Surrey County Council - Recruitment
- Job Title: Instrumental Teacher: Piano
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Salary: £20k-£25k
(pro-rata) - Hours:
Part time - Artform: Music
- Role: Teaching
- Contract: Permanent
- Closing date: Sun, 18 May 2025
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Location:
South East
Job Summary
Job Description
We currently have a vacancy for permanent, salaried peripatetic piano teachers working both during school hours and after school hours on weekdays and Saturday mornings based in the east, central or north of Surrey. The hours could be flexible for the right candidate, potentially increasing to 30 hours a week, but with a minimum of 15 hours per week for 33 weeks.
Benefits and Rewards
- An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
- Up to 5 days of carer’s leave per year
- Paternity, adoption and dependants leave
- A generous local government salary related pension
- 2 paid volunteering days per year
- Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
- Annual salary paid in 12 monthly instalments meaning pay is received during the school holidays
- Able to join the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, whereby Surrey County Council contribute 28.68% of your salary into your pension
- Comprehensive sick pay: 3 months full pay; 3 months half pay in a rolling 12-month period.
- Savings on a range of retailers, including supermarkets, high street shops, utilities, travel, transport, health and wellbeing
- Clear salary progression based on experience and additional responsibilities
- Professional development through specialised training in diverse teaching methodologies, instrument-specific masterclasses, and pedagogical workshops
- Opportunity to contribute to Surrey Arts’ youth music programs and participate in high-profile gala events and concerts
- Potential to develop specialised teaching areas such as early years music education, contemporary music, or inclusive music-making for students with additional needs
Job Requirements
This is an exciting opportunity for piano teachers to join our talented team of experienced and committed teaching staff. Across 33 weeks of the academic year, you will deliver high quality and innovative music education to students at various schools and venues around the county.
You will join a team dedicated to “changing lives through world class arts”. Surrey Arts is an ambitious and forward-thinking organisation that places young people at the centre of our work. We are committed to developing Surrey Arts as a genuinely inclusive organisation, and one that meets the needs of the whole diverse community of Surrey.
The advertised salary is based on delivering one to one and small group music tuition. We would hope that applicants will be also be able to deliver whole class teaching or be an ensemble conductor or assistant conductor. These activities attract a higher rate of pay, and the annual salary will be increased in accordance with Surrey Arts Teacher Pay Scales.
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