Development Coach - Sound Check

• Annual salary of £27,000 - £30,000 (FTE)
• 17 Month (Fixed Term Contract)
• Full-time (35 hours)
• Greater Manchester – West Yorkshire

Proposed Interview Date: W/C 21st April 2024

The role

The purpose of this role is to utilise your passion, skills and experience of the live music industry to lead and deliver ‘Sound Check’ – TLFs engaging and inspiring training and employment programmes that support young people aged 19+ to achieve their full potential.

You will support learners to achieve their goals and qualifications 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.

This programme is a partnership between The Learning Foundry and Future Yard with all programmes delivered across Greater Manchester / West Yorkshire in partnership with Future Yard.

Future Yard is an exciting new grass roots music venue based in Birkenhead. Due to the nature of the partnership and the collaborated nature of the delivery, the role to be split between our HUB venues in the Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire locations. There will also be travel to Future Yard (75 Argyle Street, Birkenhead CH41 6AB) and The Learning Foundry Head Office (The Watson Building, 4 Renshaw St, Liverpool L1 2SA)

The right fit

Demonstrable experience in at least one of the following two areas of the live music industry;

Technical Production

• You will have worked professionally as a live sound engineer at a live music venue, theatre or across festivals and touring events.
• You will have an understanding of live show lighting and AV systems. You will have experience of delivering and leading the technical production in small, touring live music venues.

Event Management

• You will 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.

Candidates with experience across both areas are encouraged to apply, but we expect applicants may indeed specialise in one area.

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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