Job Description

Sistema Scotland\'s vision is to improve lives and strengthen communities. Working with children and their families, the programme is focused on early intervention and stimulating generational social change, increasing confidence, aspiration, community cohesion, pride and developing high level skills in the young people involved. We deliver our work through the creation of Big Noise programmes within communities, and currently run six programmes in Raploch & Fallin in Stirling, Govanhill in Glasgow, Torry in Aberdeen, Douglas in Dundee and Wester Hailes in Edinburgh.

We have a vacancy for a Support Worker to join our organisation as part of the dynamic team in Big Noise Torry delivering a visionary, socially driven children\'s orchestra centre. Hours of work are:

Academic Term Time: 5 hours across 2 days per week after school (Monday and Tuesday 2.30 - 5.00 pm)

School holidays: 10 hours across 2 days per week (Monday and Tuesday: 9.30 am - 2.30 pm)

Big Noise Torry runs an after-school programme 4 days a week during term time and a holiday school 4 days a week during the Easter, summer and October holidays. The principal duties of a Support Worker at Big Noise Torry is to support Big Noise musicians as they deliver the after-school programme; participating in sessions, modelling engagement and attention for the children, and building strong relationships with the children to assist them in maximising their potential.

We welcome applications from diverse musical and cultural backgrounds. We also welcome applications from all nationalities; however, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role, so before you apply for this post please ensure that you have the right to work in the UK. For more details on eligibility to work in the UK, please visit https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. If you are invited to interview, we will ask that you bring evidence showing your right to work in the UK with you.

For further details please visit our website http://makeabignoise.org.uk/jobs/ where you can view the full job/person specification and complete our online application form (no CVs please). For any additional information please e-mail recruitment@sistemascotland.org.uk

The closing date for applications is Friday 25th August 2023 at 10am

Interviews will take place in Torry, Aberdeen (date to be confirmed)

The successful applicant will be subject to PVG check.

Sistema Scotland