Provides administrative and logistical support for English National Ballet’s learning, participation, youth, education, and community programmes. Coordinates schedules, venues, freelance artists, contracts, booking systems, attendance records, enquiries, workshops, health and safety, surveys, feedback, case studies, and reporting. The role requires strong organisation, relationship-building, flexibility for evening and weekend work, and an interest in dance and community engagement.
Joining English National Ballet, you will find a community of artists, musicians, theatre and costume craftspeople, creatives, business and administration professionals, all working together to achieve a common goal: to open up the possibilities of ballet, to move more people in more ways. We are a multi-skilled, multi-cultural, open and inclusive organisation and we place a high value on diversity and diversity of thought in our teams.
About the role
English National Ballet is seeking a Participation Officer to join our Engagement team. This role provides essential administrative and logistical support to ensure the smooth delivery of English National Ballet’s learning, participation and community work.
Working with colleagues across the Engagement team, you will support a varied portfolio of programmes, including youth dance, schools’ engagement, career insights initiatives, community projects, London and touring events, digital content, children’s ballet outreach, and classes for children and adults.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate timetables, term dates and logistics for classes, youth and community projects and programmes.
- Act as the day-to-day contact for freelance artists, coordinating schedules, circulating briefs and processing contracts.
- Source and book studio space and verify health and safety compliance for external dance spaces and community venues.
- Administer booking systems, create registers and track attendance data for evaluation.
- Respond to enquiries from parents, adult students, schools, venues and community partners.
- Support the delivery of events and workshops, including preparing spaces, overseeing timings, supporting associate artists and ensuring health and safety requirements are followed as the ENB representative.
- Collect data, set up surveys and compile feedback, case studies and information for reports and internal reviews.
- Support designated projects in line with agreed project goals.
Key Selection Criteria
- Experience of providing an administrative service in a busy office environment within a dance, arts or education organisation.
- A keen interest in dance and youth and community engagement.
- Strong organisation skills and the ability to prioritise your own workload in order to manage volume and meet deadlines
- Ability to build positive working relationships with suppliers and other internal and external contacts
- Willingness and ability to work outside core hours and at weekends as required.
About
English National Ballet has been opening up the possibilities of ballet for over seventy five years. We are a pioneering Company at the forefront of ballet’s growth and evolution: celebrating tradition whilst forging innovation and developing the artform. English National Ballet is also a UK leader in creative learning and engagement practice, building dynamic partnerships and community programmes. We strive for artistic excellence and to share ballet with as many people as possible, across the UK and around the world.We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce where staff of all backgrounds can thrive and grow. We would particularly like to hear from global majority applicants and from applicants living with a disability or a long-term health condition, both groups which are currently underrepresented in our organisation.English National Ballet is a Disability Confident Committed organisation.English National Ballet is based at the Mulryan Centre for Dance on London City Island in Canning Town, East London. We would particularly like to hear from local East London residents, and would encourage those based in the boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Newham, Waltham Forest, and Hackney to apply.Please contact us if you need to request any reasonable adjustments to attend the recruitment process or if you need an alternative application format, on [email protected].
English National Ballet London, England Office
London, United Kingdom
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