Creative Learning Officer - Sunderland, Tyne and Wear

Job Type: Permanent / Full Time

Salary: £20,000 - £25,000 DOE

Hours: 40 hours per week

The Ambassador Theatre Group is an extraordinary success story in the live entertainment industry. Founded in 1992 in the UK, we’ve grown into the world’s number one live-theatre company today. We cover every discipline in the theatre industry, from operating venues to ticketing platforms and producing shows. We are passionate about great shows and our ambition is to help them find the largest possible audiences.

Are you a creative, motivated, and dynamic facilitator who is committed to developing and delivering meaningful learning and participation activities for people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds?  Do you believe in the power of the arts to make positive change in people’s lives?  If you are passionate about theatre arts and want to join our dedicated and award-winning Creative Learning team, then we’d love to hear from you.   

You’ll be collaborative and flexible, committed to access, diversity and inclusion and will relish the opportunity of working in our iconic theatre, in schools and in community settings on a varied and evolving programme of high-quality activities. 

You’ll have a deep understanding of good practice in working with different participant groups, and nurture partnerships with schools, arts organisations and visiting production companies to support programmes that encourage new and more diverse audiences and participants into the theatre.  

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and strive to provide a stage for everyone. Onstage and off, we hold ourselves accountable for nurturing an inclusive culture.

We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer, which means that we are taking action to ensure that people with disabilities and long-term health conditions feel supported, engaged and able to fulfil their potential in the workplace. We will offer an interview or recruitment event to disabled candidates who tell us they wish to participate in the scheme and who demonstrate in their application that they best meet the essential criteria for the role. Where we receive more applications than we are reasonably able to interview for any given role, we will retain applications for the next available interview opportunity wherever possible. 

Please note that this position will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks including references and a Disclosure and Barring Check.