Academic and Pastoral Principal
The Royal Ballet School
Covent Garden, London and Richmond, Surrey
- Expired
- Salary:
- Circa £75,000 per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Ideally January 2019
- Apply by:
- 2 June 2018
Job overview
We are seeking a confident, experienced and flexible individual to join the Senior Management of the School as the Academic and Pastoral Principal. This unique opportunity will involve being responsible for the leadership and management of the School’s academic and pastoral services and for ensuring that the School meets all statutory inspection requirements.
Reporting to the Artistic Director (who provides overall leadership of the School) and working closely with the Chief Operating Officer (who is responsible for the School’s business and financial performance), the post holder will be one of an Executive Leadership Team of three and will be responsible for delivering the highest standard of academic teaching and learning and of pastoral care to students across the School. The post is not a standard headship role but provides excellent grounding for someone wishing to take on a full headship at some point in the future.
The successful candidate will have substantial experience in whole School management, ideally with experience of both academic and pastoral areas, and be ready for a new challenge within the arts.
Hours: The Principal will determine their own timetable, but will be expected to be a presence at both the Upper and White Lodge at different and balanced times throughout the week during term time.
Salary: Circa £75,000 per annum depending on skills, knowledge and experience. The role is residential for the better performance of the duties required and accommodation will be made available at Aud Jebsen Hall, Pimlico.
For the candidate briefing document and job description, please visit our website: www.royalballetschool.org.uk/information/work-with-us
To apply, please complete the application form and send to jobs@royalballetschool.org.uk
Please note that we do not accept CV’s under any circumstances- all candidates must complete the application form and send to jobs@royalballetschool.org.uk
Closing date for applications: 8 June 2018
Interviews: 3 July 2018
Candidates will be invited to attend an informal interview with the Artistic Director W/C 18 June 2018.
If you are aware that you will not be able to interview on these dates, we will not be able to consider your application.
We envisage the post beginning in January 2019.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidates will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring check and further pre-employment checks to comply with boarding school recruitment regulations.
About The Royal Ballet School
The Royal Ballet School is made up of the Lower and Upper Schools. The Upper School has 83 students aged 16-19 and is situated in new buildings in Covent Garden. Almost all of the graduating students go on to gain dance contracts with classical dance companies within the UK and around the world. The Lower School, situated at White Lodge in Richmond Park has 124 pupils of which 121 are full or weekly boarders.
The Royal Ballet School is a unique place, our mission statement ‘To celebrate the past, herald the future but concentrate on the present’ sums up the atmosphere completely.
Whilst we are proud of our place in the birth and development of classical ballet in the UK we are mindful of the need to move forward. To this end a major redevelopment of facilities at both the Upper and Lower Schools has recently been completed as have improvements to the first and second year boarding facilities in Barons Court and Covent Garden. The School is a member of SHMIS and of the National Association of Music and Dance Schools (NAMDS), a large number of our students (UK and EU) receive support from the DfES under the Gifted and Talented Scheme. Many non EU students are supported by generous scholarships and bursaries which are funded by the School endowment fund or by individual sponsors.
The Upper School is truly international with over 30% of the students coming from overeas and of these approximately half will not have English as their first language.
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