Do you want to work with us and be part of our industry-changing community here at Collective? We are always interested to hear from practitioners and potential partners who share our values.
At Collective strive to make our society a fairer place by providing access to the highest-quality training for actors from underrepresented groups, particularly in terms of ethnicity, disability and class. We aim to show leadership in making the performing arts a more representative industry that better reflects the rich diversity of our society. To achieve this, we aim to become the leading provider of training in the U.K. for actors from underrepresented groups.
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Course Leader – BA Acting (0.8 FTE; 3 Year FTC)
Collective Acting Studio’s ambition is to ensure every student develops necessary skills for a sustainable acting career or related creative industry role after graduation.
Our overarching mission prioritizes teaching professional skills at an excellent level through an inclusion curriculum celebrating the identity and heritage of our diverse student body. This means ensuring diversity in practitioners, texts, learning resources, and our skilled staff team.
The BA Acting Course Leader will take responsibility for artistic leadership and academic management. As a Senior Leadership Team member, they’ll contribute to strategic direction while delivering a degree that maintains high-quality actor training alongside cutting-edge stage and screen practices and new performance material creation.
Working with the CEO, they’ll ensure Collective Acting Studio remains at the forefront of global actor-training practices and innovative student-centred pedagogy. The Course Leader will develop teaching, learning and assessment methods centred on equity, diversity and inclusion.
The post holder must maintain ongoing professional practice in acting/directing, contributing to positive student outcomes through experience-enhancing initiatives. In consultation with the Student Support Officer, they’ll ensure curriculum accessibility for disabled students, fully integrating them into the training through necessary differentiation.
Salary:
£41,500 per annum (FTE)
0.8 FTE Salary: £33,200
Job description and full details are here
How to Apply
Please send a Cover Letter and CV and a 3-5min video describing why you are a good fit and why you would like to work for Collective to Laura Battisti (laura.battisti@collectiveactingstudio.co.uk)
Contact email: laura.battisti@collectiveactingstudio.co.uk
Contact name: Laura
Closing date: June 13th
Senior Management Mentee (0.4 FTE)
This fixed term position is designed to provide an opportunity for a talented practitioner from an underrepresented group, who has not previously been given the opportunity to undertake a management role in a drama school, to develop the leadership skills and experience necessary to undertake a management role within an actor-training organisation.
As the Mentee you become part of the Senior Leadership Team, so will share responsibility with senior colleagues for setting the overall strategy of the organisation and overseeing the day-to-day delivery of the programmes.
This is a particularly exciting developmental opportunity for someone with leadership aspirations within drama training and the wider creative industries. Some of the opportunities available to our first Senior Management Mentee included: forming partnerships with nationally and internationally recognised arts companies, chairing whole team meetings, directing projects – and involvement at a senior level in exciting key developments in the business such as validating our degree, the successful bid for acquiring our London premises and our forthcoming opening in Birmingham.
You will also be expected to undertake leadership and day-to-day delivery in at least one area of the Studio’s work. This area will be one of the following:
- As the Youth Academy Manager
- As Head of Participation
- As a Junior Producer for our Fringe Theatre Festival (Collective Fringe)
- As Deputy Director for Film Festival (Collective Film Festival London)
- As Industry Liaison
Please click on the Job Pack for more detailed information.
Salary
£28,000 per annum (FTE)
£11,200 per annum (0.4 FTE position)
Job description and full details are here
How to Apply
Please send a Cover Letter and CV and a 3-5min video describing why you are a good fit and why you would like to work for Collective to Laura Battisti (laura.battisti@collectiveactingstudio.co.uk)
- Contact name: Laura
- Contact email: laura.battisti@collectiveactingstudio.co.uk
Closing date: June 16th
Marketing & Communications Non-Executive Director, Board of Directors
We’re looking for a Marketing & Communications specialist to join our Board as a Non-Executive Director as we embark on an exciting growth period, working closely with local communities to increase access to training for underrepresented groups.
Term of appointment will be 3 years with the opportunity for extension or early termination as required. This is a voluntary position, with a nominal fee paid for Board meeting attendance.
Job Description and full details are here.
Closing date: Ongoing
freelance practitioners
Want to work with us and our diverse community of staff and students?
We are always delighted to hear from practitioners who share our values and who feel they could bring something to the Collective. If you are interested in working with us, do send an introductory email to paul.harvard@collectiveactingstudio.co.uk
