Freelance Lead Music Leader Role, Quench Arts CIC

Successful applicants will have:

1. Relevant experience of facilitating participatory creative music activities with children who are neurodiverse. Please note that we recognise the full range of neurodiversity in our work. Our programme will be open to children and young people with a formal diagnosis as well those where some form of neurodiversity is suspected and/or the child/young person is undergoing assessment.
2. Understanding of the challenges that neurodiverse children may face at this age and the potential impact on their mental health.
3. Understanding of musical inclusion and what this means in practice.
4. Understanding of creative methods of facilitation and experience in leading participatory creative music making activities for children that are engaging, accessible and inclusive for participants.
5. Strong and appropriate musical skills and expertise in order to facilitate sessions to a high quality and to engage and inspire participants. In particular, applicants for this role should have a good level of experience and confidence in using music technology and hardware such as tactile midi controllers, samplers and loop pedals, as our consultation with young people has identified this as a desired focus for sessions. Additional songwriting, lyric development, vocal and multi-instrumental skills would be beneficial.
6. Strong interpersonal skills with excellent verbal and written communication abilities.
7. Empathy, with a positive outlook and a supportive and friendly manner.
8. An understanding and commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.

Fee:

The Lead Music Leader will be paid £120 per session for a max of 26 sessions across July 2025 - Feb 2026 (to include supporting 2 sharing/celebration events), plus £240 planning, £240 evaluation, 2 reflection meetings at £120 each and a short blog/vlog/podcast at £30. The delivery fee will thus provisionally total £3,870.