Drama Practitioner
Drama Practitioner
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Job Description
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*we accept other forms of submission including video and audio recordings.
The Rep is a Disability Confident Employer. If you would like to apply under this scheme please selection this option on our application portal.
The Rep supports and encourages applications from refugees seeking asylum in the United Kingdom. We will guarantee an interview to any refugee if they meet the minimum criteria for the job vacancy and has the legal right to work in the UK. If you would like to apply under this scheme please select this option on our application portal.
We want you to feel comfortable and prepared for your interview so that you are able to show case all your brilliant skills and experience. For those with access needs we are able to offer numerous adjustments including: sending out questions in advance allowing more time for tasks or applications re-wording questions providing a BSL interpreter or whatever else you might need. Dont be afraid to talk to us at emailprotected
The deadline for receipt of applications is Thursday 10th Julyat 12pm
Interviews will be held at The Rep week commencing 21st July.
Guidance
Please read the job description carefully before starting your application to ensure that you meet all of the essential criteria and are able to provide evidence in your application to support these areas. Only relevant information will be considered when shortlisting candidates.
In line with GDPR your application will be retained securely for 6 months before being destroyed if you are unsuccessful.
Vacancies will generally close by the deadline however we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applicants. We therefore advise candidates to submit their applications as soon as possible if they wish to be considered for the role. Any applications made after the deadline will not be considered.
Role Summary
Established in 1913 The Rep has an unparalleled history as a pioneering repertory theatre and the launch-pad for some of the most exciting talent in UK theatre both past and present. Today it is a producing powerhouse with three auditoria - The House 816 seats; The Studio 292 seats; The Door 133 seats - as well as extensive on-site production facilities: set building scenic art wardrobe props workshop lighting sound/AV stage and stage management.
Producing theatre is the core of The Reps mission and it creates up to ten productions a year of varying sizes across its stages. Many are made in co-production with other theatres and commercial producers and all Rep-led productions are built in house. Alongside in house productions the theatre presents a programme of visiting productions. The theatre also has an impressive creative learning and talent development programme delivering opportunities for thousands of young people every year.
The Creative Learning department is an integral part of The Rep. We engage 50000 young people each year often providing a first experience of drama and theatre to educational settings and youth theatres. Our work spans the West Midlands and wider regions.
Our bespoke learning programme is widely recognised for its excellence and our Drama Practitioners play a critical role in successful delivery. This involves working with schools youth theatres and community partners to both embed drama into school curriculum direct theatre performance and deliver activities that encourage the development of young people on both an academic and/or holistic level. We strive to stimulate creativity build communication skills and encourage a collaborative approach to performance.
This role could involve working in any of the following:
- Early Years settings
- Primary and Secondary Schools
- SEND schools
- Young Rep (our youth theatre programme)
- After school clubs
- FE/HE settings
You may work in a number of the settings outlined above. As well as meeting the settings individual targets and aims you will promote and profile the work of The Rep in an imaginative exciting relevant and inspiring way.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Supporting the theatres strategies to increase participation and learning through theatre
- Adapting your practice to meet the access needs of the participants
- Acting as a mentor and role-model for our young people
- Engaging young people in developing their creative and performance skills
- Working with the Head of Education and School Staff to develop and deliver curriculum-based projects
- Devise and deliver a learning programme that reflects a commitment to life- long learning and offers a broad and equal range of opportunity
- Maintain a keen awareness of developments in arts education and endeavour to ensure that The Rep is leading in such areas.
- To support and promote partner schools codes of practice regarding discipline professional conduct and equality of opportunity
- Devising learning programmes to support The Reps artistic objectives
- Working with the Head of Young Rep to create exciting performance-based projects
- To deliver exciting summer schools which take place at Birmingham Rep
- To create resource packs for productions at Birmingham Rep
- To host post-show discussions
- To work in collaboration with other members of staff to develop and manage artistic projects. This particularly involves communicating with Production and Artistic teams at The Rep to organise backstage activity for young people in our programmes.
