00am – 4.00pm on Friday with a one-hour unpaid lunch break. In addition, there will be some weekend, after school and one-off events during holiday period as part of the Music Department’s Calendar of concerts, trips and masterclasses. The role is based across the school’s two sites and the successful candidate must be able to travel between both.

Preferred start date for this position is January 2025.

In return we offer:

• Continued Professional Development (CPD) opportunities
• An opportunity to join our warm, vibrant and ambitious independent day school set in the heart of St Albans, easily accessible to central and outer London
• Use of sports facilities, including gym* (*Conditions apply)
• An extensive benefits package; free lunches, generous pension scheme, free life assurance
• Competitive salary

Closing date for applications is 9am on Tuesday 3 December 2024

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 10 December 2024

Once a suitable candidate is found the advert will be withdrawn, please therefore submit your application without delay.

The High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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WELCOME TO STAHS!

We are very proud of our warm and vibrant community of ambitious young people, caring and talented staff and supportive alumni and parents.

St Albans High School (we call it STAHS) is one of the country’s leading independent schools, offering a rich and diverse education to 1.150 pupils between the ages of four and 18. We are selective at all points of intake, and we are consistently ranked among the best independent schools in the UK.

STAHS opened in 1889 in a converted hospital on Holywell Hill, St Albans, one of many similar schools which were being established towards the end of the 19th century. We transferred to our current site on Townsend Avenue in the heart of the city in 1908, with the Prep School subsequently moving to the village of Wheathampstead in 2003. STAHS has close links with the diocese of St Albans through the Bishop and the Dean, the latter being an ex-officio governor of the School. We are affiliated to the Church of England, and we warmly welcome pupils and staff of all faiths or none.

Renowned for both exceptional academic provision and extensive co-curricular opportunities, STAHS pupils leave school as happy, confident and well-rounded young people ready to make their mark on the world.

STAHS has two sites, a few miles apart: the Prep School in leafy Wheathampstead and the Senior School in the historic city of St Albans, just 25 minutes from King’s Cross/London St Pancras. STAHS is proud to be a truly ‘through school’, with the majority of Year 6 pupils joining the Senior School for Year 7 and beyond.

Our Senior School of around 830 pupils from Year 7 to Year 13 has a visible and audible buzz, bustling with difference; difference of opinions, difference of ambitions and difference of interests.

Our Staff are devoted to preparing the young people in our care to live lives of consequence, making a meaningful impact on the world. We work together in a warm and grounded spirit that is uniquely ‘STAHS’. Please do see the Head’s Welcome on our website to find out why STAHS is such a special place.