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Lancashire Music Service are looking to recruit teachers to deliver ad hoc sessions onboard the award-winning Mobile Music Vehicle.

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Employer

Lancashire Music Service

Location

Lancashire and Blackpool

Contract Type

Self-Employed

Closing Date

2nd February 2026 at 17:00

• Inspiring young people with a love of learning and making music
• To teach a range of musical sessions onboard the MMV in Primary, SEND, Secondary and FE settings.
• To deliver high-quality music education to a broad range of pupils across a range of settings:
  • fostering a supportive and inclusive learning environment for all pupils
  • using musical repertoire/material that represents different styles and cultures
  • exploring and utilising a range of teaching and learning strategies
  • planning sessions
  • developing resources and adapting practice to suit the needs and interest of all learners
  • creating positive and inspiring relationships with pupils
  • signposting and monitoring uptake of LMS progression opportunities
• Communicating with other professionals about pupils’ learning needs, to identify and remove barriers to progress and welfare…e.g. talking to SENCos
• To observe all LMS policies including Health and Safety and Safeguarding; to promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people, with a mandatory responsibility to report any identified concerns to the relevant professional.
• To work as part of a team and foster positive relationships with all school-based staff, other LMS tutors, LMS business support and management and partner organisations.
• To regularly reflect on and develop your own professional practice; to undertake a range of Continuing Professional Development, training, and networking opportunities. This may include lesson/session observations.
• Supporting the strategic aims of the music service.
• To keep registers and undertake other administrative tasks necessary to the smooth running of activities, including providing pupil data, keeping ongoing progression records, and support overall organisational evaluation.

We are committed to achieving equal opportunities in the way we deliver services to the community and in our employment arrangements. We expect all employees to understand and promote this policy in their work.

All employees have a responsibility for their own health and safety and that of others when carrying out their duties and must help us to apply our general statement of health and safety policy.

We put our customers’ needs and expectations at the heart of all that we do. We expect our employees to have a full understanding of those needs and expectations so that we can provide high quality, appropriate services at all times.

We expect all our employees to demonstrate and promote our values:

Supportive

We are supportive of our customers and colleagues, recognising their contributions and making the best of their strengths to enable our communities to flourish.

We deliver the best services we possibly can, always looking for creative ways to do things better, putting the customer at the heart of our thinking, and being ambitious and focused on how we can deliver the best services now and in the future.

Respectful

We treat colleagues, customers and partners with respect, listening to their views, empathising and valuing their diverse needs and perspectives, to be fair, open and honest in all that we do.

We listen to, engage with, learn from and work with colleagues, partners and customers to help achieve the best outcomes for everyone.

All the following requirements are essential unless otherwise indicated by *

Your ability to meet the job requirements will initially be assessed by the information provided on your application but further assessment will be undertaken at interview and, in some cases, by using other types of assessment(s).

Qualifications

• Music Degree*
• 5 GCSEs grades A-C (including Maths and English)

Skills and Competencies

• A high level of proficiency in your area of specialism (for example music technology, instrumental or songwriting)
• Ability to plan and deliver high-quality learning experiences to engage and progress a wide range of pupils, musically, personally and socially
• Ability to create a safe learning environment, and to communicate effectively to build positive relationships with a wide range of pupils and colleagues
• Ability to relate and listen to a range of young people to plan activities that respond to their interests and needs
• Strategies for managing learning in groups: how to ‘read the room’ and create learning that offers a level of challenge and independence appropriate to age, ability, capacity and context
• An ability to reflect on, refine and develop teaching practice*
• An ability to work flexibly, responsively and calmly under pressure*
• Emotional intelligence: understanding of how music can benefit the whole child/community*
• Ability to encourage independent learning across a variety of genres*

Knowledge & Experience

• Experience of learning, creating, performing or facilitating music at a high level
• Understanding of benefits of different ways of learning music
• Understanding of the barriers that young people may face to making music
• Understanding of how learning music supports personal and social development
• Understanding of what motivates young people to learn
• Experience of rising to a challenge, and knowledge of when and how to seek support
• An interest to deliver a child-centred learning experience which values and responds to the needs and interests of individuals, within and beyond your musical specialism
• Experience of teaching or facilitating learning/development in a range of settings, which may include school, youth or community settings*
• Experience of helping others to develop musically, personally or socially*
• Knowledge of how to adapt teaching to the interests, needs, and learning styles of a wide range of children and young people*
• Experience of developing and adapting resources to respond to learners’ interest and needs*
• Awareness and appreciation of the educational value of a diverse range of musical genres and practices*

Other essential requirements

• Commitment to equality and diversity
• Commitment to health and safety
• Applicants must have a current UK driving licence and be a car user
• Display the LCC values and behaviours at all times and actively promote them in others

To apply, please send your CV and written application, explaining how you meet the requirements of the person specification ben.rapp@lancashire.gov.uk .

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Lancashire Music Service is part of Lancashire County Council's services and has been providing support, advice and musical opportunities for children and young people across Lancashire for over 50 years. Our approach to teaching is broad and inclusive and we aim to inspire a lifelong love of music.

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