Performing Arts Technician
The Canterbury Academy, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 8QAThis job expired on 10 October 2022 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
10 October 2022 at 9am
Date listed
16 August 2022
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Drama
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Wide Workforce Band 7 £23,378 - £26,466
Performing Arts Technician job summary
Performing Arts Technician
CONTRACT HOURS: 37 hours per week – All Year Round
SALARY: WWF Band 7 £23,378 - £26,466
RESPONSIBLE TO: Director of Performing Arts
JOB PURPOSE:
We are looking to recruit a skilled technician to work across our performing arts department. The post holder will be expected to work flexibly in order to support the many productions that are held through the year. This will include weekend work and late into the evening to support the shows.
Main Duties General
- Applies to all in-house performances, events and assessment activities as well as a small number of external engagements as required
- Set up and stage manage performance / event spaces
- Set up and operate lighting, sound and multimedia equipment
- Liaise with relevant departments and individuals to ensure support is anticipated and provided
- Provide technical and creative support to all users of the schools’ theatre and performance spaces
- Assist during production weeks to ensure rehearsals and production meetings run smoothly
- Assist staff and students with sound recording, filming, editing and production of performances for Performing Arts BTEC, GCSE and A-Level assessments
- Maintain the School’s AV archive material and make available to staff and students as required
- Hire / purchase of specialist equipment as needed
- Work within set budgets
- Identify key staff and students and provide training on equipment and processes as required.
- Ensure adequate event and technical support is in place when absent
Housekeeping
- Provide first-line maintenance support for all relevant technical equipment, machines, furniture, fixtures and fittings
- Ensure all equipment is stored safely and is accessible to others when absent
- Maintain an inventory of all equipment and materials held and used
- Liaise with IT staff over software requirements and system support Health & Safety
- Assist and deliver on the practical elements and learning of the BTEC Production Arts Level 3 qualification
Health and Safety
- Ensure all health and safety requirements are met for the use of the performances spaces and produce risk assessments for all theatre / event space activities
- Attend training as required and maintain awareness of health and safety regulations specific to the spaces and equipment used
- Attend Health & Safety Committee meetings space and equipment used
- Regularly update and advise all users (including students) of the theatres and event spaces on the safe use of the area and equipment
- Organise annual safety checks of all technical equipment, machines, furniture, fixtures and fittings
Venue Hire
- Set up furniture, lighting, sound and multimedia equipment for performance / event spaces
- In conjunction with the Venue Hire Manager / Support Services team, ensure external hirers are fully briefed on the safe use of the theatres / performance spaces.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A ROLLING ADVERT SO APPLICANTS MAY BE CALLED FOR INTERVIW BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
About The Canterbury Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1844 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Canterbury Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@canterbury.kent.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01227 463971
The Canterbury Academy creates ‘a wealth of opportunity’ and allows us to offer 'as much as possible, as often as possible, for as many as possible'. Our simple aim is to ‘improve the life chances of children and to help in the community’.
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