Creative Scotland: Professional Development Secondment (Theatre Team)

Closing date: Fri 30 Oct 2026: 5:00PM

Are you an experienced theatre professional looking to broaden your experience and develop your career? Creative Scotland is offering a Professional Development Secondment within the Theatre team, providing an exciting opportunity to gain experience of working within Scotland’s national arts agency and contribute to supporting the country’s vibrant theatre sector.

The secondment will provide the successful candidate with the opportunity to develop their understanding of Scotland’s wider theatre ecology, contribute to projects and initiatives, and build relationships with artists, practitioners, organisations and other sector professionals.

Key Responsibilities
– Contribute to the development and delivery of Creative Scotland’s work across the theatre sector
– Develop experience of funding assessment, monitoring and decision-making
– Contribute to projects and initiatives supporting the development needs of theatre in Scotland
– Build relationships with theatre artists, practitioners, organisations, companies, producers, venues, festivals and networks
– Contribute to strategic approaches and activity supporting audiences, participants and the wider sector
– Work effectively across organisational and professional boundaries

Who are they looking for?
Their ideal candidate will have:

– Significant experience of working within the theatre sector
– Strong understanding of theatre development, production, presentation, touring and/or promotion
– An understanding of Scotland’s contemporary theatre landscape and it’s artists, practitioners, organisations, companies, producers, venues, festivals and networks
– Experience in a relevant role with managerial and/or project leadership responsibilities
– Specialist knowledge of an area of the theatre sector
– Strong project, resource and administrative management skills, with the ability to deliver objectives within agreed timescale Excellent communication, influencing and relationship-building skills, including the ability to produce clear plain-English reports
– The ability to organise, prioritise and manage your own workload, with strong decision-making skills
– An understanding of Equalities, Diversity & Inclusion and experience of applying EDI principles within your work

They particularly welcome applicants with experience in children’s theatre, producing organisations, or contemporary performance disciplines.

For further information, please contact recruitment@creativescotland.com, or visit https://creativescotland.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/4332089?cid=2100.

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