Variable Hours Lecturer in Performing Arts - Acting & Drama

Exeter and North Devon College; Exeter; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 55,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holidays and pension

Free counselling

Discounted supermarket shopping

Professional benefits package

Job summary

Exeter College in Exeter, Devon, is seeking a Variable Hours Lecturer in Performing Arts – Acting & Drama to deliver inspiring teaching across our full-time Performing Arts programmes, including A Level Drama and Theatre Studies and UAL Level 3 Acting and Musical Theatre qualifications.

You will bring subject expertise to life through engaging practical and theoretical sessions, helping students develop performance skills, creativity, rehearsal discipline and reflective practice.

Qualifications

• Experienced in teaching or facilitating acting and performance in educational, community or professional settings.

Responsibilities

• Deliver inspiring teaching across full-time Performing Arts programmes, including A Level Drama and Theatre Studies and UAL Level 3 Acting and Musical Theatre.
• Prepare students for progression to higher education, drama school or careers in the creative sector.
• Engage students through practical and theoretical sessions, fostering creativity, rehearsal discipline and reflective practice.
• Involve in productions, showcases, auditions, trips and enrichment activities.

Skills

Acting

Drama

Teaching

Job description

Variable Hours Lecturer in Performing Arts - Acting & Drama

Exeter, Devon

£33.67 per hour

Permanent

Exeter and North Devon College

Do you have a passion for acting and drama, and the creativity to bring performance to life in the classroom? Join our thriving Performing Arts team at Exeter College and help aspiring performers develop their talent, confidence and ambition.

We're looking for an enthusiastic and talented Acting and Drama practitioner to deliver inspiring teaching across our full-time Performing Arts programmes, including A Level Drama and Theatre Studies and UAL Level 3 Acting and Musical Theatre qualifications.

You'll bring your subject expertise to life through engaging practical and theoretical sessions, helping students develop their performance skills, creativity, rehearsal discipline and reflective practice. With a strong understanding of acting methodologies, theatre-making and the wider performing arts industry, you'll prepare students to take their next steps into higher education, drama school or careers in the creative sector.

From exploring dramatic texts and influential practitioners to devising original work and evaluating live theatre, you'll deliver a varied and stimulating curriculum that challenges students to experiment, collaborate and excel. You'll also have opportunities to get involved in productions, showcases, auditions, trips, recruitment events and the wider enrichment activities that make Performing Arts such an exciting area to work in.

We'd love to hear from practitioners with experience of teaching or facilitating acting and performance in educational, community or professional settings, who are passionate about helping young people realise their potential. A teaching qualification is desirable, but it's not essential - if you bring the right industry experience and enthusiasm, we'll welcome your application and support you to work towards an appropriate Further Education teaching qualification.

Bring your creativity, share your experience and help our students take centre stage.

Ambition, Collaboration, Energy. These are our values. To learn more and see what our staff have to say, please visit our website.

Benefits

• We'll give you incredibly generous holidays and a superb pension scheme.
• You'll also get a package of amazing benefits, including free counselling and discounted supermarket shopping.

The closing date for receipt of completed applications is 29 October

Interview date: 10 November 2026

Please note the hourly rate includes an element for non-contact time including marking and preparation time.

No CVs or agencies please.

Everyone's welcome to apply for a role here, regardless of personal characteristics, including race, age, gender, religion, ability, disability, or sexuality.

We're totally committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students, and we expect you to be too. We follow safer recruitment statutory guidance (Keeping Children Safe in Education). If you're successful, you'll be required to complete thorough pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. All posts at Exeter College are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) mean that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ's guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications, related exceptions and further information.

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Do you have a passion for acting and drama, and the creativity to bring performance to life in the classroom? Join our thriving Performing Arts team at Exeter College and help aspiring performers develop their talent, confidence and ambition.

We're looking for an enthusiastic and talented Acting and Drama practitioner to deliver inspiring teaching across our full-time Performing Arts programmes, including A Level Drama and Theatre Studies and UAL Level 3 Acting and Musical Theatre qualifications.

You'll bring your subject expertise to life through engaging practical and theoretical sessions, helping students develop their performance skills, creativity, rehearsal discipline and reflective practice. With a strong understanding of acting methodologies, theatre-making and the wider performing arts industry, you'll prepare students to take their next steps into higher education, drama school or careers in the creative sector.

From exploring dramatic texts and influential practitioners to devising original work and evaluating live theatre, you'll deliver a varied and stimulating curriculum that challenges students to experiment, collaborate and excel. You'll also have opportunities to get involved in productions, showcases, auditions, trips, recruitment events and the wider enrichment activities that make Performing Arts such an exciting area to work in.

We'd love to hear from practitioners with experience of teaching or facilitating acting and performance in educational, community or professional settings, who are passionate about helping young people realise their potential. A teaching qualification is desirable, but it's not essential - if you bring the right industry experience and enthusiasm, we'll welcome your application and support you to work towards an appropriate Further Education teaching qualification.

Bring your creativity, share your experience and help our students take centre stage.

Ambition, Collaboration, Energy. These are our values. To learn more and see what our staff have to say, please visit our website.

We'll give you incredibly generous holidays and a superb pension scheme. You'll also get a package of amazing benefits, including free counselling and discounted supermarket shopping.