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Audio-Visual Technician

Audio-Visual Technician

Surbiton High School

Surbiton, London

Salary:
Competitive
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2018
Apply by:
5 June 2018

Job overview

Tenure: Permanent; Full-Time Hours (37.5 per week), Part-Time Weeks (38 weeks/year)

A flexible schedule and some evening and weekend work will be required

Surbiton High School is part of United Learning, a large and growing group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England. Schools within United Learning work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our intranet site, United Hub, is just one example of how we share resources and communicate across sites, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance. We reward our staff: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately the satisfaction of supporting schools in their quest to give every child the opportunity to succeed and reach their full potential.

To deliver quality technical support within the Drama and Dance Department, and for presentations and events across the school. To develop the technical elements within all aspects of performance and presentations. To technically support numerous events as well as develop and lead a student production support crew, who will be part of the creative process from the initial concept phase up to the performance.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage and maintain the audio-visual equipment used for presentations across the School
  • Manage and maintain the Drama Department’s technical equipment
  • Technical support of practical exams, events and presentations held across the School
  • Design sound and lighting solutions for presentations, events and exams
  • Program lighting and sound equipment for presentations and events
  • Liaise with the Director of Drama and Dance and the Network Manager in order to plan and undertake a routine maintenance schedule of all Audio-visual and Performing Arts equipment, including regular Portable Appliance Testing
  • Monitor and maintain stock items (lamps, gels, gobos, tape, screws, timber, etc.) and all stores and general day-to-day equipment as needed
  • Order and obtain supplies as required in agreement with the Director of Drama and Dance or the Network Manager (as applicable)
  • Ensure all Health & Safety requirements are met with regards to the performance spaces, which are in daily use
  • Review and implement the School’s Health & Safety policy, advising the Director of Drama and Dance and the Network Manager (as applicable) on all Health & Safety concerns which may affect the facilities and how any Heath and Safety directives issued, should be implemented
  • Compile and maintain all necessary Risk Assessments for use of equipment, rooms, venues, activities, events and productions
  • Ensure that the theatre is a secure environment for pupils, staff and equipment, and that the theatre venue itself is adequately protected
  • Run a Technical Theatre Club that will feed into a production technical crew
  • Support other School events, including (but not limited to) the annual Fashion Show and Prep School Productions, as agreed with the Director of Drama and Dance and the Network Manager
  • When able, assist with painting and building sets, source and build props and support in organising spaces for events and productions
  • Maintain awareness of developments within technical theatre and undertake training as deemed necessary
  • Assist the IT and Drama and Dance Departments when available
  • Some evening and weekend work when required
  • Carry out any other duties within the employee's skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed

The successful candidate will be likely to fit the following profile:

  • Theatre industry experience in relevant aspects of live performance and events
  • Working knowledge of IT including: projector set-up, PowerPoint presentations, computer system set-up, and specific theatre industry design programmes
  • Design, building and crewing experience in all aspects of Performing Arts
  • Knowledge of lighting systems, lighting control apparatus, lighting equipment and its maintenance, refurbishment and use.
  • Experience of rigging lanterns, scrollers and fixtures
  • Knowledge of audio and audio-visual equipment and its use relating to live, recorded and playback techniques, maintenance and refurbishment
  • Knowledge of theatre scenery, safe rigging and staging equipment
  • Knowledge of electrical principals and electrical safety
  • Conversant in theatrical operation and conventions
  • A working knowledge of current Health and Safety Law and how it applies to a theatrical environment
  • Evidence of relevant professional development
  • Excellent organisational, administrative and ICT skills
  • Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines, effective time management and self-motivation
  • The ability to work in a team in a successful and dynamic School as well as take personal responsibility over key areas
  • As the position will involve manual handling, working at height, and the use of electrical equipment, candidates should be physically capable of fulfilling daily rigging and layout changes across multiple spaces
  • High levels of personal and professional integrity and the ability to exercise discretion
  • Personal warmth to gain the confidence of pupils, staff and parents
  • High standards of personal presence and presentation and attention to detail
  • Ability and willingness to work evenings and weekends when required
  • Committed to Surbiton High School’s ethos


Surbiton High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Please note that the School reserves the right to appoint at any stage during the recruitment process.

For any queries relating to the role or your application, please email recruitment@surbitonhigh.com

To Apply

Please click here to apply https://unitedlearning.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/1265769?cid=1567

Closing Date: 8:00am, Wednesday 6 June 2018
Interviews to be held week commencing: 11 June 2018

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About Surbiton High School

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+44 20 8546 5245

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Surbiton High School aims to inspire, encourage and empower its staff and pupils to be the very best they can be.

We are a school where a passion and energy abound, a school with a real heart and soul, where we look beyond the A* to offer a breadth of opportunity which allows every pupil to flourish and every staff member to develop and succeed.

Surbiton High School is a school “brimming with energy and joie de vivre.” (ISI Inspection Report). We pride ourselves on being an extraordinary community where people matter, results count and where a passion for excellence drives everything we do. We feed our pupils’ minds, but we also care passionately about their character development and happiness. Our approach to education means that Surbiton High School pupils achieve the very best exam results and are also compassionate, authentic young people with strong values, keen to make a positive difference in the world.

Our inspirational staff are dedicated to delivering a rich curriculum and programme of co-curricular activities which challenge our pupils to explore ideas for themselves. Whether engaged in learning in the classroom, or through musical, artistic, sporting, enterprise or charitable activities, our pupils are constantly encouraged to connect with the wider world and embrace new experiences to build their confidence. All staff are expected and encouraged to play a full part in the academic, co-curricular and pastoral life of the School.

At Surbiton High School, we aim to bring out the ‘Best in Everyone’, and this resonates in the investment that we make in our colleagues. We recognise the importance of continuous learning and training and the School has a senior member of staff dedicated to supporting continuing professional development. We have a comprehensive whole School and individual INSET programme in place, including support for School Direct trainees as well as Newly Qualified Teachers (in our role as a regional NQT induction centre).

We actively encourage our staff to continue to develop their own expertise in the classroom and support their professional development through coaching and mentoring alongside professional qualifications such as: NPQML, NPQSL and MA courses in educational leadership. The School has a clearly developed leadership structure, offering extensive opportunities for career development and progression, including Heads of Department (Including Deputies) and Heads of Year (including Deputies) as well as Co-ordinators with specific responsibilities such as: Gifted and Talented, Oxbridge, Duke of Edinburgh and Expeditions.

Surbiton High School has approximately 1600 pupils aged between 4 and 18. Our Preparatory Schools are divided into the Girls’ Preparatory School and Boys’ Preparatory School, and the Senior School is girls only from age 11 upwards.

We are looking for applicants who are passionate about inspiring, encouraging and empowering our pupils and working with us to become the number one school of choice in South West London.


Principal 

Rebecca Glover 

https://www.surbitonhigh.com/senior/

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