Lecturer in Lighting (0.6 FTE)

Salary: Grade 6 is £46,474 – £54,232 per annum (commensurate to experience) including London Weighting.

(The pro-rata salary for grade 6 is £27,884 – £32,539 per annum including London Weighting)

About The Role

The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama seeks an imaginative educator/practitioner to deliver and develop teaching in lighting design and production on the new BA (Hons) Production Technologies and Stage Management Programme in the Department of Producing.

Central’s mission is to inspire, educate and train the change-makers of tomorrow; you will advance that mission by delivering world-leading teaching and research that fuses artistic ambition with social impact.

You will support students to develop through their work on practical projects and through theoretical enquiry, helping them to become the theatre and performance makers of the next generation. You will provide mentorship and pastoral support and cultivate collaborations across Central’s programmes. Your own practice will inform a future-facing curriculum grounded in equity, anti-racism, digital fluency and sustainability. We welcome applications with professional experience in live performance across a range of scales and genres. This might include performance, theatre or live event lighting design experience or in a similar environment.

We welcome colleagues with either proven higher-education experience or relevant teaching experience and a portfolio that spans research or scholarship, or professional practice. Applicants whose perspectives represent minoritised and under-represented communities — including Queer, Black, Global Majority and Diaspora performance — are especially encouraged.

Joining a supportive, interdisciplinary community of academics and practitioners, you will contribute to Central’s wider learning culture by maintaining a programme of high-quality research, knowledge exchange and industry partnership. This is an exciting moment of strategic growth for the school; your vision and leadership will help shape an inclusive, cutting-edge production technologies and stage management education for the artistic and social world ahead.

HOW TO APPLY

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Please complete our online application Section A and Section B by midday on Monday 21^st September 2026.

It is anticipated that interviews and assessments will take place on Wednesday 7^th October 2026.

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We are committed to diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, including neurodivergent candidates, LGBTQ+ and Global Majority backgrounds as they are currently underrepresented within the sector and within Central. 

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