Stage Leader

The opportunity
University of the Arts London (UAL) is looking for a Stage Leader to assume responsibility for teaching, course development, and on–going scholarship on the BA Performance: Design & Practice course and the Performance Programme at Central Saint Martins.
You will be responsible for a year group on the course, coordinating and overseeing pastoral support, student engagement and academic support needs, ensuring the wellbeing of the course community and enhancement of the student experience.
You will also provide key academic leadership, working closely with the course team to develop pedagogy and the curriculum in innovative and critical directions. You will stay abreast of research and other developments in Performance: Design and Practice and will ensure that these developments are reflected in the curriculum.
In addition to this, you will initiate and engage in pedagogic inquiry and teaching development, monitor the quality of teaching and learning and contribute to quality, management and enhancement activities across the School, College, and University.
About you
You will be educated to undergraduate degree level in Performance Design, Theatre or an associated subject. We are keen to hear from applicants who are experienced and interested in developing their teaching in design for performance.
You must be able to demonstrate strong and well tested organisational skills within a Higher Education context or a similar environment. You will also be passionate about the practices of performance and design, and the possibilities for creative collaboration that surround your discipline.
You should be able to evidence teaching, and an engagement in teamwork and co–operative practices. We seek someone with experience in relationship building, and the enhancement of the student experience.
We are UAL
UAL offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.
We're made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world's creative capital. We're designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.
We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.
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Closing date: 23:55, 12 th July 2024.
Our culture
UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn – a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.