Head of Acting
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
City of London
- Expired
- Salary:
- £63,330 - £72,410
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 29 April 2019
Job overview
Head of Acting
Starting salary of £63,330 and up to £72,410 per annum inclusive of London Weighting and dependant on skills and experience.
The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, is a world leading specialist Performing Arts Conservatoire, investing in the artists of today and tomorrow.
Guildhall School is a vibrant, international community of young musicians, actors and production artists in the heart of the City of London. Rated Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework and ranked as the UK’s top conservatoire in the Guardian University Guide 2019 for Music, the School is a global leader of creative and professional practice, which promotes innovation, experiment and research, with over 1,000 students in higher education, drawn from nearly 60 countries around the world.
Our acting programmes are highly regarded in the industry for the thoroughness of their audition processes and the passion, quality and rigour of the teaching. The programmes are renowned for their combined focus on craft training, care and attention to individual student development, and the strong ensemble ethic shared by staff and students. The Head of Acting is the Programme Leader for the BA Honours in Acting and the MA in Acting. Each has a distinguished list of graduates. Both programmes are three years, full-time. The MA is specifically designed for students who already hold an undergraduate degree and want a full, professional training in acting.
We are seeking an inspirational individual to take up the post of Head of Acting who will lead on the creation, management and delivery of the highest quality actor training at one of the most exciting Performing Arts Conservatoires in the world.
It is a significant time to be joining Guildhall. 2019 saw the arrival of Orla O’Loughlin as Vice principal and Director of Drama bringing with her an ambition to reimagine what Acting Training in the 21st century can be.
The new Head of Acting will provide vision and leadership, maintaining high standards of teaching whilst driving change and innovation in response to the rapidly changing arts industry.
The successful applicant will have both significant professional industry and educational experience.
Closing date is midday on 30 April 2019.
All applications must include a completed application form. Late applications will not be accepted.
To apply online, please visit www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/jobs
Alternatively, please contact 020 7332 3978 (24hr answerphone) quoting reference number GS473. A minicom service for the hearing impaired is available on 020 7332 3732.
The successful postholder will be required to obtain a standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure.
The City of London Corporation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The City of London Corporation is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
About Guildhall School of Music & Drama
- Guildhall School of Music & Drama
- Silk Street, Barbican
- London
- EC2Y 8DT
- United Kingdom
The modern Guildhall School is distinctive in being the only major European conservatoire which is both a music school and a drama school, and one which is pre-eminent in technical theatre, professional development and music therapy. A thriving Junior Guildhall and a range of annual summer schools further complement the outstanding opportunities for all students. Long recognised as a centre of excellence, the School was recently twice-honoured by consecutive Queen's Anniversary Prizes; in 2005 for its unrivalled development and outreach programme, Guildhall Connect, and in 2007 in recognition of the achievements and work of the School's Opera Programme over the last two decades.
Since its founding in 1880, the Guildhall School has stood as a vibrant showcase of the City of London Corporation's commitment to education and the arts. Situated in the heart of the City, the School moved to its present premises in the Barbican in 1977 solidifying a unique link with both Europe's largest arts and conference centre, including the Barbican Hall and the Pit Theatre, and the world-class London Symphony Orchestra.
The reputation of the teaching and increasingly the research across all the disciplines is unrivalled. Students experience working in a professional context to professional standards with an exemplary pool of outstanding artists who work with us as directors, conductors, coaches and tutors. The School's graduates consistently succeed at the highest levels of their chosen profession.
The School currently numbers just over 800 students on its roll call, approximately 700 of whom are undergraduate and postgraduate music students. At the present time, 135 are studying on the Acting and Technical Theatre programmes. In any given year, about 40% of the students are from outside the UK typically representing over 40 nationalities.
The Guildhall continues to enhance its programmes and contribute to the cultural life of the City by forging even stronger ties with the Barbican Centre and the LSO, the BBC, the London Jazz Festival, the City of London Festival, the Royal Court, and the RSC.
The most significant investment in the Guildhall School's future was recently announced with unveiling of the plans for the £80 million redevelopment of the neighbouring Milton Court site. The new building will house three new performance spaces: a concert hall (609 seats), a theatre (225 seats) and a studio theatre (maximum 128 seats) in addition to drama teaching and administration spaces. By the anticipated opening in autumn of 2012, the Guildhall's facilities will at long last match the outstanding quality of its training and the success of its graduates.
This website provides a taste of the distinctive excellence at the Guildhall School in its programmes, performances and student life.
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