The National Theatre of Scotland’s creative cultural leader Fellowship programme is designed to support creatives to experiment, be bold, brave and take creative risks within a supportive environment.

Over 18 months, the Directing Fellow will be part of the Artistic Development department where they will develop their skills in Directing/ Being a Lead Artist and will be embedded in artistic decision-making practices and processes across the organisation.

Each Fellow will be given dedicated time to design and deliver a project within NTS. They will also have supported time for their own research project which explores change-making.* Their research project could be something new they want to explore, or it could be about having supported time to develop a change-making project they have recently started doing personally.

During the programme there will be regular check-ins with the Head of HR, focussed on the personal goals of the Fellows as well as meetings with the wider Fellows cohort. The Fellows will be supported to build new relationships with key partners and further opportunities within the sector will be identified post fellowship.

| Eligibility

The fellowships are open to applicants who meet the following criteria:

• Identifying as being from global majority communities* or lower socio-economic backgrounds**
• Have at least 5 years professional experience in the performing arts
• Are over 18 years old and not a full time student
• Live and work in Scotland, and have the right to work in the UK

*We are open to your interpretation of leadership and change-making. It could include things like how you make work, how you build or co-build a team, how you mentor and/or support other creatives, how you affect policy, activism, and best practices in the sector etc. It could include activities you have done professionally or personally.

**lower-economic includes those who are from low income households and are working class

The Fellowship Programme is supported by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation

Terms and Conditions of Engagement

Total Bursary: £18,750 paid in 18 monthly instalments

Status: Fixed term for 18months (January 2025 – June 2026)

Probationary period: 3 months

Notice period: 1 month

Place of work: A workspace will be provided at our offices at Rockvilla, located at 125 Craighall Road, Glasgow, G4 9TL. This role will be expected to attend events, performances, and briefing when required (including some evenings and weekends).

Hours of work: The fee is based on 17.5 hrs per week (0.5FT) for 18 months and the Fellow will manage their own time.

Company Benefits: Access to free employee counselling (which includes counsellors with various lived experiences) and wellbeing activities such as pilates and yoga.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Closing date: 10am Tuesday 26 November

Interviews will be held in January 2025, from week commencing 20 Jan.

If you need this information in another format or would like more information contact Rhea with subject line 'Fellowship: Producing" or "Fellowship: Dramaturgy" or "Fellowship: Directing

Stage1: To Apply: please submit your application to Submittable.. This application should include a cover letter and your CV or your biography. Please see below for more information on what to include to support your application.

Stage 2: shortlisted Stage 1 applicants invited to interview. Interview panel will be made up of Jackie Wylie, members of the Artistic Development team, and an independent panellist.

For monitoring and application tracking purposes, please complete our short equal opportunities monitoring form, this should take no more than 5 minutes of your time.

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