Organisation: Dads Rock Academy Community Interest Company
Salary: circa £1462, £8.5 per hour, £34 per week
Salary info: 4 hours per week
Job type: Dads Rock Academy Manager
Status: Sessional
Closing date: 31/08/2017
Location: Edinburgh
Website: http://www.dadsrockacademy.org.uk/
Role:
Dads Rock Academy is recruiting a sessional worker to manage our weekly tuition sessions, overseeing the smooth delivery of each instrument group, to ensure all tutors/volunteers and students attend. To motivate both tutors/volunteers and students to ensure they are getting the best from the tuition. To also provide administrative support, general assistance and social media input as needed for Dads Rock Academy’s activities.
The role involves weekday evening work, as well as weekends with a requirement to be flexible in line with the business needs, there will be an expectation of working until 9pm during the week.
Dads Rock Academy is Edinburgh’s only rock tuition social enterprise, delivering weekly tuition to kids aged 7-16 and their mums/dads/grandparents.
Application notes:
Please email Thomas Lynch at: Info@dadsrockacademy.org.uk with your CV and covering letter outlining why you are the best person for the job, and how you meet the criteria outlined in the job description, below.
Closing date: 31 August 2017 at 5pm.
Job Description:
Post – Dads Rock Academy Manager
Hours of work - 4 hours per week, flexible including evenings and weekends
Management - Responsible to the Board of Directors.
Rate of Pay - £1462, approx. £8.5 per hour
Location – Edinburgh
Purpose of Job:
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Please email Thomas Lynch at: Info@dadsrockacademy.org.uk with your CV and covering letter outlining why you are the best person for the job, and how you meet the criteria outlined in the job description, below.
Closing date: 31 August 2017 at 5pm.
Job Description:
Post – Dads Rock Academy Manager
Hours of work - 4 hours per week, flexible including evenings and weekends
Management - Responsible to the Board of Directors.
Rate of Pay - £1462, approx. £8.5 per hour
Location – Edinburgh
Purpose of Job:
To manage weekly tuition sessions, overseeing the smooth delivery of each instrument group. Ensure all tutors/volunteers and students attend. To motivate tutors/volunteers and students to ensure they are getting the best from the tuition. To also provide administrative support, general assistance and social media input as needed for Dads Rock Academy’s activities.
The role involves weekday evening work, and weekend work with a requirement to be flexible in line with the business needs, there will be an expectation of working until 9pm during the week.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
To manage tuition sessions, working with other tutors to deliver the service. To work within the parameters of Dads Rock Academy agreed polices. Promoting the ethos and objectives of the organisation and the service it runs.
Engage on a 1:1 and group basis with families, children and young people; preparing, facilitating and evaluating activities; dealing with queries, and sign posting on. To share photos and content on our social media platforms.
Build strong, positive relationships with local stakeholders, agencies and individuals.
To provide administrative support for the running of the service, i.e. tracking attendance.
Generate ideas for new events or fundraising actions, and work with the board of directors to deliver these.
To provide ad-hoc general assistance as needed for Dads Rock Academy.
PERSON SPECIFICATION: Dads Rock Academy Manager
CRITERIA
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ESSENTIAL
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DESIRABLE
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QUALIFICATIONS
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- Relevant professional qualification e.g. Music Studies, Community Education, Youth Work, or equivalent
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- Any training/qualifications relevant to working with Children and young people
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EXPERIENCE
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- Worked directly with children and young people
- Collaborated with other agencies and worked in a range of settings
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- Experience in providing high quality training material and resources
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KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
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- One-to-one work
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to innovate and use a range of approaches
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- Delivery of training
- Presentation skills
- I.T.
- An understanding of local and national strategies
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PERSONAL QUALITIES
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- Enthusiastic and highly motivated
- Effective communicator with people of all ages and backgrounds
- Committed and open to challenge
- Flexible, dynamic, innovative and resourceful
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
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OTHER
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- Available to work irregular hours, e.g. evenings, weekends.
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- A clean driving license
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