Step into Dance Freelance Teacher
Additional Recruitment Information
This document includes information about the Step into Dance programme, gives you
details of how to make an application as a freelance dance teacher and what the
recruitment process will involve. It is important for you to read this information carefully
before making an application.
About Step into Dance
Step into Dance is a fully inclusive partnership programme run by the Royal Academy of
Dance and funded by the Jack Petchey Foundation. The programme currently runs in
200 secondary schools over all London Boroughs and Essex, including in at least 50
SEN schools.
The schools receive up to two hours of extra-curricular dance classes delivered weekly
over the academic year focussing on developing technical, creative and performance
skills. As a Freelance Dance Teacher, you will be asked to develop the programme in
each school or schools allocated to you. The post will be part time, and how many
schools you work in will depend upon your schedule and the style/s of dance you can
teach. It is important to note that the majority of the classes take place after school
between 15.00 and 17.00. Please indicate your weekly availability and dance style/s
clearly in your Availability Sheet (see “Making an Application” below).
Making an Application
If you would like to make an application for a freelance teaching post please refer to the
Job Description and Person Specification and then send your completed Application
Form, Equal Opportunities monitoring form and Availability sheet to the Human
Resources Department at the Academy. Applications will also be accepted in the mail to
the RAD’s main Battersea address, by e-mail [email protected] or fax 020 7326 8060.
It would be helpful, but not mandatory, if as part of the application process, you are able
to submit a DVD showing works that you have choreographed or include YouTube links.
All applications must be received by 1200 noon on the closing date of Friday, 19 June
2015. CVs will only be accepted as supporting documentation with a completed
application form.
Teaching Auditions will take place on Wednesday, 15 July, Thursday, 16 July and
Friday, 17 July – morning and afternoon session 10.00 – 12.30 and 14.00 – 16.30.
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You should be prepared to teach a short sequence (in your preferred style) to fellow
applicants. You will be allowed 10 - 15 mins and should bring along your music (if you
choose to use any) on CD. Please contact Sue Goodman at [email protected] if
you have any concerns or queries regarding this section of the process.
Equal Opportunities Monitoring
The Academy is committed to equal opportunities and diversity. We ask all applicants to
complete an equal opportunities form, so that we can monitor how we are reaching all
sections of the community. (However, it is not a mandatory requirement).
Conditions of Being Offered Engagement
There are four important conditions of being offered freelance employment as follows:
1. References: All offers of employment are made subject to satisfactory references.
Referees will be contacted in advance of an audition where a post involves direct
contact with children or with vulnerable adults.
2. HR Induction session: This will be delivered by the HR team on 4 September at the
RAD Headquarters and all successful candidates will need to attend.
3. Training Days: Successful candidates will be invited to Four Training Days on 1, 2,
3 and 4 September 2015 to be held at the Academy’s Headquarters in Battersea.
Attendance at these training days is mandatory – you will not be offered work if you
have not participated.
4. Criminal Records Screening: You should also be aware that if you are offered a
position as a freelance dance teacher, the offer would be made subject to a
satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (or other
equivalent overseas body).
The Academy uses the services of an external umbrella body, a company called Due
Diligence Checking Limited (DDC) to process our enhanced DBS disclosure
applications for us.
You will not be able to start teaching unless you have a satisfactory
Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service
(formerly known as Criminal Records Bureau).
The RAD has a policy with regard to the employment of ex-offenders and any criminal
record will only be taken into account if relevant to the post. The RAD is bound by the
DBS’s Code of Practice for Registered bodies and has a policy for the secure storage,
handling, use, retention and disposal of Disclosures and Disclosure information. Copies
of the Code of Practice and relevant policies are available on request from the HR
Department.
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Successful candidates who are invited to the Induction Day are asked to bring
original copies of their DBS Disclosure. The HR representative will ask to see the
document and take a note of the issue date, which must be within the last year.
3. Right to Work in the UK
The Royal Academy of Dance complies with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act
2006 which requires all prospective employees to provide documentary evidence of their
legal right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment. Lists of the documents
as required by the Home Office are available in the Academy’s document “Entitlement to
Work and Study in the UK” available on the RAD website and sent to applicants who are
short listed for interview.
Successful candidates who are invited to the HR Induction session are asked to
bring original copies of their documentation. The HR Department will ask to see
the documentation and will take a note of the documents seen.
Please note that offers of freelance employment will be made subject to the applicant
providing documentary evidence of their legal right to work in the UK, in accordance with
the Home Office documents lists. Offers of employment are subject to verification of the
Right to Work status and failure to produce valid listed documents will result in an offer
of employment being withdrawn.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Department on:
020 7326 8000 or [email protected] and we will be happy to help you.
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