Contract: 35 hours per week equivalent (annualised hours), with some weekend and evening working required
Start date: 30 August 2024 (new starter induction day)
Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 (dependent on experience)
Are you passionate about the performing arts and eager to play a key role in The Grammar School at Leeds’ new Performing Arts Centre? We have an exciting opportunity for a Theatre Manager to work alongside our dynamic and inspiring colleagues to take a lead role in this exciting stage of the school’s development. Your passion for the arts and innovative approach will inspire and empower our students to explore their talents and unleash their creative potential.
The Grammar School at Leeds is a 3-18 coeducational school on the outskirts of Leeds. It has a powerful and vibrant legacy of enriching the lives of young people through the creative and performing arts. Our purpose-built, state-of-the-art Performing Arts Centre is due for completion during the first half of the 2024-25 academic year and will be a dedicated hub for music, drama and performance of all kinds and for all ages. We believe this space will inspire a passion for the arts in the next generation of GSAL students and prepare them for their futures - whatever they might hold.
Currently the school produces up to four productions a year across Senior and Primary school, along with 10 – 15 music and choral performances and concerts, and a plethora of other creative activities that include debating, House music, nativity plays, Courtyard Shakespeare, the staff pantomime and a variety of music concerts.
A 350-seat auditorium with flexible seating is at the heart of our plans, complete with oak-panelled stage and walls and optimised acoustics. The auditorium will also feature the latest audio technology and LED lighting, giving backstage teams the experience of operating professional-standard equipment.
We are seeking a candidate with considerable experience in live theatre or the arts, who is confident with the technical aspects of live performances to lead theatre management throughout the school. If you believe this is a role in which you could excel, please click the apply button.
We value our team and offer a wide range of benefits including:
- Significant discount on school fees
- 25 days annual leave per year plus eight statutory bank holidays (pro rata for part-time roles)
- School closure days in the Christmas holidays in addition to annual leave entitlement
- Option to purchase up to 10 additional days of annual leave
- Childcare provided for staff’s children during school INSET days (from the age of 3 up to age 11)
- Personal pension plan with Aviva up to 5% employee contribution and 10% employer (with the facility to pay higher or lower employee contributions)
- Training and CPD available including five inset days per academic year
- Staff lunches: three courses for £1 available during school lunchtimes plus free tea, coffee and hot chocolate machines
- Access to our 24/7 GP provider, Health hero
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme well-being app, Vivup, offering telephone counselling, financial and legal advice plus 6-8 face-to-face counselling sessions
- Staff discounts through multiple providers, including Vivup, discounts for teachers and Extras
- Beautiful lunch time walking routes around our 100 acre site
- Onsite gym and swimming pool available for staff use within set times as well as staff classes such as pilates, meditation, kettlebells, spinning and bootcamps
- Salary sacrifice schemes for cycle to work
- Free car parking available on site
- Use of the school’s extensive library facility
- Generous leave of absence scheme to support our employees when they need it
- Opportunity to be involved in extracurricular activities such as the staff pantomime, well-being committee or volunteer for community events
How to Apply:
Complete the online GSAL application form. Please be prepared to provide copies of any qualifications mentioned in your application. For any inquiries about the vacancy, feel free to contact vacancies@gsal.org.uk
More information about the role and responsibilities are contained in the job description and person specification attached in the documents section on our website advert. Please note we cannot offer tours or visits due to the high volume of interest. A tour is provided as part of the interviewing process.
The closing date for applications is: 6 May 2024
Interview date: Week commencing 13 May 2024