Musician​/Teacher; Upper or Lower Strings

Career stage:
Mid-Level

Sistema Scotland’s vision is to improve lives and strengthen communities. Working with children, young people and their families, we focus on early intervention and stimulating generational social change. By playing music together in ensembles and orchestras, we aim to grow confidence, respect, teamwork and aspiration in the children, young people and communities we work with.

We deliver our work through six Big Noise programmes: in Torry in Aberdeen, Raploch & Fallin in Stirling, Govanhill in Glasgow, Douglas in Dundee and Wester Hailes in Edinburgh.

We have a vacancy for a Musician/Teacher (Upper or Lower Strings) within our team in Big Noise Torry, Aberdeen. You will work with the Big Noise team to deliver excellent musical education and learning experiences for our children, young people and communities; this will include instrumental lessons, general musicianship sessions, and group teaching in our after school programme, as well as home visits and community performances.

Wherever possible, we will match your musical skills and interests with the different elements of the Big Noise programme, while encouraging and supporting you to develop in other areas.

You will be educated to degree level or equivalent qualification and have professional performing experience. Working with large and varied groups of children and young people is essential, along with atrack record of success in teaching children and young people on your specialist instrument. You will also have a belief in the benefits that a social programme such as Big Noise / Sistema Scotland can have.

This is a permanent post, working all year round. Hours of work for this post will be between 10.5 – 14 hours per week, as follows:

During school term time (42 weeks of the year):
Working Wednesday and Thursday, 2:15 – 5:15 pm. The exact working pattern for the remaining hours will be agreed with the successful candidate.

During school holidays (10 weeks of the year):
Working Wednesday and Thursday, 1:30 – 4:30 pm. The exact working pattern for the remaining hours will be agreed with the successful candidate.

Education, Musician, Performing, Teaching

Location

Scotland

Contract Type

Between 10.5 - 14 hours per week

Apply by

Mon 5 Jan, 2026

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