Head of Music Engagement

Department: Student Experience – Student Life
Salary: £40,386 – £47,414 per annum (pro-rata) (Grade 5)
Reference: QMUL30307
Location: Mile End
Date posted: 24 October 2022
Closing date: 13 November 2022

Further details and apply

Overview

About the Role

The Head of Music Engagement ensures the continued provision of musical learning and skills development for music scholars and those who would benefit from music education at Queen Mary.

The post-holder works closely with both the Centre for Public Engagement and the Arts and Culture team at Queen Mary to provide musical opportunities for students and staff, and to connect this work to the wider community. The role has oversight of all musical activities at the University and plays an active role in contributing to wider cultural initiatives at Queen Mary.

About You

The successful candidate will have a degree in music, as well as demonstrable experience of working as a musician. Experience of teaching music, coaching music groups and music programming skills are essential.           

In addition, the post-holder will have the ability to motivate others, to plan workloads and balance conflicting priorities, as well as be able to act as an arts ambassador for the university in public settings.

About the Department

The post of the Head of Music Engagement is located in the Student Life team in Student Wellbeing within the Student Experience Directorate.

The Student Experience Directorate is the university’s main student support directorate and comprises Library Services, Careers and Enterprise, Registry Services and Student Wellbeing. Student Wellbeing is made up of the Advice and Counselling Service, the Disability and Dyslexia Service and the Student Life team, which oversees diverse areas such as the Chaplaincy, the Student Health Service, Report and Support and Music. Student Life also manage the University’s welcome and induction programme for new and continuing students and play a crucial role in delivering the campus experience for students in collaboration with QMSU and Residential Services.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus.

The post is based at the Mile End Campus in London. It is part time (21 hours per week), permanent appointment, with an expected start date as soon as possible. The starting salary will be Grade 5, in the range of £40,386 – £47,414 per annum (pro-rata), inclusive of London Allowance.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

Informal enquiries should be addressed to (Magda Chanopoulou) atm.chanopoulou@qmul.ac.uk .

To apply for the role, please click the ‘apply’ button below.

The closing date for applications is 13th November 2022.

Interviews are expected to be held shortly thereafter.

Further details and apply