Development Coach - Sound Check

• Annual salary of £27,000 - £30,000 (DOE) (FTE)
• Fixed-term role – 12 months
• Full-time (35 hours) - some evening and weekend work required.
• Liverpool City Centre / Birkenhead

Proposed Interview Date: 23rd and 24th October 2023

The role

• Are you an experienced live music sector professional?
• Are you passionate about sharing your knowledge with young people?
• Do you want to help develop the next generation of live sector professionals?
• Do you want to be a part of an exciting new flagship music collaboration?

We are delighted to offer a unique opportunity to lead our successful Sound Check programme, the result of a partnership between Future Yard CIC and The Learning Foundry.

Sound Check provides young people with the opportunity to gain the skills and experience needed to pursue a career in the live music industry. We are looking to recruit a Sound Check Programme Tutor – in partnership with Future Yard to lead on the delivery of our Sound Check programme, as part of the expanding skills and training offer

As Programme Tutor, you will deliver engaging and inspiring training and employment programmes to support young people to achieve their goals and introduce them to the skills they need to pursue a career in the live music industry.

You will support learners to gain hands-on skills at live events, which will lead to opportunities for them to progress into employment, apprenticeships, and / or Further Education.

The right fit

• We are looking for experienced live music industry professionals with equally good communication skills who aim to inspire and enthuse young people.
• You must have demonstrable experience in one of the following two areas of the live music industry; Technical and/or Production.
• You must have worked professionally as a live sound engineer at a live music venue, theatre or across festivals and touring events.
• You must have an understanding of live show lighting and AV systems.
• You must have experience of delivering and leading the technical production in small, touring live music venues.
• You must have worked professionally in a hands on, live music event delivery role. This may be across event management, artist liaison, tour management, promotion, booking, production management or similar.
• You will have experience of successfully delivering live shows in small, touring live music venues.
• You may also have some teaching experience (though this isn’t essential as full training will be provided) and you will demonstrate a desire to learn and develop professionally.
• The ability to work on your own initiative, but also as part of a team to deliver collective success, is essential.

Who we are

At The Learning Foundry we are passionate about helping people and businesses achieve their full potential. Whether it's helping someone to start or progress in their career or supporting a business to recruit new staff or upskill their workforce, we are a full-service training provider with the knowledge and experience to suit individual needs.

The Learning Foundry is part of The Regenda Group; we work in places where we can make a difference and operate across the housing and construction sector, in care and support, and in education, training and careers.

Next steps

If you like what you’ve read so far and think you’ve got what it takes to join our team, then apply now with a copy of your CV and a short covering letter detailing why you think you would be a good fit the role.

Our People Services team will review your application and will be in touch shortly.

What we offer

The Learning Foundry really is a great place to work – and you don’t have to just take our word for it! We’re an accredited Best Companies Top 100 employer and have achieved Investors in People Gold status.

We can offer you a working environment where you can enjoy yourself, develop yourself and be yourself and where you really can make a difference to people’s lives.

We also offer a fantastic reward and benefits package which, amongst other things, includes:

• A range of flexible working options.
• 27 days paid annual leave each year (rising one day per year up to a maximum of 32 days after five years) in addition to 8 bank holidays.
• 6 additional days for volunteering.
• 5% Employers Contribution to the Pension Scheme.
• £250 annual ‘Live and Learn’ allowance to spend on learning any new skill.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay schemes.
• Employee Assistance Programme and health and wellbeing initiatives
• A wide variety of exciting learning and development opportunities.
• Interest free loans to assist with the purchase of computer equipment and travel season tickets.
• Monthly staff lottery scheme.

"We regenerate places and create opportunities for people"

We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and minority ethnic candidates as they are currently under-represented within our organisation.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we’d encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

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