Interim Senior Lecturer and Year Leader in Acting and Performance

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The opportunity

We are seeking an interim Senior Lecturer and year 3 Leader for our successful BA Acting and Performance course. The course sits within the wider performance and performance design courses at Wimbledon College of Arts. As year 3 leader you will have oversight of the curriculum delivery and student experience for Unit 9, a 60 credit unit that runs during semester 1 of the final year of the course. The unit focuses on theory and practice.  

The successful candidate will be a theatre maker, have strong leadership skills and previous experience as course leader or module leader or year leader. They will also be used to working with dissertation level students in relation to performance research.

A strong fit for this candidate will be an individual who is proactive, decisive while still a flexible leader and is able to inspire and harness the talents of students whose focuses and ability vary.

This is a 6 month contract for a full time role (though 4 days a week can be accommodated) and the full time role includes 18 hours of teaching per week during term time. We will expect the successful candidate to be on site for the majority of the week.

About you

The ideal candidate should possess a degree in a performance related area, have teaching experience at undergraduate level, experience of dissertation supervision is desirable. They should have strong communication and leadership skills, be organised and understand what makes a positive student experience.

Interviews will take place in September 2023.

For further details about the role, please contact az@andersonquigley.com or on 07873 628 945

Should you have any questions about the application process or require reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Christine Crouch, Resourcing Advisor at jobs.ccw@arts.ac.uk.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (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 are 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.

Our culture

We have become one of the world’s most international Universities, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. And, as a global university, staff and students learn from different cultures and perspectives, which leads to new conversations and innovative work. At our very core, everything we do seeks to challenge the status quo by driving social purpose and standing up for what matters.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds including those who may feel underrepresented in the workforce due to their socioeconomic circumstances such as those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.) backgrounds. We aim to be a university where everyone can be themselves and are supported to reach their full potential.

With our commitment to inclusion and diversity, we are proud to be a Race Equality Charter (REC) member to help us reduce barriers that negatively impacts B.A.M.E. staff, a Stonewall Diversity Champion to ensure all LGBTQ+ people are valued at work, a Disability Confident Scheme Committed employer and member of the Business Disability Forum which help us to improve the lives of disabled people in the workplace.

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