Hertfordshire Music Service
Variable Classroom Instrumental Learning Strings Teacher
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HMS Variable Classroom Instrumental Learning Strings Teacher
Location: East Herts region of Hertfordshire, with a need to attend various locations as required.
Contract Type: Variable
Salary Range:
- Variable Hours; Hourly - Inclusive of Holiday Pay £28.19
- Variable Hours; Hourly - Exclusive of Holiday Pay £25.04
- FTE Salary £30,443.40 (pro rata)
Closing Date: Friday, 28 August 2026 - 5pm
Interview Date(s): Week commencing 7th September 2026
Job Start Date: TBC - Nov 2026
Interview Location: Mid Herts Music Centre - Hatfield
Key Competencies
Essential:
- Ability to inspire and motivate students to meet their musical potential
- Ability to share a passion for music making
- A high level of proficiency in your area of specialism e.g., instrumental/vocal teaching, performance, or song writing / composition
- Ability to reflect and learn from past experiences and a willingness to develop new skills and competencies
- Ability to plan and deliver high-quality learning experiences to engage and progress a wide range of students, musically, personally, and socially
- Ability to create a safe learning environment in individual, shared and small group settings, and to communicate effectively to build positive relationships with a range of students and colleagues
- Ability to relate and listen to a range of young people to plan activities that respond to their interests and needs
- Ability to use ICT for administration tasks
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Desirable:
- Strategies for managing learning in ensemble and/or whole class settings: how to ‘read the room’ and create learning that offers a level of challenge and independence appropriate to age, ability, capacity, and context
- Experience of enabling teacher colleagues to reflect on, refine and develop teaching practice to meet the needs of students
- Confidence to innovate and try new approaches in teaching
- 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
Person Specification
Essential:
- Passionate about making and sharing music with all learners
- Experience of learning, creating, performing and/or facilitating music education
- Understanding of the 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
- A strong interest in supporting the strategic aims of HMS, advocating for the power of music education, supporting ongoing student recruitment and both school and community engagement.
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Desirable:
- Experience of helping others to develop musically, personally, or socially
- Experience of teaching or facilitating learning/development in a range of settings, which may include school, youth, or community settings
- Knowledge of how to differentiate 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
Please return completed application forms, along with your CV and covering letter to musichr@hertfordshire.gov.uk.
Please note that CVs alone will not be accepted and that applicants must submit a completed applications form together with a covering letter.
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