Job Description

The Role:

Lead RADA’s Lighting Department and inspire the next generation.

We seek for an experienced stage lighting professional to share in the training of our technical theatre students through nurturing, dynamic and inspiring leadership of the Lighting Department.

The role is primarily focussed on the mentoring and monitoring of the development of our TTA students, giving regular assessments and feedback. The Head of Lighting oversees the organisation, management and upkeep of the infrastructure, physical assets and software that makes up the department.

A specialist whose expertise bridges lighting design, programming and production electrics, the post holder will foster success in trainees, aiming to deliver the highest quality contribution to RADA’s public productions, projects and showings.

RADA runs a two-year FdA course in Technical Theatre Arts and Stage Management, with an optional subsequent completion year to progress the award to a BA. We also train a small number of postgraduates on our MA in Performance Lighting Design. Teaching is distributed across all years.

Much of the tuition takes the form of mentoring the students as they work on public productions in our three theatres, with this taking place from the start of the course.

The role requires a committed, self-motivated person who works well in a team and can lead diplomatically, confidently and with care and attention to furthering RADA’s goals of creating dedicated, confident and skilled professionals.

Please see Job description for a full breakdown of duties.

The Team:

The Lighting Department consists of the Head of Lighting, Deputy Head of Lighting and regular freelance lighting designers, as well as a team of four regular associate tutors. The team liaise with other technical departments and are accountable to the Director of Technical Theatre Arts.

We are very interested in hearing from Black, Asian, and Global Majority candidates as well as candidates who identify as disabled. RADA is embarking on a journey to become an anti-racist institution and is committed to supporting candidates in their positions, ensuring that the workplace is safe and inclusive for all. If you require any support to be able to take part in the interview process, please let us know when you apply, and we will ensure our interview process is accessible for you.

Apply via www.rada.ac.uk