Head Tutor for Contextual Practice (Dance & Musical Theatre)

Job Summary

Italia Conti, Woking; £35,000 to £40,000. Full time. Permanent. Are you an accomplished Contextual Practice tutor with experience at FE or HE level with a background in Dance & Musical Theatre and a flair for face to face, blended and online delivery?

Job Description

Would you relish the opportunity to lead the Contextual Practice provision for the Dance & Musical Theatre courses at Britain's first performing arts academy?

Working closely with our Course Leaders you will oversee, build upon, and develop a Contextual Practice provision that is engaging, insightful, and immersive. Leading a small team of Sessional Tutors and external markers, you will ensure our Dance & Musical Theatre graduates enter the profession as thoughtful, well-informed and well-rounded performers.

Your commitment to an innovative approach, your cultural range, your academic background and your conversance with the literary and theatrical canon and critical theory will mark you out as a strong candidate for the role. Experience in leading students through Practice-as-Research and independent performance projects would be desirable.

An appreciation of the fact that Italia Conti is, first and foremost, a training institution is germane to success in the post, so establishing a supportive environment for performers in this essential part of our Dance & Musical Theatre programmes is key. The role involves coordinating the Contextual Practice provision across our BA and CertHE courses and so the ability to work closely and autonomously with each our Course Leaders and other Head Tutors and an understanding of the nuances of each programme and its requirements is a fundamental part of the role.

Underpinning this will be a desire to support gifted students who may not necessarily have followed a traditional academic route, encouraging and enabling them to be their very best. Dedicated support for students with SEN is a key part of our offering at Italia Conti and you would be ably supported by our established SEN Tutor.

Job Requirements

Including, but not limited to:

Acting as the lead ambassador for Contextual Practice both within the organisation for the Dance & Musical Theate courses and externally, working to raise standards through quality exercises and internal development measures.
Liaising with Course Leaders to ensure the provision of Contextual Practice is appropriate and effectively delivered within each course, and good practice upheld Academy-wide.
Line-managing sessional and salaried tutors and leading on the recruitment, induction and development of teachers in Contextual Practice. Representing these specialist tutors and having oversight of their workload, ensuring an appropriate and consistent range of teaching skill is deployed, as required, to courses.
Ensuring that the coverage of teaching and learning required by modules/units is being met by specialist teachers and that student progression is tracked from entry to graduation in the area of Contextual Practice.

Job Responsibilities

Including:

Taking on responsibility for module leadership as designated by the relevant Course Leader and overseeing full-time/sessional staff with Module Leadership responsibility within the discipline.
In consultation with the relevant Course Leaders, undertaking assessment tasks designed to support students to achieve the learning outcomes specific to the module or unit.
Assessing students in reflection of their own taught classes and assessment tasks and activities.
Collating and providing assessment feedback sheets and reports in reflection of students' own assessments as and when required.
Participating in relevant meetings when required.
Co-ordinating and writing student feedback and delivering to the Course Coordinator as necessary.
Contributing to all documentation required through, inspection validation or accreditation processes.

Job Overview

Job Title: Head Tutor for Contextual Practice (Dance & Musical Theatre)
Salary: £30k-£40k
Hours: Full time
Artform: Performing arts
Role: Teaching
Contract: Permanent
Closing date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023
Location:

South East

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Job: Head Tutor for Contextual Practice (Dance & Musical Theatre)

Organisation: Italia Conti

Postcode: GU21 6BQ

How to Apply

For further details of the post and of how to apply, visit our website: www.italiaconti.com/work-for-us

The closing date for applications is Monday 12 June, 6.00pm.

Interviews will take place in late June 2023 with a view to taking up the post from 1 September 2023.

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK. Only applicants shortlisted for interview will be contacted.

Equality, diversity and inclusion matters at Italia Conti. We foster a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential. We try to embed an inclusive mindset in everything we do. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religion or belief. As part of our drive to improve representation within our staff team, we would particularly welcome interest from Global Majority & LGBTQI+ applicants

Contact name: Tim Rounding, Head of Human Resources
Contact email: [email protected]

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About Italia Conti

Italia Conti is one of the leading Performing Arts institutions in the country; built up over the 110 years since it was founded. The Academy has an international reputation for providing Performing Arts training for a wide variety of disciplines, enabling students to become versatile, valuable members of the profession. With a collaborative and interdisciplinary approach, talented students become communicative triple threat artists.

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