Front of House Coordinator
The Royal Ballet School
Westminster
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 2 January 2020
Job overview
The Royal Ballet School is one of the world’s greatest centres of classical ballet training. Our mission is to nurture, train and educate exceptional young dancers for the Royal Ballet companies and other leading UK and international companies and to inspire the future of classical ballet training. Our vision is to be the best classical ballet school in the world.
We are seeking a friendly, organised and approachable individual to join the Operations team at our Upper School. This role acts as ‘the face’ of The Royal Ballet School and is the first point of contact for the public, as well as liaising with all members of staff. The successful candidate will be expected to provide a warm and welcoming service to all, not only providing a high level of customer service at Reception, but also the provision of administrative support to all departments as required, in particular the Operations team.
You will have a confident and positive attitude, be highly motivated and proactive, with demonstrable customer service experience and solid administrative skills. Experience of working within a School environment and an interest in dance or performing arts would be beneficial.
Hours: 35 hours p/week (11am-7pm Monday-Friday) with occasional evening and weekend work on a rota basis.
Location: Covent Garden, London with occasional cover required at our Lower School in Richmond Park
In return we offer 30 days’ holidays plus bank holidays, contributory pension scheme, Lifeworks, local discounts, season ticket loan, and cycle to work scheme. We also provide monthly ‘lunch & learn’ sessions and seated massages.
Please note that we cannot accept CV’s - all applicants must complete the application form via our website.
Interviews: 10th January 2020. Please do not apply unless you can be available to interview on this date.
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.
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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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