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Salary: £36,900 - £40,850 (including Inner London Weighting) per annum
Contractual Hours: 35 per week
Basis: Permanent
Attachments: Job Information Pack
Guildhall School is a vibrant, international community of musicians, actors and production artists in the heart of the City of London. Ranked as number one in Arts, Drama & Music by the Complete University Guide 2025, and in the top four in the world for Music and Performing Arts by the QS World University Rankings 2025, we deliver world-class professional training in partnership with distinguished artists, companies and ensembles. A global leader in creative and professional practice, we promote innovation, experiment and research, and are also one of the UK’s leading providers of lifelong learning in the performing arts, offering inspiring training for children, young people, adult learners, and creative and business professionals.
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Guildhall Innovation aims to release the value of the School's ideas, knowledge and partnerships to make a positive impact in the world. We offer a range of professional services and adult and youth learning opportunities, which draw on our expertise in the performing arts. Our creative business support and coaching services empower professionals to realise their full potential and make positive impact in the world.
We have a fantastic opportunity for a skilled and experienced coordinator wishing to develop their career in the creative industries and/or the higher education sector to join the Open Programmes, which sits within the wider Innovation team. Open Programmes currently comprises short courses, summer schools, bespoke courses and professional development events at Guildhall School. Guildhall Open Programmes aims to open up the world of the conservatoire to people outside of formal learning, making our resources and expertise available to others.
We welcome between 1,000 and 1,500 participants every year across our programme of short courses and summer schools in Drama, Music, Production Arts, Skills for the Creative Industries and Other Art Forms. Our courses are open to a wide range of ages and levels. We pride ourselves on offering a unique and enjoyable experience with the best teaching experience.
As Open Programmes Coordinator you will support our growing lifelong learning offer, which engages participants of all ages and all backgrounds. You will provide excellent administrative and production support to the programme, including supporting the planning, preparation and delivery of the annual programme, event logistics and coordination, financial administration and budget support, marketing support and project evaluation. In addition to this, you will also have the opportunity to be involved in a wide range of work associated in building a programme of activity such as research and development and stakeholder engagement.
We are looking for a resourceful and highly motivated candidate with an efficient, positive and proactive approach, and excellent organisational and administrative skills; with strong events coordination experience, the ability to handle competing deadlines and a busy workload, and experience in maintaining and building excellent relationships with internal and external stakeholders along with offering a high level of customer service. Knowledge of and interest in the performing arts and/or higher education is also desirable.
An enhanced DBS check will be required.
For more information, download the Job Information Pack.
Alternatively, please contact 020 7332 3978 (24hr answerphone) quoting OOGS9343. A minicom service for the hearing impaired is available on 020 7332 3732.
Closing date for applications is midday on 15 September 2025. This role may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Interviews will be held in week commencing 29 September 2025.
Please note that late applications will not be accepted.
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Guildhall School welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences. We are particularly keen to encourage interest from people with disabilities, LGBTQIA+, Black, Asian, and other global majority backgrounds who are currently under-represented at Guildhall School. In recognising the positive value of diversity, we want to better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We are members of the Disability Confident Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who would like to be considered under this scheme and who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role. We support and provide adjustments for people with disabilities – if you have a disability and need help with the application process please contact us.
The Guildhall School is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk and expects all employees, workers, and volunteers to share this commitment.
The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme to ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation, to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do.
Because our roles are so varied, we don’t have a ‘one size fits all’ policy for workplace attendance. How many days a week you’ll be required to attend your workplace will depend on the requirements of your role. It’s important that you understand the requirements before applying to ensure you are able to meet them. We are committed to considering requests to work flexibly and job share. Requests will be considered by the recruiting manager in line with our policies and business needs.
For more information on our categories for workplace attendance, please view our guide here. We will be reviewing this policy and approach at regular intervals to ensure we’re meeting our attendance needs.