Head of Musical Theatre - Roycal Conservatoire of Scotland

Head of Musical Theatre

School of Drama, Dance, Production and Film

Permanent, Full time (35 hours)

Salary £49,475 to £54,064



The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, one of the world’s top five institutions for the Performing Arts (QS World Rankings, 2018), is home to innovative and exciting specialist degree programmes and hosts over 500 public performances per year. It is a destination of choice for outstanding students in a range of Performing Arts and Production Arts disciplines, teachers, practitioners and researchers, from around the world, engaging with our unique ethos of creative collaboration between the arts, and with a host of national and international partner companies and institutions.

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is seeking an inspirational Head of Musical Theatre who will lead the undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes into the future, enhancing our position as one of the leading providers of exceptional, career-launching Musical Theatre education.

You will have a degree level qualification in an appropriate and relevant subject, preferably at postgraduate level. You will have international/national recognition as a musical theatre practitioner at the highest level and knowledge of the cultural landscape and demonstrate your passion and motivation. In addition to this, you will have teaching experience in an Higher Education or Conservatoire setting with established connections within the Musical Theatre and Performing Arts Sector within the UK and internationally. Further to this, you will have demonstrable knowledge of contemporary professional practice in performance and contemporary teaching methods. As well as having experience as a working practitioner within the performing arts you will have broad knowledge of professional performance and extensive knowledge of the specialist subject area.

You will have considerable experience within a managerial role either in Further Education or Higher Education and have demonstrable knowledge of the Higher Education or Conservatoire sector. Further to this, you will provide effective and innovative leadership within an evolving ground-breaking area as well as extensive knowledge of QA, especially current and past Enhancement Themes.

For further information and to request a recruitment pack, please contact the Human Resources Department on 0141 270 8397 or humanresources@rcs.ac.uk. You can further details on https://www.rcs.ac.uk/about_us/vacancies/





Closing date: Thursday 24th May 2018 at 5pm