Senior Lecturer in Directing and Dramaturgy
Bath Spa University Posted on 2022-11-18
| Salary | £44,737 – £51,805 a year |
|---|---|
| Location | Bath |
| Type | Permanent |
Job Description
About the role
Bath School of Music and Performing Arts has an excellent reputation for training creatives in all aspects of music and performance. We aim to work across industry and academia, using our production company, Bath Spa Productions as a key mechanism for knowledge exchange. Available from February 2023, we have a vacancy for a Senior Lecturer in Directing and Dramaturgy to lead our MA Directing programme, but also to work on our MA and BA Acting courses, helping actors to understand how to work with directors and how to develop their own text-based work.
At BSU we believe that directors and actors work creatively and collectively, and that the role of director is in part about leading that process, but at other times is dramaturgical in its focus. Our students often create their own original work and need strategies to aid them to do so, equally they need to understand the necessity to work with directors throughout, workshop, rehearsal and performance processes.
About you (requirements)
You will have a proven industry record as director/theatre maker. Drawing on previous HE experience, you will understand how to balance that experience with supportive teaching that engages students. You will be an enabler who can help emerging artists to understand their role as actors working within workshop, rehearsal and production processes. You will have exceptional pastoral support skills and be able to lead courses, manage modules and oversee assessment activities. You will offer exciting ways of incorporating digital technology in your teaching.
You will be open-minded, flexible and willing to push boundaries as part of a team to keep us at the forefront of our disciplines. You will ideally have a postgraduate qualification appropriate to the subject area.
About us
Bath Spa University is focused on creative enterprise and guided by our four values of respect, inclusivity, collaboration and sustainability. We teach around 8,000 students on a set of campuses around Bath, with most being located at Newton Park, including a listed Georgian house and grounds, or Locksbrook Road, our new city-centre art and design campus. Our research centres focus on creative industries and humanities.
Our purpose is to challenge our students and staff to realise their talent and thrive, for their own benefit and for the wider good. By doing this we will think and make the world better.
Bath School of Music and Performing Arts is a leading provider of vocational training and education across the entire range of Theatre , Music and Dance. With excellent connections to industry, and EMMY and BAFTA award-winning graduates we offer great opportunity to work in a professionally-focused environment.
For an informal discussion regarding this post, please contact Kerry Irvine at k.irvine@bathspa.ac.uk
Interview Date: 19/1/2023
How to apply
Please note that CVs will not be considered and those included with application forms will be removed. Any queries regarding the application process or our website should be emailed to hrcontact@bathspa.ac.uk.
Please note this role may be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route subject to immigration criteria. If you require visa sponsorship, please let us know by emailing hrcontact@bathspa.ac.uk before completing an application form to confirm your eligibility.
We value a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Company description:
Based in a World Heritage city and connected to a network of international partners, Bath Spa University will ensure that its graduates are socially engaged global citizens. Three principles underpin our vision: we are ethical, we are academically led and we are focused on all our students acquiring the distinctive set of Bath Spa Attributes. Our values We want the best for our students. we want you to graduate with an understanding of the local, regional and global context, and with networks across all three. You should have a broad understanding of the world in which you will be working, and be ready to face the challenges of the workplace. You must be technologically adroit while understanding those who are not. You need to develop sharp analytic skills with cutting edge creativity and entrepreneurial flair. We want you to be proud of your association with Bath Spa University. We promise to treat you as individuals, not just as numbers. we will provide the support you need to grow and develop, both intellectually and as citizens. We know that you value the experience you receive as Bath Spa students, and we will not compromise on that. Our caring ethos stretches to our environment too. We embrace a strong environmental ethos, and through their actions and commitment students and staff help us achieve very high environmental credentials.
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