CDMT Vacancies – Office Administrator

The Council for Dance, Drama and Musical Theatre (CDMT) wishes to appoint an Office Administrator on a four-days a week basis.

 
JOB DESCRIPTION
Salary:
£21,500

Location: CDMT resides at Salters Hall, 4 London Wall Place, London EC2Y 5DE, and this role is office based. Salters Hall is located conveniently for Moorgate, Liverpool Street and Bank stations, and is accessible from street level and throughout the building.

Normal office hours are Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5.00pm but events/projects may demand the occasional evening/weekend work. The position encompasses four days a week on an initial 12-months contract.

Purpose of the post: You will provide administrative support to our small team in a vibrant, prolific and growing organisation which provides quality assurance and membership services to institutions delivering training, education and assessment in dance, drama and musical theatre.

CDMT is looking for a person who will embrace this opportunity to prove themselves in an arts administration role, being as committed and enthusiastic as the rest of our team. This position is an ideal starting point for someone interested in a career in arts administration.

This is a broad role, as the scope of the organisation is wide, but essentially you will support the team in an efficient and accurate manner, being responsible for looking after the office environment.

Excellent team working, written and verbal communication skills; a confident and personable telephone manner; a good standard of literacy and numeracy, and a professional approach to work are essential to this post.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Completed applications should be sent via email to Emily Maloney at [email protected] by 5.00pm on 19th July 2023 and comprise:
  • a full Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  •  a covering letter indicating why you would be suitable.
The interviews will be conducted on 27th July at the CDMT offices.

Click here to find out more 

Her Majesty the Queen, Elizabeth II

We join friends in our deep sadness at the death of
HM Queen Elizabeth II. 

Her long reign has been a source of inspiration and strength for society and the arts throughout the decades.

Our thoughts are with the Royal Family.

image credit: The Royal Household

Lord Aberdare’s statement during the House of Lords debate on the creative sector: 4/11/2021

                  Lord Aberdare’s statement during the House of Lords debate on the creative sector: 4/11/2021
                                                     

                                                           Screenshot Lord Aberdare

On Thursday 4 November, the House of Lords debated the impact of government policy and spending on the creative industries. 

Baroness Featherstone opened the general debate, during which members put their experience to good use to discuss current issues and draw the government’s attention to concerns.

In advance of the debate the Council for Dance, Drama and Musical Theatre (CDMT), which is the Secretariat of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Performing Arts Education and Training liaised with the following speakers outlining the challenges facing performing arts education and training today: Lord Aberdare; Lord Bassam of Brighton; Lord Berkeley of Knighton; Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury; Earl of Clancarty; Lord Clement-Jones; Viscount Colville of Culross; Earl of Dundee; Baroness Featherstone; Baroness Fleet; Lord Foster of Bath; Baroness Greengross; Baroness Harris of Richmond; Lord Marland; Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall; Lord McNally; Baroness Merron; Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer; Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay; Baroness Prashar; Lord Spencer of Alresford; Lord Storey; Lord Strasburger and Lord Vaizey of Didcot.

In support of CDMT’s Validated awarding organisations offering graded examinations across the performing arts, Lord Aberdare highlighted the opportunities to better integrate primary and secondary arts education with the work of these organisations.

A recorded excerpt of his statement is available here.

CDMT is pleased to report that following yesterday’s session Baroness Merron of Lincoln, Shadow Minister for DCMS in the Lords, has joined the APPG for Performing Arts Education and Training.

Updated Booklet Released – A Time of Challenge 2021

The electronic booklet, A Time of Challenge, which was first released in July 2020, has been updated to reflect the 2021 Covid-19 circumstances and the specific concerns and needs of CDMT Accredited Schools who have an approximate combined:

  • turnover of more than £90m each year
  • total of students on full-time vocational courses in the performing arts of 6,300
  • in-take of new students onto vocational courses of 2,700 annually, from 20,500 auditions.

These Accredited institutions which offer vocational training in dance, drama and musical theatre transform lives, enrich communities, drive regional and national economic growth, and improve social interactions across the arts and culture. Their remit and functions are therefore strongly influenced by educational, cultural and sector-focused decisions directed by the Department for Education and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sports. It is important that whatever decisions are made for the wider industry, including for theatres and performance companies, equal consideration is also made of the assistance needed to secure the existing ‘pipeline’ of highly trained future professionals on which the sector relies for its regeneration and renewal.

Further, the UK has a long-standing reputation for the provision of world-class professional training in the performing arts. However, in an economic climate where there is growing pressure on higher-level studies and the arts in general – due to Covid-19 and EU withdrawal – this reputation could be at risk. Sustained support must be offered for the creative industries, and crucially, those undertaking vocational training within it, better to ensure that young graduates continue to aspire, and feel inspired, to enter the sector in the years ahead. In turn, the UK economy more widely will benefit from the contributions made by the next generation of trained professional practitioners.

The electronic booklet can be viewed by clicking here.

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