Dance Coordinator

Leeds City College; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave with pro rata for part-t

Job summary

Leeds Conservatoire in Leeds is seeking a Dance Coordinator to lead, coordinate and deliver exceptional dance training within the School of Drama across BA Acting, BA Actor Musician, BA Musical Theatre and Masters programmes. You will coordinate Dance Skills modules, deliver specialist teaching, and contribute to productions and industry projects, working with a team of Coordinators to ensure a high-quality student experience.

Interviews week of 2 November 2026.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge and experience of dance training across styles relevant to Musical Theatre and Actor training.
• Significant professional performance and choreographic experience.
• Experience in HE teaching and music education understanding.
• Collaborative approach with teaching artists and colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational leadership for the department’s priorities and help develop curricula.
• Manage modules, timetabling, assessments and resources.
• Deliver teaching across agreed curriculum areas and specialisms.
• Coordinate student groups, lead programme meetings and resolve issues.
• Collaborate with internal teams to support students and initiatives.

Skills

Dance training

Choreography

HE teaching

Team collaboration

Education

Degree in relevant subject

Job description

About The Role

Leeds Conservatoire is looking to appoint a Dance Coordinator to lead, coordinate and deliver exceptional dance training within the School of Drama (BA Acting, BA Actor Musician, BA Musical Theatre, and our suite of Masters programmes).

The role will also contribute to the development of dance provision for future courses as part of the school's portfolio.

The Dance Coordinator will be responsible for the coordination of Dance Skills modules across the School's programmes, as well as delivering specialist teaching and taking a creative and choreographic role in productions, showcases and industry-facing projects across the academic year. The Dance Coordinator works closely with a team of discipline-specific Coordinators to ensure a quality, collaborative student experience.

Located in the heart of the city’s vibrant cultural quarter, Leeds Conservatoire is a contemporary conservatoire dedicated to preparing performers, musicians and producers for successful careers in the creative industries.

Interviews will be held week commencing 2 November 2026.

What You Will Do

• Provide operational leadership for the department’s strategic priorities and contribute to curriculum development across current and future programmes.
• Manage programme modules, including timetabling, assessments, material selection, schemes of work and associated resources.
• Deliver teaching across agreed curriculum areas, in line with relevant specialisms and departmental priorities.
• Coordinate student groups, lead weekly programme meetings, resolve issues and ensure a high-quality student experience.
• Collaborate with internal teams, including Learning Enhancement, Marketing & Recruitment, Student Health & Wellbeing, AV, Facilities, Student Administration and Examinations, to support students and departmental initiatives.

About You

• Extensive knowledge and experience of dance training across a range of styles relevant to Musical Theatre and Actor training, alongside significant professional performance and choreographic experience.
• Extensive experience within the music industry and HE sector, with a strong understanding of music education and experience of managing HE courses and delivering higher education teaching.
• Highly collaborative approach, with the ability to work effectively with teaching artists and colleagues to deliver excellence in multidisciplinary performance training.
• Excellent people management, communication, digital, IT, time management and organisational skills, with the ability to solve problems effectively under pressure.
• Creative and innovative, with the ability to develop original ideas, support budget management and hold a relevant degree or equivalent qualification/experience.
• Degree in relevant subject or equivalent qualification/experience

For more information specifically about the post, please contact Adam Stadius at [e-mail]

Benefits

At Leeds Conservatoire, there are plenty of benefits available to our staff members, here are just a few:

• Annual leave entitlement - If you work full time, you'll get at least 35 days plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time staff).
• Generous Pension schemes
  • Local Government Pension Scheme
  • The People’s Pension
• Memberships and discounts - employees can sign up to various membership cards and discount schemes such as TOTUM card (formerly NUS card). Staff can also receive discounted tickets to ‘The Venue’.
• Travel and commuting - discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
• Learning and development opportunities - including staff development days
• Employee wellbeing initiatives
• Flexible and hybrid working opportunities - this will vary depending on role requirements

About Us

Leeds Conservatoire is a successful higher education provider dedicated to music, theatre, and performance, offering a vibrant and supportive learning environment for aspiring artists. Our strong industry connections provide students with invaluable real-world experience and opportunities, equipping them for successful careers in the creative sectors.

We pride ourselves on creating a rewarding and stimulating workplace for our staff, fostering collaboration and innovation within a supportive and creative community. We are committed to nurturing the next generation of artists and are proud to contribute to the vibrant cultural landscape of Leeds and beyond.

At Leeds Conservatoire, we offer development opportunities, allowing our staff to thrive alongside a diverse team of leading professionals and talented students. Our state-of-the-art facilities and thriving student community further enhance our creative environment, making it an inspiring place to work and grow.

As an organisation committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, we are constantly striving to recruit staff which are representative of our student body and the wider region, to enable us to bring new voices to our community.

SAFEGUARDING

At Leeds Conservatoire we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.

EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and select candidates on merit against the person specification.

Our Processes Are Designed To

• provide equal opportunity and comply with relevant equality legislation;
• reduce bias through structured, evidence-based assessment;
• make reasonable adjustments where needed so candidates can perform at their best.

We are committed to a respectful working environment where people are treated with dignity, and where a range of perspectives can be expressed and discussed appropriately within the law and our policies.

RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not forward any unsolicited CVs in relation to any of our advertised roles or speculatively. If we require support with any of our vacancies we will get in touch with agencies directly.

• We do not recognise submissions of unsolicited or speculative CV applications from recruitment agencies.
• We shall not be liable for any fee / commission in the event we employ a candidate that may have been submitted as an unsolicited/speculative application from an uninstructed recruitment agency.