Rose Bruford College
Job Description
POST TITLE: Programme
REFERENCE: RBC265.15
AREA OF WORK:
Director for BA (Hons) Acting
School of Performance
Pay band: 8
DATE: May 2015
HOURS: Up to 36 teaching weeks,
plus 2 weeks administration and 5.0
weeks research and scholarly activity
IF FIXED TERM CONTRACT, STATE DURATION:
IMMEDIATE LINE MANAGER: Head of School of Performance
DESIGNATION OF ANY STAFF LINE MANAGED BY THE POST HOLDER: Managing a
Programme team of seven permanent members of staff all of whom have particular
coordination responsibilities relating to specific student year groups (levels 4, 5 and 6) and
subject areas (Acting, Contextual Studies, Movement and Voice). In addition the Programme
has a team of part-time tutors and external directors and teachers.
JOB PURPOSE:
The Programme Director for Acting will take responsibility for the artistic and academic
management of the College’s BA (Hons) Acting programme. S/he will offer direction and
leadership to academic colleagues and students to facilitate learning in and through the high
quality training programmes offered by the College. S/he will play a key role in developing
and managing innovative and relevant learning, teaching and assessment methods and
encourage curriculum development, research, consultancy and collaborative activities where
appropriate. S/he will, under the direction of the Head of School, collaborate with other
academic members of staff to develop initiatives and contribute to the planning, validation
and delivery of new programmes of study and other educational and training strategies. The
post-holder will be responsible for ensuring that his/her areas of responsibility fulfil the
strategic objectives of the College and other corporate policies as determined by Senior
Management and work with recruitment and admissions to meet BA (Hons) Acting
recruitment targets.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Management of the Programme team.
Line-managing full time, part-time and fractional and hourly paid members of staff teaching
on the Acting degree including, where relevant, management of staff deployment, staff leave
and annual performance reviews.
Ensuring high quality professional input on the Programme.
Chairing regular team meetings (currently held fortnightly), facilitating team communication,
identifying staff development needs and responding to these, planning staff and student
activities.
Understanding and issuing appropriate staff contracts.
Working closely with the Programme Director for BA (Hons) Actor Musicianship and
coordinating shared modules.
Supporting the maintenance of academic staff members’ continued engagement with
research and scholarly activity.
Organisation and Management of the BA (Hons) Acting Programme.
Planning the annual academic programme and timetables including delivery of content,
timetable, schedules and the planning of all resources and academic assessments.
Identifying significant resource issues and ensuring that these are referred to the Head of
School as appropriate.
Taking overall budgetary responsibility for the Programme in compliance with the Financial
Regulations of the College.
Chairing the Acting Programme Committee, currently held twice a year.
Ensuring that the Programme is effectively organised and delivered.
In consultation with the Quality Office, arranging for the nomination of external examiners.
Undertaking the production of responses to external examiners’ reports, in consultation with
the Quality Office.
Engaging with the External Examiner for the Programme.
Ensuring that, where appropriate, students’ mitigating circumstances are reported to the
relevant College committee.
Management of the students on the BA (Hons) Acting Programme.
Ensuring that students receive an appropriate induction at each of the levels of the
Programme.
Reviewing student attendance and performance during the academic year.
Deciding whether to allow students to suspend their studies.
Conducting exit interviews with any students leaving the Programme.
Implementing appropriate College procedures relating to students with unsatisfactory
progress.
Dealing as appropriate, and as outlined in the College’s policies and procedures, with student
complaints.
Recruitment auditions and admissions.
Working with the Marketing Department on relevant programme-related marketing materials.
Coordinating with admissions staff on recruitment events, open days and UK and
International auditions.
Coordinating with admissions staff auditioning over 2500 applications,
Developing and applying an appropriate recruitment strategy for the programme, with the
support of the Student Recruitment Manager.
Planning, design and delivery of the Programme.
Contributing to teaching/directing on the Programme.
