Education Drama Coach, Opera North

Opera North is England’s national opera company in the North and one of Europe’s leading arts organisations. Through its Education department the Company seeks to encourage people, of all ages and from all walks of life, to explore the art form of opera and the work of Opera North; in doing so it seeks to break down perceived barriers to engagement with the artform. It seeks to champion excellence in opera and related fields by, with and for young people and to use arts participation and performance to enhance the health and well-being of people in the communities where they work.

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced, well-motivated drama coach to provide specialist support to the Opera North Education team in its delivery of a year-round programme of high quality and engaging arts activity for people of all ages.

The successful candidate will have a professional training in dramatic arts and stagecraft and be able to demonstrate experience of working professionally delivering engaging and high-quality group dramatic group work to people of all ages and from all backgrounds.

This post is subject to satisfactory DBS clearance and the ability to work across locations.

Salary: £28,912 per annum (pro rata)

Contract type: Part-time; Fixed Term.

Deadline for applications: 10:00 a.m., Tuesday 1st June 2021

For an application pack, please visit the website below.

For more information visit https://www.operanorth.co.uk/about/jobs