Youth and Community Trainee

Main purpose of the traineeship: To develop understanding and skills in community dance development through supporting Yorkshire Dance’s programmes.

Key responsibilities

• Assist with co-ordination, planning and delivery of all aspects of Yorkshire Dance’s Youth and Community programme, including outreach and development in local communities and the regional youth performance platform FRESH. This will include administrative tasks such as logging and tracking applications using Excel, contact management by using an online database, booking studios and preparing contracts.
• Communicate with families, artists, participants and other key stakeholders. This could be via email, over the phone or in person, taking into account different communication needs such as participants with English as a second language, and adapting language to suit different audiences.
• Assist dance sessions in the community for different local groups including with children, older adults and people with a learning and/or physical disability.
• Coordinate and administer a range of internal and external meetings and networks, including note-taking and writing up minutes.
• Support the marketing team to create content and posts for social media highlighting Youth and Community activity by selecting images, proofing text and developing ideas for content.
• Support event programming including the recruitment of and working alongside community co-curation groups.

General duties applicable to all Yorkshire Dance contracted staff

The particular duties and responsibilities attached to posts may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the duties of the level of responsibility entailed. All Yorkshire Dance staff are expected to:

• Undertake all activities in compliance with Yorkshire Dance’s policies and procedures with particular reference to equality and health and safety.
• Promote the activities, products and values of Yorkshire Dance.
• Participate in the staff review and development scheme,and undertake continued professional development activities as identified.

Terms and Conditions
Salary: £12.71 per hour (Full time equivalent of £24,785 per annum)
Reporting: The postholder reports to the Youth & Community Producer
Pension: Where eligible, auto-enrolment in company pension scheme
Period of contract: This post is offered on an 18 month fixed term contract from April 2026 to November 2027
Hours of work:  18.75 hours (2.5 days) per week including evening and weekend work as required (no overtime is payable, but time off in lieu may be given)
Annual Leave: 25 days plus statutory and bank holidays pro-rata to 12.5 days pa
Probation period: 3 months
Notice period: 1 month
Right to work: The candidate would have to have the right to work in the UK to take up this role

Please apply by sending your completed application form (downloadable on the Yorkshire Dance website) explaining how your skills and experience meet the person spec. Email your application form to admin@yorkshiredance.com

OR
Send an audio recording of up to 8 minutes (MP3 file) or a video application of up to 8 minutes (MP4) using WeTransfer to admin@yorkshiredance.com

Interviews will take place at Yorkshire Dance in Leeds City Centre (or over Zoom if required) week commencing 16 March 2026

If you require support in completing your application, or would like to receive or submit the application in an alternative format, please call us on 0113 243 9867 or contact us via email on: admin@yorkshiredance.com