Lead Teacher

Music Mark; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Hertfordshire Music Service is seeking a Lead Instrumental/Vocal Teacher to enhance children's music education in East Hertfordshire. This role involves leadership in instrumental teaching, mentoring staff, and ensuring quality musical provision. Candidates with expertise in piano teaching are particularly encouraged to apply.

Benefits

Teachers’ Pension Scheme

Green car salary sacrifice scheme

Personal support and wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Experience in leading music education.
• Expertise in instrumental and vocal teaching.
• Ability to manage and mentor fellow teachers.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality musical provision across Hertfordshire.
• Manage a team of teachers and ensure quality assurance.
• Provide operational guidance and support in music education.

Skills

Music education

Collaboration

Leadership

Education

Formal music qualification

Job description

Hertfordshire Music Service is currently seeking a Lead Instrumental/Vocal Teacher for the East Hertfordshire Region to use their experience and expertise to improve the lives of children and young people through music.

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Employer

Hertfordshire Music Service

Location

Start Date

September 2025

Closing Date

The Hertfordshire Music Service purpose is special – it guides and drives us. We improve lives by creating musical learning opportunities of all kinds, nurturing and growing happiness and confidence. The prospect of improving lives, every day, by sharing our passion for musical learning, and creating happy and confident learners is what we get out of bed every morning for – we refer to it as Create, Learn & Grow for short. What are you waiting for? Come Create, Learn and Grow with us!

The Teachers’ Pension Scheme is currently attached to the Hertfordshire Music Service Pay and Conditions of employment and offers significant value to colleague members. A Teachers’ Pension Scheme contribution of 28.68% of annual salary is paid by us, the employer.

Other benefits of working with us include:

• Green car salary sacrifice scheme
• Christmas savings club
• Personal support and wellbeing services

Values and Behaviours

Our values are a golden thread, running across everything we do. We are:

• People Focussed
• Inclusive
• Delivering outcomes, and impact
• Environmentally and financially sustainable
• Curious

These 6 fundamental value principles mean everything to us, and as individuals, teams, and an organisation, we will never behave in a way that contradicts our values.

Our culture is one of supportive innovation, development, and progression. As a Music Service we strive to develop and offer an inclusive array of musical learning opportunities and experiences, to reach more learners and musically enrich their lives. This is Create, Learn & Grow in action, and our team are the beating heart of this.

We encourage innovation, create a safe and supportive environment for idea and product development and support our colleagues to grow, personally and professionally along the way.

Professional & Career Development

Being curious and creative is baked into who we are. Learning and professionally developing because of this approach to work means that opportunities to develop your knowledge, skills and experience at Hertfordshire Music Service are everywhere. Through a comprehensive annual programme of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) activities, and a supportive contractual CPD time allocation, the Hertfordshire Music Service team is encouraged and supported to be curious and creative, learn and grow.

Work-Life Balance & Flexibility

Working with learners is a demanding job – if you’re not on the road or in the classroom, you’re updating records or responding to emails. No one aspect of the job is less important or demanding. We know this, and we appreciate that you do too. With that in mind, work-life balance is important to us. We have a great people management structure at Hertfordshire Music Service, and you can expect regular opportunities to check in with your people manager and to talk to them about your workload, and if you want to, about how you are doing more generally too. We take an empathetic approach to work and our people. We will listen and where we can, we will make reasonable adjustments to support you through times in your life where a supportive employer can make a big difference. If you need to talk to us, we will always listen.

What will be expected of you?

Lead Instrumental Teachers will be expected to work collaboratively to manage and support the continued delivery of high-quality musical provision across Hertfordshire whilst maintaining at least a 0.6 FTE teaching commitment across a range of provision offered by Hertfordshire Music Service. For this role we are particularly interested in hearing from piano teachers.

Through a matrix style working arrangement, Lead Instrumental / Vocal Teachers will operate as subject specialists, each using their specific knowledge and expertise to support and mentor colleagues to enable the service to reach its strategic goals and musical vision.

Alongside their regular teaching commitments, Lead Instrumental / Vocal Teachers may be required to deliver a range of provision that includes, but is not limited to; workshops, ensemble tutoring, course leadership, management of specific projects and/or training sessions as part of the CPD programme for both internal colleagues and schools.

Lead Instrumental / Vocal Teachers will line manage a team of teachers and provide general support, operational guidance and advice and take responsibility for quality assurance and performance management duties.

Hertfordshire Music Service Safeguarding, Diversity & Equality

Hertfordshire Music Service and Hertfordshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff to share this commitment.

An enhanced DBS ‘Disclosure and Barring Service’ check for regulated activity and the Children’s Barred List checks will be required for this role.

We are proud to be aDisability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

How to Apply

If this sounds like a challenge you can rise to, we would love to hear from you. Please contact our Hertfordshire Music Service, Music HR team for a full job description and application form at [e-mail] .

For over 40 years Hertfordshire Music Service has successfully delivered musical opportunities to generations of young people throughout the county and many thousands of young people are involved in our weekly musical activities.

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