Junior Music and Media Manager - (1)

JuniorJam Sound Education Ltd.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Pension Scheme

Social events with staff and company

Job summary

Junior Jam is seeking a Junior Music and Media Manager to help run the department alongside the current Manager and Assistant Manager. The role offers progression as duties expand with experience, with both current Managers starting as teachers within the company.

The position involves coordinating across the business, communicating with schools, recruiting, planning lessons, inducting staff, and maintaining equipment. Travel is a feature of the role as the company covers multiple regions.

Qualifications

• Passion for teaching and delivering high-quality service to schools.
• Experience in teaching, ideally primary, is preferred.
• Hold a valid driving licence and access to a car.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with staff across the business.
• Communicate with schools to ensure a high-quality service.
• Recruit for new positions.
• Write lesson plans and planning documents for schools or staff.
• Induct and train new staff members.
• Train current staff in new lessons.
• Maintain and update music and media equipment (iPads and instruments).
• Cover iMedia and Music sessions when staff are ill.

Skills

Passion for teaching

Teaching experience

Driving licence

Willingness to travel

Creative thinking

Verbal and written communication

Building relationships

Degree

Education

Bachelor's degree in Music/Media/Education

Job description

Junior Jam is looking for a Junior Music and Media Manager to help run the department, alongside the current Manager and Assistant manager. We expect this job role to progress with more duties added on with experience. We also believe in Job progression within our company, with both our currently Managers having started as teachers within the company.

ABOUT JUNIOR JAM

We are a little company with a big reach. From our office in BD12 we supply PPA Cover teachers to schools throughout England. We currently have over 100 staff working within 3 Key areas, Yorkshire and Manchester, The Midlands, and greater London. Junior Jam is currently looking for someone to help with the day to day running of the Music and Media Department. We teach curriculum-based lessons in Music and ICT offering children an experienced teacher within that subject. All of our iMedia (ICT) lessons are taught on iPads which need maintaining remotely, through our device management service, and from the office, when repairs are needed. Our Music lessons are taught through instrumentation which again is supplied to the staff and needs maintaining.

We are looking for the right candidate to join our team who has a passion for teaching, as well as delivering a high-quality service to our schools.

THE PERSON

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE

• Passion for Teaching.
• Experience within teaching (Ideally Primary but not essential).
• Driving Licence and Car.
• Willingness to travel. (our company runs from Newcastle to London, length of stay and frequency changes within the school year).
• Creative thinker with an eye for detail.
• Articulate verbal and written communicator.
• Able to build strong, working relationships both across the business and with third parties.
• Hold a degree. (Ideally in Music, Media or Education)

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Communicate with the staff members across the business.
• Communicate with our schools to ensure a high-quality service.
• Recruit for new positions.
• Writing lesson plans and planning documents for both schools or staff.
• Inducting and training new staff members.
• Training current staff members in newly brought out lessons.
• Maintaining and updating our Media and Music equipment. This includes but is not limited to iPads for Media and Instrumentation for Music.
• Cover iMedia and Music sessions for staff illness.

As you become more familiar with the Junior Jam Lessons and what we have to offer schools you may have more duties build into your role.

• Accompanying new staff to their first sessions to ensure quality of the lessons. (This will be a task added to the role after you have gain enough experience in how we teach our lessons.)
• Appraising existing staff through lesson observations to ensure quality and to asses their pay.
• Taster sessions for new customers.

WHAT WE WILL OFFER YOU

As part of our team you will receive

• Ongoing support from the Manager and Assistant manager of the department, and everyone else in the office.
• Training in all of our iMedia and Music lessons.
• Shadow sessions with our experienced instructors.
• Pay Appraisals and yearly targets.
• Continuing job reviews to make sure you are happy in your role at Junior Jam
• Company Pension Scheme
• Social events with Office staff and Whole company outings.