APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR THIS YEAR

WORK WITH US!

WE ARE RECRUITING FACILITATORS, TUTORS AND PRACTITIONERS

What do we do?

Open Door is a multi award winning charity that helps talented young people who do not have the financial support or resources to gain a place at one of the UK’s leading drama schools.

Our Acting programme works with people aged between 18-30 based in Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Warrington, West Yorkshire, the Borough of Halton, London, Essex and the South East who are serious about pursuing a career in Acting but may need a little help in getting there.

Who are we looking for?

We are currently looking for brilliant, committed acting teachers & directors who have experience in, and a passion for, working with young people to come on board as tutors for Open Door, guiding participants through their preparation for the audition process. 

This year Open Door will be working in Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Warrington, West Yorkshire, the Borough of Halton, London, Essex and the South East and we are looking for tutors across all of these areas.

The specifics…

  • The job role will focus on providing one-to-one acting coaching and audition technique for our aspiring actors, as they prepare for their drama school auditions.

  • All tuition takes place in our partner industry buildings.

  • Main hubs for tutoring will take place in: Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Central London.

  • Each tutor will look after one or two students and provide up to 15 hours of tutoring per student.

  • Tutoring will take place between November 2023 and May 2024, with the majority of tutoring happening November 2023 - February 2024.

  • Rate of pay: £37.50 p/h inclusive of travel.

  • All tutors will need to attend a paid training day in November.

  • All tutors will need to be in receipt of an up to date DBS certificate

Interested?…

We will be holding the following informal Q and A sessions about tutoring:

Leeds Playhouse - Wednesday 23rd August 4.45-6pm

Royal Exchange, Manchester - Thursday 24th August 4.45-6pm

Royal Court Theatre, London - Friday 1st September 4.45-6pm

Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse - Tuesday 5th September 4.45-6pm

Practical interviews will take place in September and October.

If you would like to come along to one of these Q and As, please email jobs@opendoor.org.uk and let us know, along with your CV and a cover letter/ 2 minute video talking about your work to date and reasons for wanting to tutor for Open Door.

If you would like to just attend a practical interview joining the team, please email a CV and cover letter/2 minute video talking about your work to date and reasons for wanting to tutor to jobs@opendoor.org.uk.