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About the Role

The Royal Ballet and Opera is seeking an Assistant Director for Costume and Wigs to join its senior management team. This strategic role involves leading and developing over 300 staff and managing all costume, wigs, and make-up functions across RBO locations. The position requires ultimate accountability for budgets, future strategy, creative relationships, and departmental operations.

Responsibilities

Manage and deliver all costume, wigs & make-up functions in all RBO locations.
Oversee budgets, future strategy, relationships with creatives, and departmental operations.
Lead, motivate, and develop over 300 permanent staff, along with casuals and freelancers.
Support staff in interpreting and realizing design requirements.
Build good relations with artistic teams.

Requirements

Track record in a major producing venue or organisation, operating at a senior management level.
Demonstrable understanding of the costume production process.
Strong working knowledge of the operations of a large costume department.
Proven experience of managing a large-scale, complex operation.
Ability to effectively advocate cross-functionally for the work of your department.
Experience in operating strategically at a high level.
Ability to work effectively and build good relations with artistic teams.
Applicants must have work authorization for the UK.

Skills

Leadership skills
Project management experience
Resource management experience
Budget management experience
Positive, proactive leadership style
Highly developed costume technical skills

Location

ROH Covent Garden
Thurrock
Aberdare

Work Type

Permanent Contract
Full time (42.5 hours per week)

Experience Level

Senior management level
Managing a large-scale, complex operation
Leading multiple teams

Salary/Compensations

Competitive Salary

About the Company

The Royal Ballet and Opera continues to lead the way in opera, ballet, music and dance both live on stage and through multiple digital platforms.
Our Covent Garden theatre has been at the heart of London and British cultural life for three centuries.
We are home to two world-class Companies: The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera.
Our Technical, Production and Costume Department plays a leading role in ensuring our performances are of the highest quality.
The Royal Ballet and Opera is one of the UK’s leading arts organisations and our aim is to inspire imagination, ignite emotion and make the extraordinary for everyone.

Equal Opportunity

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion underpin all that we do.
We want our people to be representative of the diversity in the UK.
We understand the creativity and innovation that diversity can bring and strive to create an inclusive environment in which everyone can thrive.
We encourage applications from people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences and skills to join our teams.
We particularly welcome applications from those who are from a global majority background and/or those who are disabled, as they are under-represented within our organisation.
We are a Disability Confident Employer.
The RBO is also committed to safeguarding and protecting all children, young people, and adults and we implement robust safer recruitment practices.