Dance Live! is an exciting event for schools and colleges brought to you by The Guildhall Trust. With a focus on raising aspirations, strengthening health and wellbeing and developing skills for creative career choices, Dance Live! also delivers a range of supportive workshop opportunities for schools. Embracing an ever-evolving digital world and how this is changing the face of modern performance, Dance Live! sees those in KS2-4 and Further Education compete with choreographed routines to the backdrop of a giant digital screen with pupils showcasing a range of skills from dance, performance and off-stage technical skills to creative design.
This role will assist with the administrative process behind Dance Live! events, supporting the delivery of Dance Live! across the South for the 2026 event season from January to March. The role will be responsible for continuing strong levels of communication with schools while delivering consistent pre-event and post-event outputs such as Screen Content Checks, Performance Video Access and Winner Announcements.
Timescale: January 2026 to March 2026 as follows:
- 12th January to 25th January: 16 hours per week
- 26th January to 12th February: 114 hours to be distributed variably across 2.5 weeks (by negotiation)
- 2nd March to 15th March: 16 hours per week
- 16th March to 22nd March: 48 hours per week.
Job Requirements
- Competence in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)
- Familiarity with file management and digital collaboration tools (e.g. Google Drive, Teams)
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Past good practice in liaising with teachers or similar
- Past good practice in successfully maintaining relationships with schools/teachers; or similar within your network.
Job Responsibilities
- Liaise with the Dance Live! Team about event delivery information and participating schools
- Signpost teachers to existing Dance Live! communications and channels such as the Teacher Zone and 1-2-1 Video Support with the wider team
- Check schools' Screen Content for copyrighted, explicit and non-permitted content pre-event
- Download and organise video files pre-event
- Collate and check Judge's Feedback and give access to teachers post-event
- Give teachers access to performance videos post-event
- Send media photos to schools with young people without photo consent post-event
- Upload Winners Announcements to Dance Live! social media accounts post-event
- Support and enable the Dance Live! Team to deliver the Dance Live! 2026
- Receive training in Dance Live! pre and post event administration processes.