Soundcastle Junior Associate Recruitment

Soundcastle are recruiting Junior Associates in Waltham Forest and Bristol to support our Musical Beacons family music-making programme and the Soundcastle Community – our digital space for community music practitioners. The 6 month placements are remote with some travel to project locations within either Waltham Forest or Bristol.

The ideal candidates for these roles will have an interest in gaining music making skills, a willingness to learn and make mistakes and an interest in being part of a community music programme.

This placement will provide on-site learning opportunities, one to one mentoring and coaching, monthly group supervision, space for training and reflective practice, employability support and signposting to other future roles and opportunities.

Please refer to the Recruitment Pack for the full job description and person specification.

Salary: Bristol – UK Living Wage (£9.50ph) / London – London Living Wage (£10.85ph)

Employment Term: This role is offered for a period of 6 months as part of the Government Kickstart Scheme.

Working hours: 25 hours per week. Please refer to the Recruitment Pack for further details.

Applicants must be between 16 and 24 years old and receiving Universal Credit. In order to be considered for these roles, please first contact your work coach at the job centre and request a referral number.

If you wish to apply it is vital that you read the Recruitment Pack and then fill in and send the application form and Equal Opportunities form to recruitment@soundcastle.co.uk

Application deadline: 12pm, Friday 5th November 2021

Soundcastle is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to equality and diversity within our workforce and all opportunities. We welcome applications from all members of the community. We make appointments based solely on ability to fulfil the duties of the post. We actively welcome applications from individuals with backgrounds currently underrepresented in the arts.

We are committed to the employment and career development of disabled people. As members of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Please let us know if you would like your application to be considered under this scheme.