Temporary Musician/Teacher (Woodwind - ideally Clarinet)
Big Noise Raploch & Fallin, Stirling
4 days (28 hours) per week
£36,267 - £41,639 per annum, pro-rata (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 have a vacancy for a Musician/Teacher (Woodwind - ideally Clarinet) within our team in Big Noise Raploch & Fallin, Stirling. You will work with the Big Noise team to deliver excellent musical education and learning experiences for our children, young people and communities; this will include instrumental lessons, general musicianship sessions, and group teaching in our afterschool programme, as well as home visits and community performances. Wherever possible, we will match your musical skills and interests with the different elements of the Big Noise programme, while encouraging and supporting you to develop in other areas.
You will be educated to degree level or equivalent qualification and have professional performing experience. Working with large and varied groups of children and young people is essential, along with a track record of success in teaching children and young people on your specialist instrument. You will also have a belief in the benefits that a social programme such as Big Noise / Sistema Scotland can have.
This is a temporary post, working 28 hours during school term time (42 weeks) working Monday to Thursday and 14 hours during school holidays (days of work during the school holidays will be between Monday and Thursday, to be agreed with successful candidate).
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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.
All applications should be received by Friday 19th June 2026 at 10am.
The selection process will be held in Raploch, Stirling (date to be confirmed) and will include a panel interview, a short audition and a demonstration lesson.
All successful applicants will be subject to PVG check.
