Artistic Director
Permanent, Part-time – 22 hours per week
Application Deadline: 10 April 2026
Department: Music & Performing Arts
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Wigan & Leigh College
Compensation: £42,540 - £45,119 / year
We're looking for someone to join us at a really thrilling time, building on the buzz from our recent high-profile productions with West End performers. As our Artistic Director / Teacher, you'll work closely with the Musical Theatre and Performing Arts team, inspiring students, shaping amazing performances, and keeping standards high, all while helping create a supportive, creative, and fun team culture.
Responsibilities
* Create and deliver inspiring presentations and performances that showcase best practice for students and staff
* Raise standards and spark excellence across the curriculum through your work
* Collaborate with marketing, performing arts, and creative arts teams to promote college activities
* Showcase student and staff talent to highlight achievements and creativity
* Boost the college's profile, impact, and reputation within the wider community
Qualifications / What you'll bring
* Extensive Musical Theatre / vocal coaching expertise, with a proven track record of current professional practice delivered to a consistently high standard
* Recent and varied industry and teaching experience
* Strong links with contemporary practice and professional networks
* Ideally experience of delivering and assessing BTEC programmes, with a secure understanding of quality assurance and assessment requirements
* Strong and versatile teaching skills, with drama skills essential and experience across a range of levels
* Passion for turning creative ideas into high-quality outcomes, you love to identify and develop naturally occurring opportunities
* Excellent research, networking and connection-building skills, awareness of current creative trends, marketing considerations and local cultural contexts
Nice to have
Grade 1 teaching experience
What you're like
* Self-motivated, high levels of organisation and experience as a creative practitioner
* Strong attention to detail and the ability to prioritise effectively
* Positive, collaborative and team-focused approach, know how to work effectively with colleagues and contribute to a culture of mutual respect, shared ambition and high professional standards
* Thrive under pressure, able to multi-task and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced creative environment
* Full of creative flair, originality and strong artistic judgement, combined with a practical and mindset focussed on finding solutions
* Strategic thinker who can inspire students, staff and external partners
Essentials
* You'll need an enhanced DBS check, if you get the job, we'll do this for you
* You're committed to safeguarding and inclusion
* You can travel across our sites
* You're flexible and happy to work beyond standard hours when it's needed to support college
Why work with us?
Time to recharge
* Generous annual leave entitlement, including bank holidays (depending on your role)
* Family-friendly leave policies
Wellbeing as well as work
* 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
* Medicash healthcare plan
* Occupational health support
* Confidential counselling
* Specsavers eye test vouchers
* A culture where people look out for each other
Financial peace of mind
* Teachers' Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme
* Salary sacrifice schemes (Cycle to Work, buy tech)
* Railcard & Tusker Green car scheme
* Local and national discount schemes
Clear progression routes
* Opportunities to step up, specialise, or move across departments
* Leadership pathways
* Support to gain teaching qualifications
Read more about our benefits.
If you're a true creative and enjoy variety in your work, then this is the role for you. Please complete our application form in full. We can't accept CVs.
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