Stage Management Graduate Assistant

Salary: £1,800 per month plus excellent benefits

Hours: Full time, term time only

As a Stage Management Graduate Assistant, you will join St Edward’s thriving Drama Department from September 2025 for one academic year, with the possibility that the contract will be renewed for a second year in September 2026.

You will play a key role providing support with teaching Drama classes and assisting with the direction and stage management of various productions. The position will give you the opportunity to acquire and develop teaching skills and make a significant contribution to a varied programme of curricular Drama and co-curricular provision.

Graduate Assistants also play a full part in the boarding and co-curricular life of the school. Their work is varied, and that variety is, to some extent, determined by the personality, enthusiasm and skills of the individual. The post has become a successful springboard for those considering teaching as a career and over a number of years Graduate Assistants have gone on to promising careers in major schools round the country.

If you offer experience of having participated in a wide range of theatre, as an actor, in a stage management role or as a facilitator of Drama education and want to develop yourself further we would be delighted to hear from you.

Why join St Edward’s?

• Gain valuable work experience in a friendly and inclusive environment
• Gain support and training in preparation for a career in teaching
• Work in a school which occupies 100 glorious acres of North Oxford
• Enjoy free membership of the Nuffield Health Fitness and Wellness Gym

The deadline for applications is Sunday 19th January 2025.

All staff are required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.