Theatre Technician (Zero-hours)

Brighton College is seeking to appoint Theatre Technicians on a Zero-hour basis.

Reporting to: Theatre Operations Manager

Main purpose of the role: The Theatre Technician will work collaboratively with the Performing Arts Team and wider teaching and support staff to provide technical expertise and support for all aspects of the College's performing arts provision, including productions, performances, rehearsals, and events.

Role Summary

The Theatre Technician plays a key role within the Performing Arts Team supporting the Performing Arts departments and other users of the Richard Cairns Building, with the technical resources needed for their events. The ideal candidate will be someone with a passion for Theatre and a keen interest in all aspects of technical theatre but with experience in either lighting, sound or stage management.

General Duties and Responsibilities:

Technical Delivery

• Provide the necessary technical support for events and performances;
• Support the curriculum delivery with regards to technical provision;
• Support in the rigging and operation of all lighting, sound, AV and stage equipment.

Performances and Events

• Ensure the effective delivery of all performances and events in the theatre including assemblies, pupil lessons, events, and performances;
• Provide all necessary theatrical resources to visiting users of the space;
• Take on a proportion of duty manager shifts when required.

Relationships with other teams

• Work closely with the Performing Arts Team;
• Attend departmental meetings hosted by the Performing Arts Technical and Facilities Manager;
• Provide creative input into the Arts Programme planning processes, offering appropriate advice and support to the artistic team.

Operations of the Theatre

• Keep consistently high standards of facilities in all technical areas of the theatre building;
• Support in the maintenance and repairs of technical equipment;
• Support the Head of Technical and Production in organising the technical equipment of the department;
• Cover a wide range of Front of House and Back of House roles within the Theatre.

Performance Duties

• Take on a wide range of roles over the year on performance elements;
• Source props needed for productions.

Person Specification:

The successful candidate will have experience in the following areas:

• Formal technical theatre training or qualified by experience of working in a technical theatre department;
• Good knowledge of lighting, sound and staging equipment and practice;
• Excellent problem solving, fault finding and decision-making skills;
• Interest in and passion for the arts;
• Enthusiasm and calmness;
• Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation and procedures within technical theatre.
• Ability to work at heights, lift bulky and heavy lighting and technical equipment as well as having good manual dexterity for operating equipment;
• Good communication skills including a good standard of spoken and written English;

Hours of Work:

This is an all-year round (52 weeks) appointment on a zero-hour basis. The services you provide to the College will be on an ad-hoc basis. This means that whilst the College will try to give you as much notice as possible when offering work, there is no obligation on the part of the College to provide such work nor for you to accept any work offered.

Further discussions will take place at interview regarding availability of ad-hoc hours.

Remuneration:

£16.26 per hour, inclusive of holiday pay.

Holidays:

Holiday entitlement is included in the hourly pay rate for this role.

Benefits:

• Complimentary lunch is provided.
• Free tickets to the College’s music, dance and drama performances.
• Job specific Learning and Development programme available to all employees.
• Life Cover is provided whilst working at Brighton College after successfully passing probation period.
• Contributory pension scheme with matching contributions from the employer up to 9%, which all eligible employees will be automatically enrolled into within three months of commencement of employment.

Safeguarding and Equal Opportunities:

Brighton College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any offer of employment will be subject to successfully completing pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure, the receipt of satisfactory references, the College’s pre-employment medical questionnaire, relevant original ID documentation and examination certificates. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children. The College is committed to ensuring that the recruitment and selection of staff is conducted in a manner that is systematic, efficient and effective and promotes equality of opportunity. Our full equal opportunities policy is available on the ‘Careers’ page of our website.