- To monitor evaluate and record work according to relevant criteria provided by schools funders and The Rep
- To report to potential stakeholders through documentation and by attendance at consultation and open events
- To maintain an up-to-date awareness of the subject area educational/industry advances and personal and professional development
- To support and promote partner schools codes of practice regarding discipline professional conduct and equality of opportunity
- Be up to date and confident in following The Reps safeguarding policies and procedures.
- Report and feedback to the CL team and the wider organisation on developments with partners and maintain a high profile internally for this area of work
Ensure that diversity and access are positively considered in all aspects of the role
Specific Responsibilities
- To create and facilitate workshops in schools to support the schools curriculum and creative needs
- Delivering one-off workshops in formal education and community settings
- To direct youth theatre productions with school participants
- Directing high quality youth theatre productions
- Promoting the Young Rep programme
- Ensuring Young Rep companies are safe welcoming spaces where young people can be themselves
- To create content for social media outlets
- To work alongside the setting to discuss design and deliver a tailored programme that supports the overarching aims identified.
- Be confident delivering in a SEND setting
- Be adept at planning a wide array of workshops that can be easily adapted or changed to suit the specific groups needs.
- To attend partner review meetings training and INSET where relevant
GeneralResponsibilities
- Adhere to and implement the guidelines procedures and policies of the company as detailed in the staff policies (available from the staff handbook).
- Play a role in the life of the company and work across departments to develop a positive and engaged organisational culture including playing active and positive roles in staff forums/committees.
- Complete all mandatory e-learning and training
- Be aware of and comply with rules and legislation pertaining to Health & Safety at work and abide by the procedures set out in the Health & Safety Policy.
- Take ownership for the safety of the working environment for your teams by being fully complaint with the Health and Safety policies rules and training for yourself and your team members including casual and freelancer staff.
- Be aware of and comply with rules and legislation pertaining to data security and GDPR at work and abide by the procedures set out in the Data Protection Policy.
- All staff are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and adherence to our safeguarding policy including a duty to report any issues of concern.
Any Other Duties
The duties and responsibilities set out should not be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive. The post-holder may be required to undertake other reasonably determined duties and responsibilities within the organisation which are appropriate with the level of the role without changing the general character of the post.
The post-holder may also be called upon to carry out duties that would not normally be associated with the post on a temporary basis where there is a strong organisational requirement for that to happen. The post-holder would be given appropriate training and equipment to carry out any duties of this kind.
Key Relationships
This role forms part of the Creative Learning will be managed by the Head of Education.
This structure may change from time to time based on business need but reflects the broad areas of responsibility.
Internal
- Members of the Senior Management team
- Heads of Department across the organisation
- Members of the Board and committees with oversight of departmental activities
- Staff groups forums and trade unions as required
External
- Providers suppliers
- Users of the theatre and the public
- Schools and academies
- Stakeholders
- Communities
Person Specification
You must have...
If you do not demonstrate that you meet all these criteria you may not be shortlisted
- Experience of drama facilitation in education and community settings especially in Primary and Secondary school settings.
- Experience of drama workshop delivery to young people with additional needs
- Experience facilitating drama sessions with Early Years children
- Experience directing theatre productions
- Knowledge of a production process
- Knowledge of Applied Theatre practice process drama teacher-in-role techniques and drama conventions
- Knowledge of current trends within Drama and Theatre Education
- Knowledge of examples of good practice in community arts
- Knowledge of safeguarding issues particularly in relation to vulnerable young people
- Confident ability to devise and lead workshops
- Good I.T and presentation skills
- Effective communicator and strong team-worker
- Willingness to share skills and learn from others
- Motivation to develop young peoples learning and creativity
Itd be great if you had
If we need to choose between candidates who meet the essential criteria we may take these factors into account.
- Experience teaching or delivering work in a youth work setting
- Experience working with young people who are at risk
- Experience leading drama and theatre workshops with people with SEND or additional needs
- Education to degree level in drama theatre and/or education (or equivalent training experience)
- Experience working with a producing theatre
- Experience of delivering drama work to a range of ages from young people from EYFS to those in FE/HE Institutions
- A full UK driving licence or full international driving licence within the first year of residency in the UK
Terms and Conditions
Period of Work: This is a fixed termcontract for 12 months subject to successful completion of a probationary period of 3months.
