Vacancies

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated, confident and enthusiastic individual to join Dunedin Consort in a job share with the current Learning & Participation Manager, on a part-time basis (2.5 days per week).

This role is a job share with the current Learning & Participation Manager, following the significant growth of Dunedin Consort’s learning and participation programme in recent years. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive, and working in collaboration with the current Learning & Participation Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for a diverse range of activity across the breadth of the organisation’s output. It offers the opportunity both to consolidate partnerships with existing stakeholders and to forge new ones, exploring new ways in which Dunedin Consort can extend access to its work across diverse audiences. 

Based primarily at the Dunedin Consort office in central Edinburgh, the ideal candidate will have at least two years’ experience working in a comparable arts or educational role. Together, the Learning & Participation Manager job share partners will be responsible for the smooth running of Dunedin Consort’s annual schedule of learning and participation events, including a busy programme of schools workshops (which reaches over 1,000 primary school children across Scotland), the Bridging the Gap scheme for emerging professional singers, the Intrada scheme for emerging professional instrumentalists, voice and instrumental clinics for non-professional musicians, choral workshops for amateur singers and students, and a regular schedule of open rehearsals. In addition, the Learning & Participation job share partners will work together with the Chief Executive to expand the current programme and to develop a number of new initiatives and partnerships with key stakeholders both across Scotland and further afield, in connection with the ensemble’s busy touring schedule.

Dunedin Consort is a small but ambitious and dynamic team with strong plans for the future, where every individual plays a significant part in shaping our work. We work collaboratively and supportively across all our output, so you will find yourself well supported by the rest of the team, and in turn will have the opportunity to offer your skills to other departments. Our concert and learning and participation programmes having expanded significantly in recent years, so this is an ideal post for someone who wants to help make a real difference to our trajectory as the company grows.

Dunedin Consort is an Equal Opportunities employer. We will consider a range of part-time and flexible working models, including condensed hours, days working from home, or other structures to accommodate a range of personal circumstances, and to ensure equality of opportunity between those who share a relevant protected characteristic and those who do not.

Application process

Please send a copy of your C.V. to Jo Buckley, Chief Executive, at jo@dunedin-consort.org.uk, along with a covering letter explaining why you would like to work with Dunedin Consort and how you believe your skills fit the requirements of the role. Please aim for your CV to be no longer than two pages. 

Pre-application conversations are welcomed. If you would like to discuss the role or the company in advance of applying, please contact Jo Buckley at jo@dunedin-consort.org.uk. If you have any disability that prevents you from following the application process as described, please contact the office on 0131 516 3718.

Deadline for applications: Friday 28 October 2022, 5pm
Interviews: 8th & 9th November 2022
Start date: As soon as possible
Salary: £28,000 pro rata (0.5 FTE)