Head of Keyboard

International Schools Today; Croydon; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 28,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension with Life Assurance

Employee Discount Club

Healthcare plan

Fee discounts for Foundation posts

Job summary

Whitgift School in Croydon seeks a Head of Keyboard to provide leadership for keyboard teaching across the School and deliver high-quality piano tuition while managing Visiting Music Teachers.

The role oversees pupil progress, examinations and performances, including concerts and School events, promoting excellence and participation in keyboard music and outreach activities.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction for keyboard teaching across the School.
• Deliver high-quality piano tuition and support a team of Visiting Music Teachers.
• Oversee pupil progress, examinations and performance opportunities including concerts and School events.
• Develop relationships with external professionals and feeder schools; identify prospective music scholars.
• Oversee tuning, maintenance and allocation of the School’s pianos.

Job description

Permanent, Part-Time, Term Time, Support Staff Contract

Salary: Point 35-38 on the John Whitgift Foundation Support Staff Salary Scale. The full-time salary will be between £54,364 gross pay per annum (at Point 35) to £58,360 gross pay per annum (at Point 38) depending on qualifications and relevant experience. The Pro-rata salary range for this post will be £26,095 gross pay per annum to £28,013 gross pay per annum to reflect Term Time and 0.48 FTE contract.

Whitgift is one of Britain’s leading independent boarding and day schools for boys aged between 10 and 18 years, with approximately 1500 pupils and over one hundred boarding or flexi-boarding pupils. It is set in an attractive 48-acre parkland site in South Croydon enjoying excellent links to London, Surrey and the south coast.

The Head of Keyboard will provide leadership and direction for keyboard teaching across the School, delivering high-quality individual piano tuition while supporting and managing a team of Visiting Music Teachers. The role will oversee pupil progress, examinations and performance opportunities, including concerts, auditions and School events, while ensuring pupils are encouraged to participate fully in the wider musical life of the School.

Working closely with the Director of Music and the wider Music Department, the successful candidate will promote excellence and participation in keyboard music through inspiring teaching, ensemble opportunities, masterclasses and outreach activities. They will also develop relationships with external professionals and feeder schools, support the identification of prospective music scholars, and oversee the tuning, maintenance and appropriate allocation of the School’s pianos.

In return, we offer a generous salary and benefits package, including a money purchase pension scheme (with Life Assurance), access to an Employee Discount Club, membership of a healthcare plan, discounted school fees for permanent posts within the Foundation, and a supportive working environment with opportunities for training and development.

We welcome applications from all parts of our community as we aspire to attract staff that match the social and cultural diversity of our student intake.

Whitgift School (part of the John Whitgift Foundation) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Where applicable, applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service, online media checks and overseas checks. It is an offence to apply for a role at the School if you know that you are barred from regulated activity with children.

All roles within the School involve contact with children and are therefore classed as regulated activity. Child protection and safeguarding are the responsibility of everyone who works or volunteers in our school. All staff must be committed to providing a safe environment for children and supporting the School’s safeguarding ethos.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants are required to declare all convictions and cautions, even those that are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules, to assess suitability to work with children. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to disclose information relevant to safeguarding prior to interview.