RBO Schools Programme Officer, Learning and Participation

Permanent Contract

Full time: 40 hours per week (5 out of 7 days)

£31,720 per annum

Based in: Covent Garden (with some travel)

The Royal Ballet and Opera continues to lead the way in opera, ballet, music and dance both live on stage and through multiple digital platforms, from live streaming to worldwide cinema screenings. Our Covent Garden theatre has been at the heart of London and British cultural life for three centuries. We are home to two world-class Companies: The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera.

Our Learning and Participation (L&P) department is central to achieving RBO’s mission to enrich the cultural life of the nation. Our extensive programmes, which involve more than 100,000 participants annually, aim to inspire creativity and give people of all ages the chance to discover, question and respond to the power of our artforms. We are now looking for an experienced RBO Schools Programme Officer to enable the delivery of our Schools work up and down the country. The Schools Officer will help by providing administrative, events, logistical and financial support across our programmes.

We would love to hear from individuals who are passionate about improving access for children and young people to the arts. The ideal candidate will need to be able to demonstrate:

• Knowledge and experience working in an arts education context.
• Evidence of strong administration, organisational and digital literacy skills with the ability to prioritise and identify future workload.
• Experience of event management, specifically, the ability to plan and run events from concept to delivery.
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to work with a range of people across the organisation and externally, including teachers, artists, technicians, students, administrative staff and members of the public.
• Excellent communication and writing skills with high standard of English.

The Royal Ballet and Opera is one of the UK’s leading arts organisations and our aim is to inspire imagination, ignite emotion and make the extraordinary for everyone. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion underpin all that we do. We want our people to be representative of the diversity in the UK. We understand the creativity and innovation that diversity can bring and strive to create an inclusive environment in which everyone can thrive. We encourage applications from people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences and skills to join our teams. We particularly welcome applications from those who are from a global majority background and/or those who are disabled, as they are under‑represented within our organisation.

We are a Disability Confident Employer, which means that we are actively working to ensure that candidates with disabilities and long‑term health conditions feel supported, engaged and able to fulfil their potential in the workplace. We will endeavour to offer an interview to candidates who ask to participate in the scheme and who demonstrate in their application that they meet the essential criteria for the role, though sometimes due to the volume of qualified candidates with declarations this is not possible.

The RBO is also committed to safeguarding and protecting all children, young people, and adults and we implement robust safer recruitment practices. Due to our safeguarding promise, certain roles will be subject to a DBS check before commencing employment with us, which will be indicated in the advertising.

Closing date for applications: 11:59pm, 30th April 2026. To ensure a fair process, late applications will not be considered under any circumstances. Applicants must have work authorisation for the UK. No agencies.