Emerging Teaching Artist – Instrumental
Big Noise Raploch & Fallin, Stirling
14 hours per week
- £29,613 per annum, pro rata in year one (£16.27 per hour)
- £30,949 per annum, pro rata in year two (£17.00 per hour)
Pay award from 1st July 2026 pending
Sistema Scotland’s vision is to improve lives and strengthen communities. Working with children, young people and their families, we focus on early intervention and stimulating generational social change. By playing music together in ensembles and orchestras, we aim to grow confidence, respect, teamwork and aspiration in the children, young people and communities we work with.
We deliver our work through six Big Noise programmes: in Raploch & Fallin in Stirling, Govanhill in Glasgow, Torry in Aberdeen, Douglas in Dundee and Wester Hailes in Edinburgh.
We are looking for a temporary Emerging Teaching Artist to work within the Raploch & Fallin communities of Stirling, working 14 hours a week between Monday and Thursday (exact hours & days to be agreed) all year round until 23rd June 2028.
This is a graduate/early career role, designed to build experience and teaching skills whilst supporting the Big Noise team to deliver in the Raploch & Fallin communities of Stirling. You will work closely with Big Noise Musicians and Support Workers, to support & deliver Big Noise sessions and instrumental lessons. Emerging Teaching Artists are also offered training opportunities on topics such as positive behaviour, lesson planning, and various methodologies including the Big Noise curriculum.
Your principal instrument will be either Brass, Upper Strings or Lower Strings. You will also be able to demonstrate the following:
- How you will benefit from this graduate/early career role
- Knowledge of the Big Noise programme
- A passion working in a community setting with music
- Music degree
- Professional standard of playing (at least grade 8 or equivalent) on your principal instrument
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To apply online, please click on the Apply Here button below. Please also see the Guidance Notes section. For any additional information please e-mail [email protected] or call 01786 236914.
We believe our people should represent the communities we work with. That’s why we are committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages.
We also welcome applications from all nationalities; however, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for these roles, so before you apply for this post please ensure that you have the right to work in the UK. For more details on eligibility to work in the UK, please visit
https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
Closing date for applications is Friday 19th June 2026 at 10am
The selection process will be held in Raploch in Stirling week beginning 6th July 2026 and will include a panel interview, a short audition and a short demonstration lesson with a group of young people.
All successful applicants will be subject to PVG check.
