Music Centre Assistant Wanted
Starting September 2025
Music Centre Assistant
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30-hours per week (Hours Per Week, 11 Weeks per Academic Term: Mondays 3pm – 9:30pm, Tuesdays 11 am – 7pm, Fridays 9:30am – 5:30pm, Saturdays 7:30am – 3pm)
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£14.20 per hour (plus pay in lieu of holiday allowance of 17.5%)
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Location: MMF Office & South Wimbledon Music Centre (SW19)
Merton Music Foundation (MMF) is looking to appoint a Music Centre Assistant to support the day-to-day running of our Music Centre and back-office operations. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic team dedicated to delivering high-quality music education opportunities to children and young people across Merton.
Our vision is a borough where music resonates along the corridors of every school and echoes throughout the community. The Music Centre Assistant plays a vital role in realising this vision, stewarding at our busy South Wimbledon site, supporting customers, and helping to maintain an organised, efficient and welcoming environment for all.
The role is offered at 30 hours per week during term time, with regular hours across Monday evenings, Tuesday daytimes and evenings, Fridays, and Saturday mornings. However, we are open to splitting the role between two successful applicants if desirable.
Career Starter Role
We encourage applications from recent school or higher education leavers, taking their first steps into working life. We will enable you to develop new skills in a supportive and dynamic working environment. No formal qualifications are required; we will provide you with training and support to ensure you thrive.
Equal Opportunities
Merton Music Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and have made a vision commitment to being ‘an inclusive cultural organisation – not just in what we say, but also in what we do’. We believe that representation matters and actively seek to diversify our workforce at all levels of the organisation. We warmly encourage applications from historically under-represented groups, including but not limited to; members of the global majority; members of the LGBTQ+ community; people who identify as non-binary or gender queer; people with a disability; and people who are neurodivergent. The decision to appoint will be made solely based on candidate merit and business need.
How To Apply
Download the Forms
We invite you to discuss the role with our Operations Director, Martha, before deciding to apply. If you would like to do this, please contact: martha.gibbons@mmf.org.uk with your phone number and availability to request a call back.
Download the Forms
We strongly encourage you to read the Job Description and Person Specification for this role in detail before applying.
Please complete the Application Form and anonymous Self Identification Form and submit these to us as Word Documents or PDFs via email by the deadline
Alternate Format: click these links to access a Google Docs version of the Application Form and Self ID Form.
Application Deadline
The deadline to submit your application is 5pm on Monday 30 June
Interviews
Interviews will be arranged by agreement on Tuesday 8 or Wednesday 9 July, or flexibly thereafter if required.
Start Date
Friday 19 September 2025
Commitment to Safeguarding
We are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Vetting & Disclosure
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Any offer of work will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and Child Barred List check, receipt of two satisfactory references, proof of residency & right to work, social media searches, and – where applicable – overseas police checks and/or verification that you are not subject to a prohibition from teaching order, Section 128 direction, or disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006.
