Job Description
- 12 Month Fixed Term (August 2025-31 July 2026)
- 4 days in-school delivery + 1-day planning time
- Evening and weekend work will be required occasionally
- Please note that due to the delivery needs of this role, annual leave will need to be taken during Birmingham school holidays
Birmingham Hippodrome is committed to forging relationships with schools and colleges in the West Midlands and surrounding areas and developing the next generation of artists and audiences. This crucial work is central to everything we do at Birmingham Hippodrome – ensuring that we are breaking down barriers to access and inspiring the next generation of artists, audiences and workforce. We bring creativity into the curriculum, connect learning outcomes to exciting opportunities at the Hippodrome, and provide young people with the chance to experience and connect with theatre.
Our schools network – Hippodrome Education Network (HEN) – is designed to allow schools and colleges to have as much flexibility as possible and to find the model that works best for them. The impact for schools is far-reaching – 93% of teachers involved say that the cultural education we provide helps their students perform better in other academic subjects.
Job Summary:
To plan and deliver high quality, inspiring and exciting workshops, projects and activities in SEN and primary schools (potentially including one with Deaf Learning Base) that are part of the Hippodrome Education Network. These will be connected to the curriculum as well as Birmingham Hippodrome’s multi-artform programme, delivering impact, opportunity, personal and skills development for the children and young people of our city region.
What does success look like in this role?
- By 2028, Birmingham Hippodrome will have made progress towards its ambitions to be recognised as a national benchmark for the engagement and progression of young people (including its schools work) and the most accessible venue of its scale in the UK.
- By 2028, we will have further developed our Hippodrome Education Network (HEN), the biggest bespoke theatre education programme in the region, and harnessed our connections with the communities that surround our partner schools to build new audiences.
- By 2028, we will have increased engagement opportunities for young people at the Hippodrome and in our communities, contributing to Birmingham having the fastest growth in arts participation in the country.
Please download the job description below for full details of the role and the person specification.
Recognising under-representation in our workforce of Black, Asian and ethnically diverse people, and those with disabilities, we particularly welcome applicants from those backgrounds and identities.
Our Employee Benefits
• 30 days annual leave plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro-rated for part time employees).
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Discounted public transport pass.
• Discounted car parking.
• Discounted gym membership.
• Show ticket offers.
• Personal Growth Fund.
• Enhanced company sick pay.
• Free life assurance.
• Free Critical Health insurance.
• Discounted private health cover.
• Enhanced maternity/adoption/paternity pay.
• Free flu jab.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Electric car scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme.