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Why Work for RCS?

This is a special place in many ways: a national conservatoire for Scotland with an international perspective, encompassing students from more than 60 countries and staff trained from the most innovative institutions worldwide.

Working at RCS means being part of a dynamic global community of students, staff and alumni.  We have more than 1,000 lecturers, tutors, artists, technicians, co-ordinators and support staff within the Royal Conservatoire working across all of the many art forms.

We also offer a range of staff benefits including:

  • Access to funding for learning and development activities
  • Up to 43 days paid leave
  • A range of family friendly policies including hybrid and flexible working
  • Access to the relevant defined benefit public sector pension scheme
  • Free tickets to RCS performances and events
  • A range of wellbeing resources including an Employee Assistance Programme, a cycle to work scheme and subsidised yoga and mindfulness classes

Find a Vacancy

To view a list of our current vacancies, set up job alerts, and apply to work at RCS, please visit our dedicated vacancies website:

Vacancies

Please note, we have recently moved to a new recruitment platform and are currently experiencing some technical issues. More information is available below.

Important Information

We have recently moved to a new recruitment platform and are currently experiencing two technical issues that may impact on your experience when applying for a vacancy with us. We are currently working with our provider on a fix for these issues but in the meantime if we can ask you to be aware of these and thank you for bearing with us while we resolve them. If either of these issues are preventing you from applying for a vacancy with us please get in touch with us at vacancies@rcs.ac.uk and we will do all we can to assist.

1 — Identity Verification

If you are applying as an external applicant you will be required to verify your identity by clicking on a link in an email you will receive once you have completed your online application. Your application will not be submitted to us until you have completed this step. On the first occasion you apply for a vacancy with us you will also receive a subsequent email providing details of what to do if you want to register for an account to allow you to monitor the progress of your application. Creating an account will allow you to log in prior to completing any subsequent applications however even if you are logged in when you complete your application you will still receive an email asking you to confirm your identity and your application will not be submitted until you have clicked on this link.

2 — Completing an application on a mobile phone

We are experiencing an intermittent issue where the application form does not display correctly on a mobile phone and instead of displaying a full page it will show you the second half of the page you have just been on an the first half of the page you are trying to move to. If you encounter this issue you won’t be able to submit the application on a mobile phone however you should be able to do this with no difficulty on a tablet, laptop or desktop PC

Access to Work

Access to Work can help you get or stay in work if you have a physical or mental health condition or disability.

The Access to Work Mental Health Support Service is a free service funded by the Department for Work and Pensions. They provide advice, information, support and tools to help support staff with mental health conditions.

To see if you are eligible for this easy-to-access service, and for information about all Access to Work services, visit the dedicated page on the Government’s website.

You can also access this information in British Sign Language: