Artist-Facilitator; Primary & Secondary

Part-time: 18.75 hours/2.5 days per week (0.5 FTE)

Fixed-term contract: 9 months, from November 2026 until July 2027

Salary: circa £14,000 per annum (pro-rated from £28,000 per annum)

You must have, or be willing to undergo, an Enhanced DBS check.

Two days per week in-school delivery (likely Wednesdays and Thursdays, TBC) and Friday mornings departmental planning time at Birmingham Hippodrome

A driving license and vehicle would be desirable (but not mandatory) for this role. School 1 is in West Bromwich, accessible by tram and bus. School 2 is in Sparkbrook, accessible by bus.

With a mission to enrich the cultural life of our region, Birmingham Hippodrome is one of the most popular theatre complexes in the UK. Varied productions in our 1,850-seat auditorium (dating from 1899), and in our 200-seat Patrick Studio ensure we play a key role in the region’s world-class cultural scene. With c.400 live performances annually in our main house, we present nothing but the best in touring musical theatre, ballet, dance, opera, pantomime, drama, and comedy.

Our Patrick Studio welcomes a range of smaller-scale productions and is an important base for dance and for the development of new artistic work.

The Creative Partnerships team are passionate about engaging children and young people in theatre and want to make opportunities at the Hippodrome as accessible as we can.

Our team have recently produced and directed three youth theatre productions on our Patrick Studio stage as well as several school productions and year 6 Leavers’ performances. We also partnered with the RSC to direct productions of ‘Matilda’ with schools in our Hippodrome Education Network and for primary school children to write ‘missing scenes’ from the show.

In 2026 and 2027 our team will be providing opportunities for young children from our Hippodrome Education Network schools to have early access to theatre by attending Theatre Experience Days and for young people to work with companies such as Highly Sprung and Linden Dance. Our team will be running a work experience programme, schools’ festivals and this summer our Young Advocates will be programming a stage at our city-wide Weekender Festival.

There are opportunities for our artist-facilitators to connect with Participation and Community programmes and we have exciting projects planned with the National Theatre as a regional partner on National Theatre Nationwide.

• By 2028, Birmingham Hippodrome will 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.

Plan and deliver high quality, inspiring and exciting Theatre and dance/physical theatre workshops and activities in a Primary and a Secondary school that are part of the Hippodrome Education Network. These sessions 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 of our city region. In addition, work with members of the team on our Community and Young People’s projects at the Hippodrome outside of term time.

Delivery

• Plan, prepare and deliver inspiring theatre workshops and projects in several designated Hippodrome Education Network (HEN) partner Primary schools, each week throughout the academic year.

• Work closely with school staff to plan and deliver a programme of activity in their school setting that meets the needs of their children in a range of year groups and with a range of abilities, in line with the school’s objectives.

• Plan, design and deliver projects in schools that align with…