Actor / Groupworker

We’re looking for one Actor / Groupworker to play a range of male characters as part of our team of theatre practitioners delivering projects across criminal justice and social justice settings. This is a full-time, permanent position, working nationally but based in Birmingham.

The position is an all-encompassing one. It requires a multi-skilled person – to be both an actor and groupwork facilitator and to be able to work alone and as part of a team. You will need to be confident, resourceful, and self-organised. The focus of each day will be different, and the varying combinations of Geese staff add further variety. You could be performing; rehearsing; facilitating a group on your own; facilitating a group with a co-worker; travelling; working in the office; delivering staff training; preparing and planning future work; researching; spending time involved in staff development or at company meetings. Clients can be professionals from a range of criminal justice agencies, people in prison, vulnerable people in community settings or young people in secure children’s homes.

Our work involves delivering projects with people who have committed a wide range of offences, including violence, domestic abuse, and sexual offences against both children and adults. This means that the environment is both challenging and stimulating.

Upon successful completion of an initial six-month probationary training period, this will be a full-time, permanent position. The company works nationally and internationally, and travel away from home is a regular part of the working pattern. We are looking only for individuals who want to make a commitment to this area of work and who are creative, inquisitive, and able to cope with the long hours and challenging work. In return the company offers exciting work, in settings that many people will never experience and with a diverse range of people. There is also the prestige of working for a company that is at the forefront of its field.