Access and Widening Participation Officer

Type of contract: Permanent, Full-Time

Hours of work: 35 hours per week

Salary: Grade 3, £30,068 - £33,842 + Benefits

The Role

We’re looking for a proactive and organised Access & Widening Participation Officer to support the delivery of programmes that widen access to conservatoire training for young people from under-represented backgrounds.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in designing and delivering impactful outreach initiatives, building partnerships across the education and arts sectors, and supporting the next generation of performers and theatre-makers to access world-class training.

Working closely with the Access & Widening Participation Manager, you’ll help coordinate and deliver a range of activities including workshops, outreach events, ambassador programmes and Shakespeare in Schools projects, while ensuring activity is effectively monitored and evaluated.
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Key Responsibilities

Develop and maintain partnerships with schools, colleges, youth arts organisations and sector partners across the UK

Coordinate and support outreach initiatives including Pathways, LAMDA Local and Shakespeare in Schools

Manage the Graduate Ambassador Scheme, including recruitment, training and allocation of ambassadors

Support the planning and delivery of workshops and events, both online and in person

Liaise with participants, teaching staff, alumni and external partners to ensure smooth programme delivery

Monitor and evaluate programme impact, including reporting on equality, diversity and participation data

Work collaboratively with Admissions and Marketing teams to promote opportunities and support targeted bursary initiatives

Provide financial and administrative support including contracts, invoices, timesheets and purchase orders

Uphold safeguarding, wellbeing and health and safety practices across all activity

About You

You’ll be passionate about access, inclusion and arts education, with excellent organisational and communication skills and experience coordinating projects or events. You’ll be confident building relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and committed to creating opportunities for young people from diverse backgrounds.

Experience working in education, outreach, participation, youth arts or higher education environments would be advantageous.

How to Apply

Please submit the following 4 documents via email to [email protected]

A cover letter to tell us a little about yourself and why this position interests you. Tell us what experience, knowledge and skills you have that meet the person specification outlined in the job description, include any practical examples that you may have.

CV

Completed Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form

Completed Supplementary Form

Application Deadline

The closing date for all applications is midnight on Sunday 7 June 2026*

Interviews will be held in June 2026

*Please note, we reserve the right to close this advert early or extend the advert where necessary.

Equality, diversity and inclusion are essential values at LAMDA, and we are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to have a diverse and inclusive workforce and value the benefits that a diverse workforce can bring to the Academy. We welcome applications from the Global majority, those with disabilities and from other under -represented groups. We are happy to provide recruitment information in accessible formats and a provision to accept applications in alternative formats.