Head of Engage

Dundee Rep & Scottish Dance Theatre Limited


Job Summary

We are seeking an exceptional individual to be our Head of Engage – to lead, define, and embed creative engagement across the entire organisation.

Job Description

This is a senior leadership role with responsibility for strategic vision, operational delivery, team leadership, and organisational integration. The post-holder will envisage and deliver the way in which creative engagement functions at DRSDT – clarifying purpose, strengthening systems, and ensuring this work is artistically ambitious, ethically grounded, and sustainably delivered within clearly defined budgetary parameters.

Central to the Engage department are our weekly classes, which offer a perfect blend of fun and skill-building, designed to nurture confidence, creativity, and a lifelong love for the performing arts. For all ages, artforms and experience levels, our Engage classes welcome around 9,000 every year through approximately 18 classes each week.

We know that genuine engagement is complex and demanding. We are seeking a leader who can hold that complexity – with clarity, compassion, and conviction.

Job Requirements

Essential

Leadership and Strategy

  • Significant experience in a leadership or senior management role within arts, culture, education, or community contexts.

  • Proven ability to develop and deliver strategic vision.

  • Experience of leading teams, managing complexity, and holding responsibility.

  • Confidence operating at senior leadership and board level.

Engagement & Participation

  • Strong understanding of creative engagement, participation, learning or socially engaged practice.

  • Experience working with diverse communities and participants.

  • Ability to balance artistic ambition with ethical, accessible, and inclusive practice.

  • Commitment to EDI, disability awareness, and trauma-informed approaches.

Organisational Skills

  • Excellent organisational and administrative skills.

  • Experience building systems, processes, and structures that support people and programmes.

Job Overview

  • Job Title: Head of Engage
  • Salary: £30k-£40k
  • Hours:
    Full time
  • Artform: Theatre
  • Role: Admin, Secretarial & PA
  • Contract: Permanent
  • Closing date: Fri, 06 Mar 2026

  • Location:

    Scotland
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Job: Head of Engage

Job: Head of Engage

Organisation: Dundee Rep & Scottish Dance Theatre Limited

Postcode: DD1 1PB

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