Job Description

Details

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Reference number

412317

Salary

66,672
Pro-rata (45,050) - 25 hours per week.


Salary is per annum for full time staff and pro-rata for Part Time Staff.
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
GBP

Job grade

Other
Education: Academic Professor of Music (England)

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

MOD - Navy

Type of role

Education and Training

Working pattern

Flexible working, Part-time

Number of jobs available

1

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Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information

Location

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Royal Marines School of Music, HMS Nelson, Queen street, Portsmouth

About the job

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Job summary

The function of the Royal Marines School of Music (RMSoM) is to select, train and examine musicians and buglers of the highest quality in order to maintain musical excellence within the Royal Navy.


This role is to provide instruction, mark and set examinations in Elements, Harmony, Aural and History of Music in accordance with current assessment manuals. Additionally, act as level 4 associate professor for all level 4 Royal Marines Band Service degree programmes and to administer and deliver Defence Awarding Organisation (DAO) Validation. This role also is required to provide instruction, assessment and marking for all courses delivered through the Higher Training Department specifically in the areas of composition and arrangement, conducting and viva voce. Appropriate teaching skills are essential, and experience is highly desirable.


This position is advertised at 25 hours per week.

Job description

As Academic Professor of Music Initial Training, the purpose of the post is to design, teach and examine RMSoM trainees in Elements, Harmony, Aural and History of Music. Reviewing and updating course curriculum's, syllabuses, and delivery of all academic courses. Additionally, monitoring and reviewing academic aspects of DAO qualifications.


As level 4 associate professor for all Royal Marines Band Service level degree programmes, this role provides tutorial support, alongside the level 4 course leader and double marks all level 4 submissions. The role will also provide input into assessment and quality control issues at degree levels 4, 5 and 6.


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Person specification

Technical (Essential):

Masters degree in music or Fellowship in music.

Technical (Desirable):

Higher degree in music commensurate with delivery of postgraduate courses. Professional performing / conducting diploma (minimum level: Licentiate, Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music).

Experience (Essential):


1. Experience of teaching at higher education level; to include significant time spent in academic course leadership.


2. Academic leadership, including course innovation and design.


3. Authoring documentation describing course rationale, detailed content, assessment criteria, grading schemes. This includes production of course texts at higher education level.


4. Teaching all of the following:

Harmony Theory of music Composition Arranging Music history Musical form and analysis Aural perception.

5. Assessment experience - including detailed written feedback - of all the above subjects together with performance, conducting and viva voce.


6. Extensive use of the piano in teaching; including sight-reading and orchestral score reading.


7. Extensive involvement in music performance to a professional level.


8. Conducting/coaching of ensembles.


9. Good IT skills, including detailed familiarity with current music software.


10. Implementation of Quality Assurance procedures within further/higher education programmes.

Qualifications

Masters degree in music or Fellowship in music.


Evidence of qualification will be required at interview.


All qualifications declared must be held at point of application and if applicable be in date. Equivalent Qualifications will not be accepted.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:


Communicating and Influencing Working Together Managing a Quality Service Changing and Improving

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:


A 20 minute interactive lesson with our M3 students on one aspect, or a combination of, musical history, form, harmony or aural. A 10 minute lesson on a technical aspect of harmony which will be chosen by the panel on the day. (e.g. explanation of a German 6th). There will then be a short assessment of your keyboard skills. Make an appraisal of a student composition which will be given to you on the day.

Benefits

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Alongside your salary of 66,672, Ministry of Defence contributes 19,314 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Discover My Benefits

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Please follow the link to visit the Discover My Benefits site which showcases the benefits and discounts offered when working as a civilian for the MOD:


https://discovermybenefits.mod.gov.uk/civilian/

25 days annual leave (pro-rata) rising one day a year to 30 days upon completion of 5 years' service. 8 public holiday per year (pro-rata) plus a privilege day for HM The King's Birthday. Enhanced parental and adoption leave. Free on-site parking. Learning and development tailored to your role. An environment with flexible working options. A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity. A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.

This post does not offer any assistance with Relocation Allowances.


Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Things you need to know

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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
The sift will be conducted on the behaviours; Communicating and Influencing, Working Together, Managing a Quality Service and Changing and Improving alongside your CV, Job History, Qualifications and Personal Statement.


Personal Statement please include an overview of their musical experience both in performance and academic teaching scenarios. Also include an overview of locations and organisations that you have been affiliated with.

If called through for interview, the interview will be laid out in two distinct phases:

1. Firstly the practical and teaching element.


We would like you to deliver:

A 20 minute interactive lesson with our M3 students on one aspect, or a combination of, musical history, form, harmony or aural. A 10 minute lesson on a technical aspect of harmony which will be chosen by the panel on the day. (e.g. explanation of a German 6th). There will then be a short assessment of your keyboard skills by way of harmonisation of a given melody, an extract of orchestral score reading and then playing through a student exercise. For this last part there will also be an expectation to make comments on the students work. Finally, we would ask that you make an appraisal of a student composition which will be given to you on the day.

2. This will then be followed by a formal interview based on the behaviours the behaviours Communicating and Influencing, Working Together, Managing a Quality Service and Changing and Improving and on your CV.


When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.


The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.


As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.


The role currently being advertised has been assessed as business critical. Applications are accepted from candidates who meet the eligibility criteria listed in the advert, including from those who will require sponsorship to enable them to work legally in the UK*.


Please note the Civil Service Nationality Rules will also need to be met. The Civil Service Nationality Rules operate independently and in addition to the UK Immigration Rules and must be met before an individual can take up employment in the Civil Service. The Civil Service Nationality Rules do not apply to UK, Irish and Commonwealth nationals, or to those who are eligible to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme but do apply to all other nationalities- including EU/EEA nationals who are ineligible to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme.


The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.


MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey - we may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights.



Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .



See our vetting charter .
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:


UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.



We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

Apply and further information

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Contact point for applicants

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Job contact :

Name : Warrant Officer Class 2 Sarah Paxton Royal Marines Email : sarah.paxton314@mod.gov.uk
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Recruitment team

Email : DBSCivPers-ResourcingTeam1@mod.gov.uk

Further information

Please see Further Information document attached.