Co-Lead Music Facilitator Angel Shed Theatre Company

Co-Lead Facilitator role, responsible for planning and delivery of inclusive weekly Music Collective sessions for ages 16-30. We are looking for a motivated, dynamic, and committed facilitator who is passionate about inclusion, music, and working with young people.

WHAT IS MUSIC COLLECTIVE?
We aim to establish a positive environment where young people, regardless of their backgrounds or experiences, can work together inclusively to create artistic work over which they have shared creative control and ownership.

Music Collective focuses on improvisation and experimentation as a starting point for ensemble playing, song-writing and composition. The group work on musicianship skills in sessions (such as singing, chords, lyric-writing, and exploring musical themes) as well as working towards annual live performances / studio recordings. Sessions incorporate and explore alternative and accessible ways of notating music and understanding music theory. We support creative responses regardless of members’ previous instrumental music experience.

Music Collective is for young people aged 16-30. Currently 15 young people attend Music Collective and the facilitation team consists of 2 Co-Lead Facilitators, 1 Assistant Facilitator, 3 access support workers, and 5 volunteers.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
This is a Co-Lead Facilitator role, responsible for the planning and delivery of weekly Angel Shed Music Collective sessions, stimulating and furthering music skills through engaging and appropriate activities. We are looking for a motivated, dynamic, and committed facilitator who is passionate about inclusion, music, and working with children and young people. The successful applicant will enable creative responses from participants to flourish, thereby enhancing their artistic, personal and social development.

They will be a playful facilitator who can handle the creative unpredictability of sessions with a light-hearted approach and keep the wellbeing of young people always at the forefront.

See our current staff team here:

• be an assured facilitator with a positive attitude.
• have experience of leading workshops for children and young people.
• have experience working co-creatively with children and young people.
• have experience working in SEN/D or inclusive settings.
• be able to foster good and supportive working relationships with staff, volunteers, and members.
• be someone who will value and maintain the positive and inclusive ethos of Angel Shed.
• be competent on at least one instrument (including voice).

• have been trained in safeguarding and child protection.
• have experience managing facilitators/volunteers.

We particularly welcome applications from those who are multi-instrumentalists, or singer/instrumentalists.

• Work with the Creative Director to promote and maintain a culture which values the highest standards; ensure it is inclusive, collaborative, safe and supportive, as well as artistically bold and ambitious.
• Manage the Assistant Facilitator and volunteer team during sessions.
• Support the Safeguarding Leads on all safeguarding matters.
• Plan and deliver weekly staff and volunteer briefings and debriefs and support the delivery of termly training.

• Create an artistic programme driven by inclusivity, originality, and a youth-led approach.
• Plan and lead the weekly workshops, with overall responsibility for the content and delivery of sessions.
• Performing with or supporting the groups at performances.

• Support children and young people’s progression and offer pastoral support, supported by the Creative Director.
• Be main point of contact for Music Collective volunteers on session days and support them during sessions.

• Job Title:
  
  Co-Lead Music Facilitator
• Artform:
  
  Music
• Role:
  
  Creative
• Contract:
  
  Contract