Job Description

Location

Egham

Salary

See Advert

Post Type

Part Time

Weeks per Year

52

Closing Date

23.59 hours BST on Wednesday 09 July 2025

Reference

0625-138

Right to work:

Please note that it will not be possible for the University to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship to the successful candidate for this position. Therefore, the appointable candidate will need to be eligible to work in the UK or have leave to remain in the UK and associated right to work for the duration of their employment with the University, in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.



Variable hours (ca'350 hours), Fixed Term (Until June 2026)

Set bursary fee of 8000 based on number of actual hours worked

The Department of Music at Royal Holloway is inviting applications for the position of Graduate Fellow in Collaborative Piano.


The Department of Music is one of the largest in the UK, offering a very broad and diverse range of modules, all taught by expert scholars. We are ranked among the top Music departments in the UK for our teaching (placed 2nd in the Good University Guide 2024, and 6th in the Complete University Guide, 2022-23) and our research (ranked 1st in the UK for research including Music in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework). We also benefit from a vibrant creative campus community rated 14th in the world for Performing Arts (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024). The Department covers music across a thousand years of history but also explores the changing nature of music in the contemporary world. Through performance, composition and academic study, we challenge students to think about what music is today and why it matters.


The Department of Music has an extremely high level of Performance, both in campus music-making and also in student academic attainment, with resident ensembles including Choirs, Orchestras, Jazz Groups, and more. The Department has extensive practice and teaching facilities, and access to several excellent performance venues. The Music Department's Graduate Fellow in Collaborative Piano contributes a vital aspect to our students' experience of Music at Royal Holloway and we are recruiting for a new Graduate Fellow for 2025-26. The purpose of this role is to fulfil the majority of the Department's requirements for accompanying singers and instrumentalists in classes, examinations and performance; coaching our students; gaining experience as a Graduate Fellow as a tutor and a working collaborative pianist; continuing training and professional development through tuition and guidance from Director of Performance; other opportunities as they arise. Our students vary from undergraduate through to postgraduate, all at an advanced level of music-making. The work takes place at the Royal Holloway campus in Egham and the Graduate Fellow has access to our practice/rehearsal spaces and well stocked library. The role is by nature a flexible position as requirements vary and the hours are spread through the two teaching terms and the third examination term.


In return we offer a highly competitive rewards and benefits package including:

Generous annual leave entitlement Training and Development opportunities Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution Various schemes including Cycle to Work, Season Ticket Loans and help with the cost of Eyesight testing Free parking

The post is based in Egham, Surrey where the University is situated in a beautiful, leafy campus near to Windsor Great Park and within commuting distance from London.


For queries on the application process the Human Resources Department can be contacted by email at: recruitment@rhul.ac.uk



Please quote the reference:

0625-138

Closing Date:

9

th

July

Interview Date:

To be confirmed

This position is not eligible for hybrid working.

Royal Holloway is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), and encourages applications from all people regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, parental status, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or trans status or history. More information on our structures and initiatives around EDI, including information on staff diversity networks, can be found on our

Equality and Diversity Intranet page

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