Pay: The salary is 22957.60 per annum on a part time basis of 31.2 hours per week. The full time equivalent salary for this role is 28697.
Hours:31.2 hours per week (4 days per week) Tuesday Friday dont encourage or expect overtime however in the event that over time is worked this may be taken as time off in lieu to be agreed in advance with your line manager.
Holidays: 25 days per year plus bank holidays rising to 30 days plus bank holidays with continuous service. This is pro rata for part time staff. The holiday year runs from 1 September to 31 August each year.
Notice Period:1 month
Location of Work:You will spend much of your week based in school premises and on Fridays your main place of work will be The Rep in Birmingham. You may be required to work permanently or temporarily at other locations locally.
Other Benefits:Contributory staff pension 5% employee and 3% employer
Non-contractual Benefits
- A day off for your birthday
- Free-to-use employee assistance service
- Staff ticket discount (when available)
- Staff discount in The Rep food and drink outlets
- 25% Season Ticket discount on parking at Q-Parks
- 5.50 day rates at Utilita Arena North and South Car Parks
- Access to salary sacrifice schemes including Bike to Work scheme and Health Cash Plans
- We actively encourage all staff to see shows as believe that being part of The Rep product enhances everyones experience as an employee and ambassador. To ensure everyone has a chance to attend shows every staff member is invited to attend press night for all The Reps own productions along with further complimentary tickets where possible as well as competitive discounts throughout the year.
Theres no such thing as perfection
At the Rep we dont expect or look for the perfect candidate instead we look for people who can positively contribute to our team. In return you will be given support encouragement and all the right conditions to grow succeed and be your best. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where difference is a strength and every unique voice and skill is recognised and valued.
For us recruitment is more than a match against a job description its about feeling excited to come to work every day and being proud of who you work with and for. We believe The Rep is for everyone so however you identify whatever your background if you feel excited about this role then we urge you to please apply.
Its important to us that The Rep reflects the communities we serve and therefore we particularly welcome applicants from the global majority and D/deaf & disabled communities as these groups are not as well represented as we want them to be. As part of our Ramps on the Moon legacy we have experience in supporting individuals to Access to Work requests and encourage any and all staff who may benefit from the scheme to use it. We will always try to make the adjustments needed so that you can perform to the best of your ability and professionally thrive in a supportive and engaging environment. We want our Rep to be culturally informed and accessible to all so we encourage you to celebrate and share your own cultural experience and knowledge of our city proudly in your application.
As a disability confident employer we guarantee an interview to anyone who has a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the minimum criteria we mean that you must provide us with evidence in your application form which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required for each competence (or could with reasonable support) as well as meeting any of the qualifications skills or experience defined as essential in the person specification.
Diversity Monitoring
Our ultimate aim is to have diversity of all kinds in every layer of the organisation and to help us keep track of our success we kindly ask you to complete an Equality and Diversity form alongside your application. Participation is voluntary but appreciated and your responses will be anonymous and not shared with the recruiting managers.
Environmental
As one of the largest producing houses in the midlands we are aware that we have a responsibility to the environment beyond legal and regulatory requirements. As such we are aiming to be carbon neutral within 10 years with sustainability at the forefront of our working practices and integrate climate aware work into our programme. We have committed to adopt the Green Book Sustainable Productions framework on a minimum of 2 productions a year. Our Environmental Working Group is comprised of staff from across organisation to become environmental champions and meet regularly to review and update our Environmental policy and plans. We are committed to exploring trailing and renewing ways in which the organisation and staff can reduce their environmental impact and carbon footprint.
Flexible working
We know flexibility is everything and we foster a working environment which is focused on outcomes. For this role you will be required to work specific hours and be present in the building to help with the running of performances. We actively encourage applications for job shares and will make every effort to accommodate these requests.
Safeguarding
The Rep is committed to safeguarding and operates an environment where all staff are expected to report any concerns about vulnerable people or about the behaviour or practice of colleagues and other people they come into contact with.
Offers
Any job offer we make is subject to:
- Receipt of 2 satisfactory references
- Proof of eligibility to work in the UK
- Role appropriate background checks
- Evidence of appropriate qualifications
Employment Type
Full-Time
