Music Technician

Midsomer Norton Primary; Yeovil; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 12,000; Part time

Job summary

Buckler’s Mead Academy in Yeovil is seeking a part-time Music Technician to support the music department. The role covers 18.25 hours per week during term time, plus five inset days, with duties including preparing classrooms, materials and equipment for lessons.

You will assist teaching staff and students in safe, economical use of equipment, help create new teaching resources, and keep spaces clean and well maintained. A 6-month probation applies, with development opportunities ahead.

Responsibilities

• Prepare classrooms, workshops and wider facilities with safe, tidy working environment.
• Prepare, supply and collect teaching materials, displays and equipment, providing technical assistance.
• Support teaching staff and students in safe and economical use of equipment and materials.
• Assist in creating new teaching resources and materials.
• Ensure all equipment and spaces are kept clean, tidy and safe.

Job description

MUSIC TECHNICIAN

18.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday term time only plus 5 inset days BANES Grade 2 Scale Point 4 - 5 (£10672 - £10841 per annum actual salary)Required as soon as possible, a part time Music Technician, working hours are 18.25 hours per week, term time only plus 5 inset days. The post is subject to a 6 month probationary period.Having sustained another Outstanding set of results in Summer 2026, and following on from our Ofsted visit in May 2024 where we were judged as a strong ‘Good’ in all areas, Buckler’s Mead Academy is going from strength to strength.

Main Duties:

• To prepare classrooms, workshops and wider facilities for use by staff and students, ensuring a safe and tidy working environment.
• To prepare, supply and collect teaching materials, displays, apparatus and equipment, providing technical assistance.
• To support teaching staff and students on the safe and economic use of equipment and materials (including electrical equipment).
• To work with teaching staff in the creation of new teaching resources and materials.
• To ensure that classrooms and all equipment used are kept clean, tidy and in a safe condition.(Please see the accompanying Job Description for further details of the duties and responsibilities of this post).

In return we can offer you the full support of a dedicated and committed team of staff, a supportive induction programme and ongoing professional development, plus the opportunity to work in a developing academy in a beautiful area of the South West. We seek to significantly invest in developing our staff. Having joined the Midsomer Norton Schools’ Partnership in September 2021, we are part of a Trust which is often considered the ‘market leader’ in the South West for school improvement.

There are many advantages to working for us. Included in your actual annual salary is generous annual leave entitlement, access to a local government pension scheme, sick pay scheme, cycle-to-work scheme, free eye tests for VDU users and employee assistance helpline. Support staff in schools can also benefit from a range of national discount schemes available to education professionals such as the Blue Light Card offering savings on shopping, travel, and leisure. Other staff benefits include free on-site parking and access for all staff to the Employee Assistance Programme “Health Assured” which is a telephone based advice, information and counselling service. A selection of meals, snacks (hot and cold) and drinks is available for staff to purchase at lunch and break times.

Buckler’s Mead Academy is a highly inclusive academy in the east of Yeovil, Somerset. We believe that all members of our community should be given the opportunity to be happy, to achieve, participate and become successful. Our job as professionals is to ensure this happens. All our staff sign up to these aspirations and play a full role in contributing to this vision.

We seek to recruit dedicated and talented staff, highly committed to making a difference.

Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All appointments are subject to references and a full Disclosure and Barring Service check before confirmation. Please note that we may carry out online searches on shortlisted candidates as part of our Safer Recruitment and Due Diligence checks.

Buckler’s Mead Academy is an equal opportunities employer. The campus is a no smoking site.

CLOSING DATE: Monday 28 September 2026 (9.00am).

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive sufficient applications.