Hourly Paid Choreographer

Job title

Hourly Paid Choreographer

Job reference

REQ002885

Date posted

15/09/2025

Application closing date

29/09/2025

Location

Paignton

Salary

£21.17 per hour

Package

Plus Excellent Benefits

Contractual hours

Blank

Basis

Hourly Paid

Job category/type

Academic

Attachments

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Job description

**Salary**:£21.17 per hour.** **Plus Excellent Benefits**

**Contract Type: Hourly Paid, Fixed term until 31**st** **August 2026.**

**Location: Paignton, Devon**

Are you passionate about dance and performance? South Devon College is seeking a dynamic and skilled Choreographer to join our Creative & Service Industries Faculty.

You'll play a key role in delivering practical dance and performance sessions to students across a range of creative courses. This includes facilitating engaging workshops, supporting learners in developing musical portfolios, and instructing in both studio and live performance settings. You'll assess student progress, contribute to curriculum planning, and help learners build confidence in their chosen disciplines. You'll also be involved in setting up and running performances, maintaining equipment, and ensuring a safe and inclusive learning environment. Your work will span across college and external venues, and you'll collaborate closely with colleagues and external partners to enhance the student experience.

At South Devon College we are passionate that excellent teaching and learning can transform lives. We seek to achieve at the highest levels and welcome staff who share our drive for success.

In return, you can expect access to an exciting range of training, apprenticeship and opportunities for degree level study alongside your work to keep you at the top of your game, and a strong emphasis on work-life balance.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to contribute to the success of our learners and uphold the integrity of our assessment processes within a collaborative and forward-thinking environment.

The staff at South Devon College are truly inspirational and this is a reflection on the whole College culture of continuous improvement and support for all of our students and communities. We hold the prestigious Investors in People (IIP) Platinum accreditation, the highest level awarded by the people management standard. This prominent distinction confirms the College&©s status as not just a leading Further Education College, but also as a top employer in the country, as it joins the top 7% of accredited organisations across the UK.

We aim to provide our learners with excellent teaching and learning. Our staff are highly adept at working with and developing skills and knowledge in learners from different backgrounds. Our staff have consistently high expectations of all students and generate high levels of enthusiasm for participation in, and commitment to learning.

Our staff are integral to maintaining our passion and high-performance levels, and we reward our staff for this. Our benefits are designed to encourage a healthy work-life balance, and include:

- Access to a wealth of training, apprenticeships and funded higher education opportunities as well as dedicated training days;
- Teacher's Pension Scheme Employer contributions of 28.68%
- Subsidised fitness suite facility, onsite hair and beauty salon, access to a wide range of catering facilities, outdoor gym and free eyesight tests;
- Life Assurance (if member of pension scheme);
- On Site Nursery (Mama Bears);
- Employee Assistance Programmes
- Access to Blue Light Card membership;
- Discounted travel schemes.

**Closing Date: Monday 29**th** **September 2025 (Midnight)**

**Interview Date: TBC**

Please note that you will be required to be in possession of an Enhanced DBS Certificate or be willing to undertake an Enhanced DBS check as a condition of employment at the College.

This College is committed to Safeguarding/Prevent and promoting the welfare of students, including children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare any cautions, convictions, reprimands and final warnings that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020).