Education Manager
Guildford Shakespeare Company Closing date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026
- Full time
- £30k-£40k
- Apply now
Fri, 04 Sep 2026 "> published -
Job Summary
Job Description
The Education Manager is a key position in our core team in Guildford, playing a pivotal part in ensuring we continue to inspire, engage and educate the widest possible community of participants, from young children to adults.
This dynamic role is both administrative and practical: combining teaching and directing with administration and management.
You will work alongside the rest of the Creative Learning Department to plan, execute and evaluate GSC's in-house participation activity, contributing to organisation-wide initiatives of promoting inclusion and diversity. You'll work with freelancers and partner organisations to ensure activity is well planned, inclusive and impactful.
You'll be part of a small, hard-working team, within an ever-growing and developing theatre company, meaning there is great potential for future growth.
Job Requirements
Our ideal candidate will already have experience of working in a creative learning environment, leading participation programmes and creating schemes of work.
They will have excellent organisation and administrative skills, alongside a dynamic teaching manner to ignite the imaginations of participants of all ages.
The Education Manager will be creative and inventive. They'll enjoy the busy nature of running multiple projects at the same time, whilst planning for the future.
Calm and good-humoured under pressure, a quick worker and an initiative-taker willing to ask for advice.
Job Responsibilities
See full Job Description for a full list of responsibilities and person specification.
Job Overview
- Job Title: Education Manager
- Salary: £30k-£40k
- Hours: Full time
- Artform: Theatre
- Role: Creative
- Contract: Permanent
- Closing date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026
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Location:
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Job: Education Manager
Job: Education Manager
Organisation: Guildford Shakespeare Company
Postcode: GU1 1FH
How to Apply
Please apply in writing with the following information:
• An up-to-date CV highlighting relevant experience, not more than 2 sides of A4.
• Covering letter setting out how your skills and experience meet the person specification.
• Names and contact details of two referees.
We encourage applications from global majority, disabled, neurodiverse and LGBTQIA+ candidates. If you have specific access requirements and would like to submit your application through an alternative means, such as video or audio file, you’re welcome to do so.
- Contact name: Sarah Gobran
- Contact email: [email protected]
About Guildford Shakespeare Company
Founded in 2006, Guildford Shakespeare Company is an award-winning theatre company creating exceptional theatre in extraordinary places. Most recently our shows have been on tour in the UK, London and New York.
The Creative Learning Department creates and delivers some 29,000 engagement opportunities every year. Much of this work is aimed at improving engagement for socially excluded groups and the least advantaged.
Based in Guildford, 35 miles from Central London.