Piano/keyboards and Piano workshop Tutors (Talent Bank)

Location: Covent Garden, London.

Salary: £38.72 per hour, inclusive of pro rata holiday entitlement and preparation time.

Hours of Work: City Lit has piano / keyboards classes daytime Mondays to Saturdays and evenings Mondays to Thursdays.

About the role

Are you a dynamic and creative teacher of piano/keyboards? Then join us to help teach on our wide range of piano/keyboards and piano workshop classes, to inspire students in their musical development.

We are seeking tutors to join the Talent Bank to provide cover when existing tutors are unable to teach their regular weekly classes.

You will be inducted teaching in the Keyboards and Piano classrooms, and receive ongoing support from the Music team, particularly the Co-ordinator for Piano and Keyboards, and be expected to collaborate with a variety of staff and students.

About the applicant

City Lit is London's largest provider of learning for adults, inspiring over 30,000 students a year and offering more than 5,000 courses, online and face-to-face. As a leader in our field, who have recently been rated as outstanding in all areas by Ofsted, we have a century’s reputation for delivering the highest quality student experience. Partnering with community organisations across London, we deliver bespoke projects that support individuals and communities. 

To be considered, please submit your CV and a covering letter, detailing your skills and experience. The ideal candidate will have:

• A qualification and/or equivalent experience relevant to the subject being taught
• Up to date knowledge and enthusiasm and interest for the subject.
• Experience of teaching adults in a relevant area.
• Ability to support students to overcome barriers to learning and inspire students to achieve.
• Understanding and experience of promoting equality and diversity, safeguarding, health and safety as appropriate to the role.

Our generous rewards and benefits are numerous and wide-ranging, including generous course discounts that include friends and family, our pension scheme plus entitlement to access the student discounts programme (Totum), and even free annual flu jabs!

Sited in London’s creative community of Covent Garden, City Lit is a thriving hub of learning and opportunity with a palpable sense of purpose and identity and a culture of equality and inclusivity. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation and we are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong.  We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented, these include applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those who have a disability and the LGBTQI+ community.  We provide a professional and supportive community that blends teaching and learning to deliver endless possibilities.

For full details of the role, please refer to the Job Description.   

Successful applicants will be offered suitable work as and when it becomes available, however work cannot be guaranteed.

Closing Date: 23:59 on 6 April 2025.

We reserve the right to close this role early should we receive a high volume of applications.

Interviews: To be confirmed.