Northern School of Contemporary Dance is a leading centre for contemporary dance in the UK. It’s teaching and learning is focused on preparing the next generation of dancers for the ever-shifting demands of the contemporary dance profession.
The post of Head of Undergraduate Studies is a key role in the School’s planning and management of the academic portfolio and as such the postholder will work closely with the Director of Studies who has oversight of these areas and other members of the management and leadership team as appropriate.
The role will work with colleagues to coordinate and contribute to the planning, development, and delivery of an inspiring Higher Education curriculum within a Conservatoire setting. The post holder will work with the Head of Postgraduate Faculty and curriculum leads in the administration of modules, in ensuring currency of the curriculum and in leading development in the teaching of contemporary dancers, choreographers, producers and teachers. The role will actively contribute to course promotion and student recruitment.
Expertise within the Faculty covers a wide range of techniques, styles, performance and professional experience. We are currently looking to appoint a full-time member of staff into this role. NSCD provides teaching throughout all 12 months.
The postholder will:
- Provide effective leadership within the undergraduate studies faculty by way of implementing the leadership strategy, policy and decision making and management of academic undergraduate programmes across the school.
- Feed into the establishment, maintenance and evaluation of effective and efficient policies to support and enhance academic standards and learning and teaching across the school.
- Provide effective leadership on the initiation of new academic developments.
This role would also feed into teaching (up to 0.1 FTE), and we are interested in staff with expertise in at least one of the following areas:
- Education Action Research or practice-based dance research;
- Performance and rehearsal;
- Dance technique(s) relevant to contemporary dancers;
- Dance teaching, inclusive creative practice;
- Teaching staff on our Dance teaching qualification (MA Dance teaching programme);
- Arts project management and Dance production.
At NSCD we emphasise the importance of situating embodied experience within its cultural context and therefore we are looking for applicants that work with an awareness of how our practices relate to cultural, political and sociological issues; and be able to work with diversity and inclusion at the forefront of their professional practice. We are particularly interested in applicants from underrepresented groups.