Current opportunities
Youth Theatre Administrator and Pastoral Support
This role will also support the Creative Learning team and act as the front-of-house contact for children and families. The role is ideal for someone looking to take their first step into an arts organisation administrative role and who is passionate about working with and supporting children.
Job Description
- Manage registration and maintain accurate attendance and participant records, ensuring access needs are recorded in line with Half Moon’s commitment to inclusion
- Provide pastoral support as required, maintain behaviour logs in line with safeguarding procedures and act as a key liaison between freelance practitioners, the Creative Learning team and families
- Communicate regularly with parents and carers to ensure effective support and engagement
- Deliver administrative support for the Creative Learning team, including managing databases, waiting lists and processing payments
- Prepare and organise resources for weekly sessions and ensure timely communication with families about term dates, events and reminders
- Collect and input evaluation data for Youth Theatre, Next Steps and After School Clubs to support monitoring and reporting
- Work with the Communications Manager to identify social media opportunities, including capturing photos and videos during sessions
- Embed safeguarding responsibilities across all areas of work, ensuring best practice in communication, data handling and engagement with children and families
- Other duties as reasonably required by the Creative Learning team
Hours
Autumn and Spring terms
24 hours/week during term time. 10 weeks each term (typically 5 weeks before and 5 weeks after half term)
Days: Mon, Tue and Wed 3-9pm, Sat 9-3pm
Summer term
18 hours/week during term time. 10 weeks each term (typically 5 weeks before and 5 weeks after half term)
Days: Mon, Tue and Wed 3-9pm
There will be an additional admin day of 6 hours once a term.
Salary: London Living Wage (currently £13.85 per hour)
Deadline: Monday 21 July 2025, 10am
For more information on how to apply, please take a look at the recruitment pack.
Recruitment PackAn enhanced DBS (formerly CRB) check will be requested of all successful applicants to jobs at Half Moon. In line with its Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy, Half Moon does actively seek to employ people with disabilities and people from different backgrounds. Half Moon is a Disability Confident Employer.
Workshop Facilitator Pool
We occasionally recruit for our pool of experienced freelance theatre facilitators.
If you are interested in working with Half Moon in this capacity please contact us for more information.
We are also a member of the Participatory Arts London network and advertise details of freelance jobs at Half Moon through the PAL Freelancers’ Network.
Find out more about Participatory Arts LondonWork Experience
To be eligible for a one-week work experience placement at Half Moon, you must be a member of a Half Moon Youth Theatre, or study at a Tower Hamlets school.
Tower Hamlets Education Business Partnership (The Switch) facilitate any other work experience requests.
Find out more about Work ExperienceWork-Based Learning Placements
We are committed to providing work-based learning placements for young adults at our partner universities and from specialist training providers working with adults with learning disabilities.
We offer one- or two-week intensive placements working with teenagers, term-long weekly session placements and three-month placements. If you attend on of our partner universities and are interested in a placement, get in touch.
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