Music Technician
Godalming College, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1RS13 days remaining to apply
Job start date
26 August 2025
Closing date
12 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
28 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 4 days per week 8.30am - 4.30pm (ideally Monday to Thursday)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,479 - £27,979 including fringe allowance and depending on experience
Actual salary
- £17,442 - £19,154 per annum. This is based on 4 days (28 hours a week), Term-time + 1 week *(40 weeks with the additional week to cover the evening commitments)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications
- A Level 4 qualification (or higher) in Music Technology and/or appropriate experience of audio recording and sequencing in a studio environment.
Experience
- Comprehensive knowledge and experience of Logic Pro X and iMacs. (Experience of using Sibelius 7 on PCs would also be an advantage).
- The ability to design and maintain various audio hardware/recording studio systems
- The ability to set up equipment for and engineer the sound at Music Department performances
- To be able to demonstrate, by example, good practice in the handling of Music Technology hardware and equipment
- An interest in new developments in the field of music production and their application
- Good organisational skills and time management coupled with the ability to identify and agree priorities with staff and meet deadlines set
- Good interpersonal skills and be able to communicate effectively with all members of the Music staff, students and other college technicians
- Enjoys working as part of a team but ableto work independently
- Proactive and self-motivated
What the school offers its staff
Health and Wellbeing Benefits
- Access to the College gym staffed by a Personal Trainer
- Free Flu jabs, access to NHS health checks on site and support from a Health and Wellbeing Co-ordinator
- Employee Assistance Programme available 24/7 for in the moment support and counselling as well as signposting services
- In house canteen providing inexpensive and delicious hot and cold food, including a Starbucks and Costa franchise
- Weekly and termly social activities, including football, choir, outings and summer and Christmas events
- Cross College mentors for new staff
- Strong investment in training and development with a dedicated Staff development and wellbeing Lead who support induction, identifies and addresses staff training needs
Financial Benefits
- Enrolment in well funded schemes with generous Employer contributions
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free car parking and access to onsite EV chargers
- Financial wellbeing scheme with access to advisory services
- Discounted gift vouchers
- Discounts at many high street retailers via a Byond card
- Blue Light Card
Further details about the role
Job Title: Music Technician
Line Manager: Head of Music
Summary of Job
To provide technical support to the Music department in accordance with Health and Safety Regulations and to maintain that support to a high standard to enable the provision of quality education.
Duties & Responsibilities
Music Department duties
General assistance in the delivery and assessment of the Music Technology A level, Music Technology BTEC, Music A level and Music Practitioner’s Qualification courses.
Tasks will generally include:
- Providing Music teachers with support in lesson planning and resource creation.
- Design and maintenance of the Music and Music Technology classrooms, studios and practise rooms, including audio hardware, wiring, software.
- Providing first line support of iMac network systems and then liaising with the IT support team as required.
- The maintenance and repair of all studio hardware, including microphones, amps, patch bays and leads.
- Providing assistance during lessons to both teachers and students (as required), in particular during studio recording and sound engineering lessons.
- Providing assistance to students in their coursework production, in particular when students are working independently outside of lessons.
- Assistance with the physical production and submission of coursework.
- Rigging, engineering and packing down the sound, lighting and recording of concerts, recitals and weekly rehearsals some of which happen in the evening.
- Publishing and monitoring student booking schedules for technical resources and rooms.
- Ensuring the security of technical equipment and ensuring that health and safety guidelines are adhered to.
- Maintaining a department inventory of technical equipment.
- Supporting the Head of department with the administration associated with performances.
Drama Department duties
- Editing of audio files.
- Capture of short audio recordings.
- Maintenance and design of sound systems.
- Assistance regarding the use of microphones (including radio mics) to be used during live performances.
Cross-college duties
- Setting up and engineering sound systems for general college events.
- To demonstrate an awareness and commitment to safeguarding, equality diversity and inclusion, health and safety and data protection, in line with college policies.
- To do other tasks as reasonably requested by the Principal from time to time.
Commitment to safeguarding
Godalming College is committed to equality of opportunity and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Candidates must complete a College application form, may be subject to online searches and are required to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record/information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. It's a requirement for all successful candidates to apply for an enhanced DBS in addition to referencing & qualification checks. The College’s Safer Recruitment, Data Protection and Safeguarding and Child Protection policies are on our website.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to hr@godalming.ac.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Godalming College
- School type
- Academy, ages 16 to 19
- Education phase
- Sixth_form_or_college
- School size
- 0 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 16 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Godalming College website
- Email address
- hr@godalming.ac.uk
- Phone number
- 01483411293
Godalming College is one of the best performing 16-19 colleges in the country and a great place to work and study. We are very proud of the achievements of all our students and have a strong track record of consistently high results. Value added scores are excellent and the College was rated Outstanding by Ofsted in our inspection in December 2019.
The College currently employs around 220 teaching and support staff on both a full and part time basis.
The success of Godalming College is also about community with students from all walks of life enjoying a whole range of opportunities in a welcoming and friendly environment. Students enjoy a stimulating, lively and challenging learning and social experience; they are treated as adults by specialist and dedicated teaching and support staff in facilities that have seen major investment over many years.
The campus comprises of nine newer large buildings and our older main building, which was the original grammar school, built in the 1930’s. Since the 2000s there has been a phased refurbishment and expansion of the College which included a new English and Modern Foreign Languages block, Media suite, netball and tennis courts and an 11 acre site for Rugby and Football pitches. We would invite you to take the virtual tour on our website to see for yourself the facilities of which we are so proud.
The College is within walking distance of Godalming town centre and the railway station, is easily accessible from the A3 and provides free car parking with EV charging stations for staff.
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