Reports to

Jake Harders

Working pattern

Full Time - Onsite

Hours

40 Hours week

Salary

£39,000

Application deadline

08/10/2025

Interview date

Start date

This is position is a permanent, full-time role within ArtsEd. We are committed to changing the way that performers are trained for the modern industry. The person appointed should ideally bring a balance of professional and teaching skills to ensure that ArtsEd remains a leader in the world of contemporary professional theatre training. The School of Acting currently offers a BA (Hons), Cert HE and MA which are validated by City St George’s, University of London. The intake is approximately 34 BA (Hons), 35 Foundation and 30 MA students per year, with some funding via the current Dance and Drama Awards scheme. The successful applicant will need to work closely with the Head of Acting to ensure the highest standards of actor training are maintained for the students, and in order to maintain a high level of morale and co-operation across the busy Acting department as we carry out our day-to-day activities with good humour and a positive, ‘can-do’ approach.

The Senior Acting Tutor will work across the BA Acting programme and on occasion FAct and MA programmes to deliver fundamental acting classes for stage and/or screen. The Senior Acting Tutor will also undertake verbal and written assessments, 1:1 pastoral care, any training to fulfil the requirements of the role and undertake pastoral and Head of Year responsibilities where necessary.

• Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of young persons for whom you are responsible and with whom you come into contact.
• Contributing towards the efficient, safe and effective provision of high-quality contemporary actor training, primarily the BA (Hons) Acting Course. Additionally, you will collaborate on the acting strand for the MA Acting and Foundation courses.
• Use your practical understanding of acting and pedagogy to effectively transmit a wide range of methodologies and practitioners, including, for example, the practices of Stanislavski, Grotowski, Hagen, Mesiner, Michael Chekhov, Alfreds, Henricks, Bogart, Suzuki, Lecoq.
• Make a positive contribution to the team, supporting colleagues in their day-to-day activities with accuracy, thoroughness and attention to detail.
• Be agile and able to reprioritise objectives in line with the School’s changing needs.
• To teach a range of classes from the current acting curriculum, further details of which are outlined below.
• Contributing towards maintaining the highest quality teaching of acting and associated subjects (such as Contextual Studies) throughout the School of Acting.
• Contributing towards curriculum review processes, as appropriate.
• To be a Personal Tutor as set out in the school’s Personal Tutor policy, as appropriate.
• This role may include other pastoral responsibilities – including, but not limited to, a Head of Year responsibility.
• Participation in the audition selection process.
• To take part in external outreach or development events as required.
• To mark and assess student progress through written project journals, practical classwork elements, projects and performances as required, and during the assessment period at the end of the academic year.
• Monitoring student attendance and maintaining discipline amongst the student body.