Projects Officer - Music
Pembroke House, United Kingdom
Job Description
To work across Pembroke House’s work streams, with special responsibility for leading the our music programme, the Pembroke Academy of Music.
Application Deadline: 24 May
Interviews: w/c 8 June
To apply: complete and submit the application form at the bottom of this page. There are two additional forms, detailed below, which need to be completed before the application can be considered.
Salary: 26,000 - 28,000 depending on experience
ROLE OVERVIEW
The Projects Officer - Music will be responsible for the delivery, development and sustainability of our three open-access music education and engagement programmes, providing inspirational, low-cost training to 70 children aged 0-15 and developing a unique approach to music education under the umbrella of the Pembroke Academy of Music (PAM).
In addition to your work on music (approximately 2 days/wk), you will also work across the wider sweep of Pembroke House’s activities as a Projects Officer. In this role, you will work flexibly as a member of a small and dynamic team. You will be asked to work on, and lead, projects that could range from strategy, to fundraising, internal and external comms, events, community activities, HR, operations, IT, governance and finance.
The particular focus of work on wider Pembroke House activities will be shaped by the post holder’s skills and experience and our organisational needs. We would be particularly interested in hearing from candidates with experience in administration, fundraising, data and IT.
Pembroke House actively seeks and encourages applications from eligible candidates who live locally.
Responsible to: Director of Projects
Responsible for: PAM Administrator, PAM Instrumental Tutors, PAM Volunteers, other volunteers and contractors (as required)
Location: The post-holder will work flexibly from home and from one of the charity’s office spaces in Walworth, SE17
Hours of Work: 35 hours per week (14 Music; 21 Other duties). The post-holder will need to be available on Wednesday evenings until approximately 9:30pm in Walworth for our main Pembroke Academy of Music (PAM) session. Some other evening and weekend working will be required for which TOIL will be offered.
Budget oversight: Music Budgets (up to 50,000), other budgets (up to 25,000)
What will it look like if this job is done well?
- Learning: children of all abilities and backgrounds who would otherwise miss out will learn, grow, realise and take steps towards achieving their aspirations through engaging with high-quality music training
- Team development: the PAM team will work together to reflect, learn and continuously improve, from week to week, term to term and year to year
- Sustainability: the long-term sustainability of the music programme will be secured as part of Pembroke House’s wider work, building on strong relationships with current funders
- Collaboration and efficiency: the Pembroke House team will work collaboratively and efficiently to deliver complex projects to tight deadlines across a variety of areas of work
Workstream responsibility
Pembroke House’s work is organised around five key streams
The Projects Officer - Music will work within the Programming and Enablers streams. In addition, a clear understanding of work happening in all areas will be essential to the successful functioning of the role.
PEMBROKE HOUSE
Pembroke House is a centre for social action and residential community in Walworth, south-east London.
We were founded in 1885, by students from Pembroke College, Cambridge, as one of the first settlement houses. Shocked by growing poverty and inequality, the pioneers of the settlement movement sought a new approach: taking up residence to live, work and solve problems alongside local communities.
For over 130 years, we’ve been working to bridge traditional divides and unite people whatever their background or walk of life in building a better Walworth. Today, Pembroke House is a growing and dynamic organisation, working with partners across Walworth and further afield to see a long-term change in our neighbourhood and beyond.
PEMBROKE ACADEMY OF MUSIC
Music is a part of all of our lives whether we play it, relax to it, share it, make it, move to it, dance to it or find meaning in it. And a good music education can be central to developing us as people; helping us to connect with each other and work together, to grow and learn, and to contribute.
That’s why we believe that all children should ha