Performing Arts Venue Technician
Leighton Park School
Reading
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive salary depending upon experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 3 June 2022
Job overview
HMC Co-educational boarding and day school for students aged 11-18.
Performing Arts Venue Technician
To start as soon as possible
37 Hours per week
Will include some occasional weekend and evening work.
Leighton Park School is looking to appoint a Performance Venue Technician to support and assist our Music (including Film) Dance & Drama departments and the School with any requirements for AV equipment, set, lighting and technical support. The Technician will ensure all areas within these departments and any events areas are prepared and ready for teaching or events to take place.
The ideal candidate will have previous experience of the use of AV systems, knowledge of stage lighting and live sound as well as being able to support the use and general maintenance/repair of a wide range of equipment. The ability to assist with the design/build of stage sets is also desirable.
Leighton Park School is set in over sixty acres of beautiful parkland near to the heart of Reading. Leighton Park offers a distinctive atmosphere that creates achievement with values, character and community. Founded on Quaker principles, we seek to inspire each student to fulfil their academic and personal potential and be reflective, purposeful adults. We appoint candidates who will contribute and thrive in our vibrant community.
The school offers a supportive and professional workplace with excellent terms, conditions and benefits.
To apply, please complete the attached application form or download an application pack from our website and email it to apply@leightonpark.com. If you require further information, please call HR on 0118 987 9600.
Applicants are encouraged to apply at their earliest convenience as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Closing date: Midday, Midday, 3rd June 2022
Leighton Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, therefore the successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check as part of our recruitment process.
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About Leighton Park School
Leighton Park School is a successful, forward looking independent (HMC) day and boarding school for approximately 500 pupils aged 11-18 set in 65 acres of magnificent parkland.
Leighton Park exists to form young people of real character and confidence, with a determined desire to change the world, reflecting the school’s Quaker values. In March 2021 we won the ISA Award for Outstanding Local Community Outreach for the involvement of our students, staff and parents in projects helping those less fortunate and putting our Quaker values into practice.
We are a school that inspires Achievement with Values, Character and Community and academic excellence is the consequence of our approach. Valuing breadth and depth, we are distinguished by excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM), Music and Ethical Enterprise. The UK Government’s latest 16-18 league tables reveal Leighton Park to be the best performing School in Berkshire and in the top 1% of English schools. We are one of only eight schools to have always appeared in the top 100.
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