Crescendo Facilitator – Special Educational Needs

JOB DETAILS

Job Title:  Crescendo Facilitator – Special Educational Needs

Reporting To: Head of Community Engagement and Grants, Learning and Community Engagement Programme Manager, UO Animateur (as relevant)

Type of Post: Worker Status

Payment: £42.85 per workshop

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential Criteria:

• A degree or equivalent qualification in music, music performance and/ or music teaching or equivalent work experience in group facilitating
• Demonstrable flexibility of approach to learning, and an ability to motivate learners of varying abilities
• Demonstrable experience of leading or co-leading group workshops or lessons in a group music tuition context with people with Special Educational Needs
• Flexibility in terms of working hours
• Demonstrable passion for teaching music with people with Special Educational Needs, and ability to adapt to each pupil’s needs

Desirable Criteria:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to work as part of a wider team
• Ability and experience of working with groups of children across senior Key Stage One and Key Stage Two (7-11 years)
• Demonstrable experience of leading or co-leading group workshops or lessons in a group music tuition context with children with Special Educational Needs
• Awareness of the primary school curriculum in Northern Ireland including social and emotional learning
• Experience of adapting the music curriculum in Northern Ireland for students with Special Educational Needs within a framework of an inclusive approach

Personal Style and Behaviour:

• A good team player who is flexible and adaptable
• A positive communication style that engenders confidence in others
• A motivated and enthusiastic individual
• A sense of high standards and efficiency

General:

• Availability to deliver workshops on a weekly basis within the school term from September 2025 to early June 2026.
• Facilitators will be subject to the relevant Access NI police check procedures and must adhere to the Orchestra’s Safeguarding, Health and Safety and other relevant policies in all aspects of their work.

To apply, please email your CV to careers@ulsterorchestra.com along with a statement outlining your suitability for the peripatetic role.  Please note that you must provide clear evidence of how you meet each of the Essential Criteria in your statement for your application to be considered. Desirable Criteria will be used where there is a high volume of applicants meeting the Essential Criteria.
 
To complete your application, please return the Diversity Monitoring Form, which you can download from the website, to careers@ulsterorchestra.com with SEN Facilitator in the subject title.

The closing date for applications is midday on Wednesday 2 July 2025. Interviews are expected to take place on Friday 4 July 2025. Ideally the successful candidate will be available to start in September 2025.

The UO is committed to building an organisation that is truly diverse and inclusive.  We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Within this context we particularly encourage applications from people with disabilities, LGBTQ+, Black, Asian and other global majority backgrounds, and those from backgrounds of social and economic deprivation.
 
NB. if you require any reasonable adjustment(s) at any stage of the recruitment process, please feel encouraged to contact our People & Culture Leader, lisa@ulsterorchestra.com.