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Our Commitments

Fair Work: We are proud to be part of the Living Wage and Disability Confident schemes.
Equality & Diversity: We actively encourage applications from under-represented groups, especially candidates from ethnic minority backgrounds and those with disabilities.
Positive Action: We apply the Rooney Rule and guarantee interviews for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.

Fair Work Commitment

One of our strategic aims is to offer a welcoming and inclusive culture where people are supported and enriched by working with and for the International Festival.

Read more about our Fair Work Commitment.

Recruitment Equality and Diversity Commitment

The Edinburgh International Festival is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity. We believe that an inclusive culture is the foundation for a successful workplace, and we strive to grow our diverse representation across our staff, our artists, and our audiences.

We collect data to measure the effectiveness of our recruitment methods, to ensure that they are fair. We strive to ensure our opportunities are accessible to people from all backgrounds.

We actively encourage applications from currently under-represented groups. We have identified ethnic minority backgrounds and disabilities as the key areas we would like to focus our recruitment efforts in.

We use positive action under section 159 of the Equality Act in relation to disability or race. This means that if we have two candidates of equal merit in our process, we will seek to take forward the D/deaf, disabled, Black, Asian or ethnically diverse candidate in order to diversify our staff team.

Disability Confident Employer

We’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels like they belong. We want to make our recruitment practices as inclusive and fair as possible, and as part of that, we have joined the Disability Confident scheme.

This is a government scheme designed to help us make the most of the talents of those with disabilities and/or health conditions in the workplace.

All applicants with a disability who meet the essential selection criteria for the role are guaranteed an interview.

Rooney Rule

We are building a Festival team that is able to understand the needs of and effectively communicate with the whole of our diverse community. We want our team to reflect the diversity of the wider population. This includes the representation of people from ethnic minority backgrounds, and we apply the Rooney Rule to achieve this.


Adapted from American football, this is a form of positive action. Subject to consent from our equality and diversity form, candidates who meet the essential selection criteria for the role and who are from an ethnic minority background will be shortlisted for the next stage in the recruitment process, which is usually an interview.
 

Recruitment Policies

Other Festivals in Edinburgh

There are also other festival organisations that take on staff on a temporary basis during throughout the year.

You can find information about all jobs available at these festivals on the Edinburgh Festival City website.

Presenters Accreditation

Each year, we offer an accreditation program for Industry Professionals. This initiative provides access to performances and curated networking events.

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