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Gateway Sound Education Trust	Gateway Sound Education Trust is a not for profit organisation, Registered Charity No. 1097728, delivering high quality educational programmes and projects in the fields of audio technology, the music industry and new media. Established in 1976, Gateway now has over 25 years experience in the music industry and an acknowledged and growing reputation across the world. Our staff have a wide range of professional experience and a progressive approach to teaching in their delivery of courses. We provide unequalled student/tutor ratios and hands on experience in well equipped teaching spaces with constant staff support to enable students to achieve their maximum potential. In addition to fully realising its commercial potential, the Charity intends to extend our services to a wider cross section of people including: Those without the resources to access high-level quality training/ education; Those who do not readily identified this as a set of skills or a career opportunity for themselves; Those who do not realise they have talents and potential in the area of sound; Those who have traditionally been excluded from the technical side of sound and new media industries, such as women, people with disabilities, and people from black and ethnic minority groups. We have traditionally maintained a working relationship with local voluntary and community based groups including practical work with local organisations such as Kingston Mental Health and Kingston Age Concern, and more recently groups such as Clapham Park Youth centre, Brixton Shed Youth Theatre, and others. We provide services at cost or through funding/sponsorship from other charitable organisations and government initiatives. Trustees Our Trustees are drawn from key areas in the Music Industry and meet bi-monthy. They can be contacted by email: trustees@gsr.org.uk Chair Paulette Long Director Westbury Music Secretary Neil Gardner Creative Director Ladbroke Productions Director Radio Academy Vice Chair Tony Platt Producer Director MPG Kienda Hoji Course Leader BA (Hons) Commercial Music Westminster University Past Trustees: Alistair Jones (Chair) Education Director Yamaha Kemble Music UK Ltd David Marshall Director Sound Technology plc Dr Julia Winterson Author 'Pop Music: The Text Book' and 'New Anthology of Music' Head of New Music Peters Edition Jonathan MacDonald Sales Director — Blyk
Jobs at Gateway	Operations Manager Closing date: THIS POSITION IS NOW CLOSED Gateway Sound Education Trust, a growing music industry charity is seeking to recruit an Operations Manager to manage the day to day operations and financial management of the organisation. The goal of the charity is to provide sound educational practice in all aspects of contemporary music to a wide range of users from the inspiration of young inner city school children, through to professional practice at BA Hons level. The Operations Manager works closely with the Chief Executive Officer, the Trust Board and other colleagues to develop strategy, planning and budgeting. The OM has particular responsibility for the management of the team, ensuring the provision and operation of systems and programmes to deliver all agreed activities. You should have proven leadership and managerial skills with experience gained from the public, private or voluntary sectors and transferable skills from your career to date. The role requires someone who can work on their own initiative in all areas of the job, reliable and fully committed to enhance the service provided to both customers and Trust members. Download job description/person specification (pdf) and application form (word doc) Programme Administrator Closing date: 17 April 2008 Gateway is also looking for a Programme Administrator to provide efficient and effective administrative support for students on our HE and short course programmes. You will work as an integral part of a team supporting the student experience. You will have excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to work collaboratively, and be able to communicate effectively with a range of people, both internal and external to the organisation. You must be a self-starter, able to organise your own workload to meet deadlines, and have a good attention to detail. You will be able to provide excellent customer service and work calmly under pressure, with a flexible and responsive attitude. You will be proficient in the use of office technology, including word processing, databases, spreadsheets, email and in the internet. The job description, person specification and application form will be available for download from 31 March.
Supporting Gateway	The support of Alumni and friends is very important to the School. It is only through such support and the giving of gifts and bequests that the School, now a Charity, will have the means to grow and develop as an institution. At the bottom of this page, you can download a pdf file which includes information on the following five areas: Why Gateway needs your support Tax efficient ways of giving Making a gift Bequests Other information There are a number of tax incentives for those wishing to make a gift to Gateway and who are taxpayers in the UK, USA or Canada. Further details can be found in the sections on Tax efficient ways of giving and on Bequests. Now, more than ever, such help is needed. Our Alumni - those who know Gateway best and have benefited most from its education and opportunities - are asked to contribute, at whatever level they can afford, on a regular basis to the School. In addition, many people who are not Alumni may wish to support Gateway, as they recognise that it is an institution of outstanding academic reputation. We are delighted to have their help too. Your contribution will play a role in ensuring that the School’s traditions of academic excellence, tolerance, acceptance of diversity, and internationalism will continue for generations of students to come. Download supporting documents: Supporting Gateway brochure (162kb pdf) Donation form (168kb pdf)

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Gateway Sound Education Trust

Gateway Sound Education Trust is a not for profit organisation, Registered Charity No. 1097728, delivering high quality educational programmes and projects in the fields of audio technology, the music industry and new media.

