Head of Skills + Learning role at Future Yard

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HEAD OF SKILLS + LEARNING

Wage: £27,040+ (depending on experience) Pay Band D [Senior Management]
Hours: Full-time 40 hours, permanent

Based at: Future Yard, 75 Argyle Street, Birkenhead, CH41 6AB
Closing date: 26th August 2024 (5pm)
Interview: 30th August 2024

 

We are looking to appoint an experienced music education professional to the new role of HEAD OF SKILLS + LEARNING.

The successful candidate will ensure the high-quality, efficient delivery of Future Yard’s skills and learning programmes. These include Mosh Tots, New Noise and Sound Check, which together form our ‘cradle to career’ skills and learning pathway.

You will lead the teams delivering each programme, ensuring high quality learner and participant experiences, consistent with agreed budgets and achieving agreed outcomes.

As a member of our Senior Leadership Team, you will work in partnership with the Future Yard CIC Board to shape strategy related to our skills and learning department. This will include the development of a new Children and Schools Strategy, as we look to develop new models for how we support music provision for children in our community, adding value to schools curriculum and extra-curricular offers.

This is a unique opportunity to join the team at one of the UK’s most exciting new music venues. Since fully opening in the summer of 2021, we have played host to artists such as Gruff Rhys, OMD, Black Country, New Road, Nubiyan Twist, Shame, The Zutons, Bodega, Steve Mason, Arab Strap and many more, with a programme encompassing the best in contemporary alternative, jazz, electronic and experimental music.

Future Yard is committed to providing a range of pathways for local young people to develop the skills needed to embark on careers within the live music industry. You will be passionate about passing on your skills to the next generation and embrace the culture of exchange and skill sharing on which Future Yard is built.

As a member of the Future Yard family you will benefit from a range of bonuses, including: free entry to all Future Yard shows, training and social events, our cycle to work scheme, paid training, ongoing development opportunities and a brilliant range of staff discounts.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

You will have a strong background and experience in music education. This may be in a school or formal education setting, though equally it may be in non-formal settings. You will be able to demonstrate your ability to successfully deliver music programmes.

You will be brilliant with people and an excellent communicator. You will be articulate and comfortable expressing yourself with a range of people in different contexts; both within your team, senior management and with our wide range of partners.

You will be passionate about music’s ability to positively impact people’s lives, Future Yard’s mission, and be driven by a desire to achieve excellence.

Your career to date may have been in a number of different areas, but you will have strong experience within music education. You will have an understanding and appreciation of the challenges (and opportunities) facing both the music sector and music education. You will be able to demonstrate your ability to create and work within efficient, robust operations processes.

You will have an understanding – and some experience – of delivering live music events, the role community music venues play in the UK music ecosystem and the nature of how places such as Future Yard operate.

You will be at the heart of a small, passionate team working in a fast-paced environment. We are looking for someone with excellent organisational skills, who can manage and prioritise their workload independently, while communicating clearly and effectively with their team, colleagues, partners and clients.

We are particularly looking for an individual who shares Future Yard’s values and is/has:

  • Strong background and experience in music education.
  • A brilliant, articulate communicator.
  • An understanding of the challenges (and opportunities) facing the music and education sectors.
  • Experience / understanding of live music events.
  • Great team working skills, flexibility and an appetite to continually develop.
  • You will be a well organised, disciplined self-starter.

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Applications must be made via the application form linked below, with an opportunity to upload a CV and personal statement detailing how you are the perfect fit for the role. Please take care to address all aspects of the role profile (as described above) in your covering letter.

If your application is successful, you will be invited for an interview. Interviews will be in person and will take place on 30th August.

The deadline for applications is 5pm on Monday 26th August.

 

Future Yard was established with the aim of creating a transformational live music venue for the people of Birkenhead, Wirral and Merseyside. We’re passionate about the power of music and the positive impact a high-quality community music venue can have on people’s lives. Future Yard is at the heart of the regeneration vision for Birkenhead.

Future Yard is a non-profit, Community Interest Company. We run a range of acclaimed training, artist development and community programmes alongside our live events, as detailed in our recent Annual Report. We are keen to work with people who share our vision of a dynamic community music venue and are driven to deliver excellence.