Conducting innovation and development in teaching and learning methodologies including
developing relationships with other programmes, international relations, and ensuring
ongoing revision of teaching methodologies in order to ensure the continuing currency of the
provision.
Ensuring that the undergraduate provision is of the highest quality and meets all external
requirements.
Managing all programme-related activities, and ensuring the development and updating of
the Programme and its documentation.
Developing the Programme in line with changes in (amongst other aspects) future funding,
teaching and learning practices (including new technologies), practice-based research, needs
of the market, and professional and academic developments.
Using employment information to assist in developing the programme.
Communicating effectively with tutors and students.
Undertaking research and scholarly activity relating to the academic content of the
Programme.
Quality, Quality Assurance of Academic and other student activities.
Liaising on programme-related quality issues with the Quality Office.
Incorporating all College policies and procedures into the delivery and practice of the
Programme.
Managing programme development and change, adhering to QAA codes of practice and,
where appropriate, validating University regulations and DramaUK guidelines.
Managing the overall quality of the Programme, including incorporation of College policies
and practices on Quality Assurance, meeting external regulation and funding requirements,
preparation and compliance with all external inspection and audits, preparation and
maintenance of all materials/documentation for internal review procedures, accreditation and
validation purposes.
Leading the Programme’s annual monitoring process, which involves reporting and analysing
inputs from students, academic staff and external examiners, together with institutional
statistical data relating to the number of applications to the Programme; acceptances and
UCAS tariff points; academic progression; student achievement and graduate employment.
Developing and implementing an action plan associated with the annual monitoring report.
Producing relevant programme documentation for students’ use.
Collaboration with internal and external bodies.
Working alongside internal departments to plan and implement appropriate marketing and
recruitment strategies for the Programme.
Developing and managing collaborative links with external organisations and individuals
including companies, directors, theatres, agents, academic institutions and industries.
Keeping abreast of contemporary practice and acting as ambassador for the college in the
profession.
Maintaining close working relationships between Acting and Actor Musicianship and other
programmes specifically programmes within the School of Design Management and
Technical Arts.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
The post-holder will need to be flexible with regard to hours.
All employees are required to comply with the College’s Health and Safety and Equal Opportunities
Policies in the performance of their duties and are required to complete statutory training programmes
on Equality & Diversity, Data Protection, Bribery and Health & Safety.
N.B.
The post-holder may be required to undertake any other duties which may
reasonably be required as within the nature of the duties and responsibilities of
the post as defined, subject to the proviso that normally any changes of a
permanent nature shall be incorporated into the job description in specific
terms.
Approved by SMC
Date May 2015
Rose Bruford College
Person Specification
Post Title:
Reference: RBC265.15
Programme Director BA (Hons) Acting
Area of Work: Academic Programmes in School of Performance
Attributes
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge
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Extensive professional experience relating to the BA (Hons) Acting
programme where appropriate
A strong professional/research profile and record of achievement in a
subject related to the Programme.
Considerable first-hand knowledge of the professional conditions of
employment relating to the Theatre and actor training
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Management and personal skills
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Experience of programme management or leading organisational team
Well developed and evidenced organisational interpersonal and managerial
skills with both staff and students
Experience of leading and support with confidence and assurance a wide
range of academic and administrative staff
Appropriate quality assurance management experience at programme level
in order to meet internal and external requirements.
Ability to contribute to the teaching of acting within the colleges acting
provision
Evidence of engagement in appropriate national professional or academic
networks
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Qualifications
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Professional training in theatre or related live performance
A good degree in theatre or subject relevant to the discipline, or equivalent
professional experience
A postgraduate degree in a relevant discipline
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Teaching Experience
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Extensive experience of teaching Acting or a related subject at
undergraduate level
Experience of curriculum design and development, particularly at HE level
Familiarity with developments in learning and teaching in vocational higher
education
Experience of working with International students and a familiarity with
international theatre practice
Fellowship of Higher Education Academy
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