Job Opportunity:

Part Time Youth Music Workers

We are looking for two part time youth music workers who will support young people to discover and develop their creative confidence and potential.

Hot Chocolate Trust is an innovative and inclusive youth work charity in Dundee city centre.  Engaging with approx. 400 YP each year, aged 12-25, we blend responsive, whole-person youth work with specialist resourcing and opportunities (e.g. creative arts, mental health and wellbeing, education and employment, activism) to maximize YP’s participation, agency, and responsibility.  Flexible, relationship-based approaches support YP whose lives are unpredictable, even chaotic, and who are often wary of professionals and programmes.

The successful candidates will work together to deliver our brand new Beautiful Noise project, a programme of inclusive, co-designed music-making opportunities for YP aged 12–21 in Dundee. Through drop-in youth work, co-created small groups, individual support, and ‘bookable sessions’ you will support young people to experiment, play, and develop their confidence in music - overcoming barriers to cultural participation, discovering and developing their musical potential, and taking tangible steps towards creative, personal, and professional growth.

·       The post is 14 hours per week including evening work, with a contract until 31 December 2026, at a full-time equivalent salary (based on 35 hours per week) between £26,162pa and £27,398pa depending on experience. 

·       Apply by sending your 2-page CV and application form to admin@hotchocolate.org.uk before noon on Monday 16th March 2026. Guidance around applying, subsequent stages of the application process and background information are available in the Job Pack below.

·       Please note that appointment will be subject to PVG Scheme membership as a regulated role with children.

DOWNLOAD ALL DOCUMENTS (Zip File) : YOUTH MUSIC WORKER JOB PACK

OR DOWNLOAD AS INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTS:

  1. BACKGROUND INFORMATION (PDF)

  2. JOB ROLE AND PERSON SPECIFICATION (PDF)

  3. APPLICATION FORM (Word)

  4. REASONABLE ADJUSTMENTS (PDF)

  5. RECRUITING WITH CONVICTIONS (PDF)

  6. CONVICTIONS SELF DECLARATION (Word)

If you’re inspired by young people, motivated by music, and ready to work for a small charity making a big difference, we’d love to hear from you.