Music Engagement Officer (Strings)

Our Values

In line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do. 

Our Values are:

• Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
• Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
• Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
• Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
• Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
• Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.

The Education Entitlement Service (EES) strives to deliver outstanding services for our customers, predominately the children of Coventry, who may be requiring access to education or alternative education provision. We ensure vulnerable children are appropriately supported; have a voice, that hopefully leads to their high achievement and excellent progress.

The EES is made up of a diverse range of teams all working together to recognise, support and apply innovative solutions to address the growing issues in relation to trying to educate some of our most vulnerable pupils in schools. 

Coventry Music Service are the lead provider of Music Education in the city and the Lead Organisation of Coventry Music Education Hub.  Our goal is to deliver an inclusive offer of Music Education across the city as part of the Education Entitlement Service. 

What is the job role?

Coventry Music are looking to recruit a dynamic, enthusiastic and passionate music educator to grow our string playing opportunities for children and young people across the city.  This will be through a variety of teaching and supporting our tutor team across the city. We are looking for someone with high quality instrumental skills who can deliver in a variety of settings whilst also supporting Coventry Music to expand and implement the key strategies of the Heart of England Music Hub, focusing on inclusion and access for all children and young people in the city. For a full time member of the team there will be an expectation to deliver music provision for 20 hours per week in Coventry Schools and at music centres – with a focus on building string tuition and developing new pathways for string players.  You would also be leading our central string groups that rehearse out of school hours and working with the regional groups from the whole hub area.

Initially this post is funded until Summer 2027 and will be reviewed alongside the Music Hub Investment Process to continue into Autumn 2027 and beyond.  

We are open to flexible working arrangements including part time.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

 All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for candidates who are:

• Experienced in music education, with string playing and teaching as a specialism and knowledgeable of a music education hub
• Have the ability to generate relationships with schools and stakeholders to expand the delivery of music education across the city and inspire the next generation of string players
• Deliver and lead sessions in their musical area of expertise – string playing
• Confident to teach to whole class groups in instrumental and curriculum lessons and/or deliver SEND specific work.
• Deliver and co-ordinate projects and events both inside and outside of the school day and are flexible to work evenings and weekends across the whole year.

Following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) for an additional pre employment check with effect 1 Sept 22, please note, an online search may form part of this recruitment process.

If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.

Interview date(s): Interview will take place on 29th April 2026 

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies