We are recruiting for a dynamic, organised and passionate individual to join our Learning and Participation team as Young People's Coordinator. In this role, you will coordinate regular youth company sessions, youth voice activities, and support the coordination of performance events, ensuring these programmes run smoothly, safely, and with young people’s wellbeing and development at the heart of everything. You’ll work closely with internal departments, external artists and partners to support logistics, scheduling, and communication. As a main point of contact for young participants, their families and carers, you will play a vital pastoral role, ensuring a safe, inclusive and supportive environment. This role also involves supporting budget management, collecting and developing all feedback, and contributing to ongoing programme development and improvement. We want to work with people who are passionate about their work, resilient, and supportive of their colleagues. This role includes an evening and weekend working pattern. During term time you are required to work Tuesday evening, Thursday evening and Saturday daytime. You may be required to support activity across other evenings. To apply, please upload your CV and/or complete the application form and upload a covering letter. Your cover letter should address the following: How do your skills and experience align with the requirements of the role? What unique contribution would you bring to the team? About us The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury is one of the UK’s most successful large-scale regional theatres (UK Theatre of the Year in the Stage Awards 2022). Our mission is to be the engine house for the performing arts in Kent, shaping the spirit of our region. We bring West End musicals, national companies, a symphony orchestra season and high-profile tours to Kent audiences, in a year-round programme of theatre, dance, opera, music and comedy in our 1,200-seat Main House. Next year we begin producing large-scale plays made in Kent and touring nationally. Our 150-seat Studio is dedicated to the development of new ideas, with a mix of R&D with resident and visiting companies, sharings and presented shows, plus a home-produced family show at Christmas. Our ground-breaking work with young people focuses on skills development and includes co-delivery of a UAL Level 3 Performing Arts course with East Kent Colleges Group; being the national home of Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures’ Cygnet School and the RSC’s Associate Theatre in the South East. We recently launched our Writers’ Room, developing regional talent and supporting our producing aspirations. As the largest performing arts employer in the region, we are committed to developing the workforce of the future, providing apprenticeships and work experience opportunities for over 100 young people every year across all areas of theatre-making. We are also fast outgrowing our spaces and developing major capital projects as a result, including turning the 800-year-old Poor Priests’ Hospital within the city walls into a Creative Learning Centre and free heritage destination, with support from Levelling Up and the National Lottery Heritage Fund. We are also looking towards the long-term development of our theatre building, increasing our technical and producing capacity. Our investment in our loyalty strategy has ensured that we have consistently strong and engaged audiences for our varied programme. We’ve also received recognition from our industry, winning a Stage Award for our innovative approach to supporting the theatre sector and a Workforce Award from UK Theatre for our investment in our People Plan, ensuring our high calibre team are rewarded and supported. We are a Creative Green organisation and are committed to taking action on climate change and environmental sustainability. The Marlowe Theatre is an inclusive employer. We value difference and recruit by merit based on fair and open competition. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We want to hear from all sectors including veterans.