Youth Music Theatre UK

JOIN OUR FRIENDLY AND DEDICATED TEAM OF PASTORAL STAFF THIS SUMMER! 

We are looking for caring, organised people aged over 21 to join our team of Pastoral Staff and work at our residential musical theatre courses throughout the summer. This is a great opportunity to work in a creative and exciting environment, while making a difference to our young performers' experience. The Pastoral Team’s first priority is always to the young people. As a member of the Pastoral Team you will be a key person to whom the young people look for guidance, protection, clarification and support. If you can be available for at least 1 week of the summer (10 July - 27 August 2022) and have the skills to guide, inform and act in loco parentis to our young people, then please get in touch! We accept applications for Pastoral Staff on a rolling basis but are looking to fill positions for summer 2022 as soon as possible.

Are you the perfect candidate? Please read the relevant Job Description below and complete the APPLICATION FORM. Please send your completed application to our Welfare Manager, Alison Birchall at alisonbirchall@bymt.org

Pastoral Team Member: JOB DESCRIPTION 

Pastoral Team Manager: JOB DESCRIPTION 

We can’t wait to work with you this summer!

Each year, BYMT makes a number of training places available for recent graduates or those in their second or third year of higher education wishing to gain work experience on music theatre projects working with young people. These take the form of assistant roles on our 2 and 3 week projects across the summer and are principally for Assistant Musical Directors, Assistant/Associate Designers and Deputy Stage Manager. Visit the Creative Trainee Scheme page for further information.

“BYMT has been a great platform for me to learn, take risks, and sometimes make mistakes and generally find my own way into becoming an MD.” Sam Sommerfeld, Musical Director and former Creative Trainee

A new and exciting opportunity in a small, busy and friendly office team for anyone who is interested in working with databases and wants to get some experience.

British Youth Music Theatre, the leading musical theatre company for young people in the UK is looking for an organised, engaging and determined person to help us with our precious database which plays an essential role in our company’s work. Volunteering for one or more days per week, from our office in Peckham, hours can be flexible depending on availability. The tasks will include data entry, keeping the database up to date, organising data, researching contacts and any other work with our database. You will gain experience of working with new systems in a fast-paced office environment for a leading performing arts organisation.

Gain experience with administration and database working, as well as being a part of a friendly and creative team, with occasional tea-drinking and biscuit-eating.

If you are interested in this position, please send your CV to tatianatimoshina@bymt.org, Tatiana Timoshina, BYMT's Marketing Manager.

If you would like to gain some unpaid work experience or volunteer in the BYMT office, whether you’re at school, college, university, considering a career change or wanting to do some charity work in later life, we may be able to offer you a suitable placement. Applications for these unpaid positions are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year. It's important to note that, while BYMT Productions take place in various major theatres across the UK, you would be volunteering for administrative work in our London office. See below for some examples. If you are interested in creative work experience on one of our productions as an introduction to working within the industry, see the Creative Trainee Scheme. Short-Term, Full-Time Work Experience Suitable usually for Young People (16-17) who are interesting in taking on some Work Experience as part of their Secondary School or College studies, short-term volunteers will typically volunteer full-time for up to a fortnight. Duties will usually include general administration and occasional research. Medium Term, Full-Time Volunteers Lasting perhaps one to three months, these posts are suitable for somebody recently graduated from Secondary School, College or University, or somebody later in life looking to make a major contribution of their time and skill to BYMT. These volunteers will provide vital support to one of our departments. Previously, roles have included Database Assistant, Administrative Assistant, Production Assistant, and Fundraising Assistant, although we will cater the work to the applicants interests and our current needs. We will reimburse travel expenses within the Greater London area and provide copious quantities of tea/coffee and chocolate biscuits! Long Term, Part-Time Volunteers Perhaps involving one or two days a week for several months or more, these posts are often taken by adults with an interest in providing their spare time and skills to BYMT around their other commitments. We will usually provide a focused project, depending on our current needs and your interests. Past part-time volunteers have helped to support our Finance, Database, Fundraising, and Marketing Teams. We will reimburse travel expenses within the Greater London area and provide copious quantities of tea/coffee and chocolate biscuits! If you would like to discuss our volunteering or work experience opportunities, please call us on 02085637725 or email mail@bymt.org. To apply, please send a CV with covering letter, explaining your volunteering interests and availability, to mail@bymt.org.

Although a great deal of the company's work is devised, we will look at book/librettos and listen to CDs of new work where possible. If you wish to submit material, please send it to the office marked 'Script' and we will put it in a queue to be read. Please note that this may take a substantial amount of time, particularly over the summer months.