Guildford Shakespeare Company
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Job: Education Manager
Job: Education Manager
Organisation: Guildford Shakespeare Company
Postcode: GU1 1FH
- Job Title: Education Manager
- Salary: £25k-£30k
- Hours:
Full time - Artform: Theatre
- Role: Creative
- Contract: Permanent
- Closing date: Wed, 25 Nov 2026
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Location:
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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.
In this busy role you will work alongside the rest of the Creative Learning Department to plan, develop, execute and evaluate GSC’s in-house participation activity. You’ll also contribute to organisation-wide initiatives of promoting inclusion and diversity. The Education Manager work with freelancers and partner organisations to ensure activity is well planned, inclusive and impactful.
The successful candidate will have excellent organisation and administrative skills, alongside a dynamic teaching manner to ignite the imaginations of participants of all ages.
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.
Responsible for: Facilitators, full-time and freelance
Location: Guildford Shakespeare Company, Astolat Pavilion, Lido Road, Guildford, GU1 1FH (onsite parking; 15 mins walk to mainline station)
Salary £29,000 to £31,000 depending on experience
Terms: Full-time, permanent (40hrs per week); including evenings & weekends; 29 days holiday (inclusive of 8 public holidays)
NB. If you would like to discuss what the weekly timetable might look like in advance of applying please contact Sarah at the email address below.
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.
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]
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