Stage Management Graduate Assistant
St Edward's School
Oxfordshire
- New
- Salary:
- £1,800 per month plus excellent benefits
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Apply by:
- 19 January 2025
Job overview
If you are passionate about theatre, performing arts and drama, and interested in a career in stage management, this is an exciting opportunity to develop your skills and experience at a leading independent boarding school.
As a Stage Management Graduate Assistant, you will join St Edward’s thriving Drama Department from September 2025 for one academic year, with the possibility that the contract will be renewed for a second year in September 2026.
You will play a key role providing support with teaching Drama classes and assisting with the direction and stage management of various productions. The position will give you the opportunity to acquire and develop teaching skills and make a significant contribution to a varied programme of curricular Drama and co-curricular provision.
Graduate Assistants also play a full part in the boarding and co-curricular life of the school. Their work is varied, and that variety is, to some extent, determined by the personality, enthusiasm and skills of the individual. The post has become a successful springboard for those considering teaching as a career and over a number of years Graduate Assistants have gone on to promising careers in major schools round the country.
If you offer experience of having participated in a wide range of theatre, as an actor, in a stage management role or as a facilitator of Drama education and want to develop yourself further we would be delighted to hear from you.
Why join St Edward’s?
- Gain valuable work experience in a friendly and inclusive environment
- Gain support and training in preparation for a career in teaching
- Work in a school which occupies 100 glorious acres of North Oxford
- Enjoy free membership of the Nuffield Health Fitness and Wellness Gym
For further details and to download an application form from the school website please click the apply button.
The deadline for applications is Sunday 19th January 2025.
St Edward’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we aim to create and maintain a safe environment for our pupils, where they feel respected and supported.
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About St Edward's School
About St Edward’s
Affectionately known as Teddies, St Edward's School is a co-educational, independent, day and boarding school in Oxford. We have over 800 pupils, almost half of whom are girls, most are boarders (86%), around 20% are London based and 16% fly in from abroad. We have a strong emphasis on academic rigour and also offer an extensive range of sports, arts, clubs and activities.
Renowned for its friendliness, Teddies is an exhilarating community to be part of where we see excellence in academic results and extracurricular achievements and where we work hard to promote staff wellbeing. Staff at St Edward’s also benefit from our rich cultural programme, free gym membership, many invitations to social events, the extensive 100 acres of tranquil grounds, professional arts facilities and the advantage of being only 10 minutes by bus or bicycle to Oxford city centre.
Warden
Alastair Chirnside
Values and vision
St Edward’s aims to lead the sector in co-educational boarding, in educational innovation, in breadth of opportunity and in the wellbeing of pupils and staff. Our community values are integrity, courage and kindness.
ISI report
"The quality of the pupils’ personal development is excellent, reflecting the school’s highly effective emphasis on the welfare and well-being of each individual pupil. The excellent standard of pastoral care is a strength of the school, and the sympathetic and supportive example set by the staff is mirrored in the way pupils behave towards one another."
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