Temporary Support Worker - Big Noise Douglas, Dundee

Do you have experience in a supportive role in an education or community setting?

Do you have experience of working with children and families?

Sistema Scotland’s vision is to thrive together through music. Working with children, young people and their families, we focus on early intervention and stimulating generational social change. By playing music together in ensembles and orchestras, we aim to grow confidence, respect, teamwork and aspiration in the children, young people and communities we work with. We deliver our work through the creation of Big Noise programmes within communities, and currently run six programmes in Douglas in Dundee, Raploch & Fallin in Stirling, Govanhill in Glasgow, Torry in Aberdeen, and Wester Hailes in Edinburgh.

We are looking for a Support Worker to join our organisation as part of the dynamic team in Big Noise Douglas, delivering a visionary, socially driven children’s orchestra centre. Big Noise Douglas runs an after-school programme 4 days a week during term time and a holiday school 4 days a week during the Easter, summer and October holidays. The principal duties of a Support Worker at Big Noise Douglas are to support Big Noise musicians as they deliver the after-school programme; participating in sessions, modelling engagement and attention for the children whilst building strong relationships with the children and families to assist them in maximising their potential.

This is a temporary post until the end of June 2027, offered on an all-year round basis and the hours of work are as follows:

Academic Term Time: 4.5 hours per week as follows: Wednesday and Thursday 2.45 - 5.00pm

School holidays: 9 hours per week as follows: Wednesday and Thursday 9.00 am - 1.30pm

We believe our people should represent the communities we work with. That’s why we are committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages.

We also welcome applications from all nationalities; however, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for these roles, so before you apply for this post please ensure that you have the right to work in the UK. For more details on eligibility to work in the UK, please visit https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

For further details please visit our website https://makeabignoise.org.uk/work-with-us where you can view the full job/person specification and complete our online application form (no CVs please). For any additional information please e-mail recruitment@sistemascotland.org.uk or telephone 01786 236914.

If you are interested in this vacancy, but would like some assistance with completing the application form, please email recruitment@sistemascotland.org.uk

Closing date for all applications is Monday 21st September 2026 at 10.00 am

Interviews will take place in Douglas, Dundee (date to be confirmed)

All successful applicants will be subject to PVG check.