Established in 1976, Gateway now has over 25 years experience in the music industry and an acknowledged and growing reputation across the world. Our staff have a wide range of professional experience and a progressive approach to teaching in their delivery of courses.

We provide unequalled student/tutor ratios and hands on experience in well equipped teaching spaces with constant staff support to enable students to achieve their maximum potential.

In addition to fully realising its commercial potential, the Charity intends to extend our services to a wider cross section of people including:

Those without the resources to access high-level quality training/ education;
Those who do not readily identified this as a set of skills or a career opportunity for themselves;
Those who do not realise they have talents and potential in the area of sound;
Those who have traditionally been excluded from the technical side of sound and new media industries, such as women, people with disabilities, and people from black and ethnic minority groups.

We have traditionally maintained a working relationship with local voluntary and community based groups including practical work with local organisations such as Kingston Mental Health and Kingston Age Concern, and more recently groups such as Clapham Park Youth centre, Brixton Shed Youth Theatre, and others. We provide services at cost or through funding/sponsorship from other charitable organisations and government initiatives.

Trustees

Our Trustees are drawn from key areas in the Music Industry and meet bi-monthy. They can be contacted by email: trustees@gsr.org.uk

Chair

Paulette Long Director Westbury Music

Secretary

Neil Gardner Creative Director Ladbroke Productions Director Radio Academy

Vice Chair

Tony Platt Producer Director MPG Kienda Hoji Course Leader BA (Hons) Commercial Music Westminster University

Past Trustees:

Alistair Jones (Chair) Education Director Yamaha Kemble Music UK Ltd

David Marshall Director Sound Technology plc

Dr Julia Winterson Author 'Pop Music: The Text Book' and 'New Anthology of Music' Head of New Music Peters Edition

Jonathan MacDonald Sales Director — Blyk

Jobs at Gateway

Operations Manager Closing date: THIS POSITION IS NOW CLOSED

Gateway Sound Education Trust, a growing music industry charity is seeking to recruit an Operations Manager to manage the day to day operations and financial management of the organisation. The goal of the charity is to provide sound educational practice in all aspects of contemporary music to a wide range of users from the inspiration of young inner city school children, through to professional practice at BA Hons level.

The Operations Manager works closely with the Chief Executive Officer, the Trust Board and other colleagues to develop strategy, planning and budgeting. The OM has particular responsibility for the management of the team, ensuring the provision and operation of systems and programmes to deliver all agreed activities.

You should have proven leadership and managerial skills with experience gained from the public, private or voluntary sectors and transferable skills from your career to date. The role requires someone who can work on their own initiative in all areas of the job, reliable and fully committed to enhance the service provided to both customers and Trust members.

Download job description/person specification (pdf) and application form (word doc)

Programme Administrator Closing date: 17 April 2008

Gateway is also looking for a Programme Administrator to provide efficient and effective administrative support for students on our HE and short course programmes. You will work as an integral part of a team supporting the student experience. You will have excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to work collaboratively, and be able to communicate effectively with a range of people, both internal and external to the organisation. You must be a self-starter, able to organise your own workload to meet deadlines, and have a good attention to detail.

You will be able to provide excellent customer service and work calmly under pressure, with a flexible and responsive attitude. You will be proficient in the use of office technology, including word processing, databases, spreadsheets, email and in the internet.

The job description, person specification and application form will be available for download from 31 March.

Supporting Gateway

The support of Alumni and friends is very important to the School. It is only through such support and the giving of gifts and bequests that the School, now a Charity, will have the means to grow and develop as an institution.

At the bottom of this page, you can download a pdf file which includes information on the following five areas:

Why Gateway needs your support
Tax efficient ways of giving
Making a gift
Bequests
Other information
There are a number of tax incentives for those wishing to make a gift to Gateway and who are taxpayers in the UK, USA or Canada. Further details can be found in the sections on Tax efficient ways of giving and on Bequests.

Now, more than ever, such help is needed. Our Alumni - those who know Gateway best and have benefited most from its education and opportunities - are asked to contribute, at whatever level they can afford, on a regular basis to the School. In addition, many people who are not Alumni may wish to support Gateway, as they recognise that it is an institution of outstanding academic reputation. We are delighted to have their help too.

Your contribution will play a role in ensuring that the School’s traditions of academic excellence, tolerance, acceptance of diversity, and internationalism will continue for generations of students to come.

Download supporting documents:

Supporting Gateway brochure (162kb pdf)

Donation form (168kb pdf)