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SalaryMusic, Media and Performing Arts Technician
Location
Broxbourne Campus - Broxbourne, HRT EN10 6AE GB (Primary)
Salary range and grade
S3 £21,690 - £23,050 per annum
Job Advert
Music Media and Performing Arts Technician - 36 hours a week - Full Time - Permanent
Creative and Enterprise Directorate - Broxbourne Campus
We're looking for a dynamic Technician to join our Music, Media and Performing Arts team. You will be required to provide support to teaching staff and learners across Music, Media and Performing Arts. You will also be responsible for sound engineering at student concerts and studio recording sessions.
Part of the role includes supporting and instructing students in the correct and best use of the music recording equipment, ensuring health and safety compliance, and sharing recording and production techniques using your knowledge and experience of the equipment and software.
You will be required to make simple repairs to equipment and maintain the music equipment to meet the College's Health & Safety requirements and assist staff in the preparation of professional facilities. In conjunction with the Senior Technician, you will ensure that appropriate materials are ordered and maintained correctly for the successful upkeep of the department.
As well as occasionally attending and engineering live events, you will assist with student recruitment events such as Open Days and Evenings, so a degree of flexibility will be required.
We are seeking an individual with:
- Technical knowledge of audio, coupled with motivation and passion for music, the creative industries and professional sound recording
- Self-motivation and desire to help students achieve their potential
- An ability to problem-solve and a willingness to take initiative on a daily basis
- Ability to demonstrate recording techniques, use of DAW software and a live sound mixing console
- Ability to set up and maintain a music recording studio environment effectively
- Awareness and willingness to follow exemplary Health and Safety practice
Hertford Regional College has recently been graded a Good College by Ofsted and is a vibrant, dynamic further education college across two campuses, with ambitious growth and development targets. The passion for supporting the community and inspiring our students is shown in our focussed strategies, and we are working hard to make these visions a reality.
Hertford Regional College can provide you with some of the best in house training and staff development opportunities to maintain your professional development.
Hertford Regional College offers access to state of the art facilities for staff and learners - including professional studio recording facilities and live performance venues - a defined benefit Pension scheme, free parking, Arriva Travel Club (Discounts on local bus travel), onsite refectory with subsidised coffee outlet, a gym and a library. As a member of our team, you and everybody living at your home address will have access to an Employee Assistance Programme, promoting wellbeing and a healthy lifestyle.
For an informal conversation about this post, please call Jamie Taylor on 01992411639.
To find out more about Hertford Regional College and working with us, please visit our website: https://www.hrc.ac.uk/about-hrc/careers-at-hrc
For more details, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Are you passionate about music, audio technology and the creative industries? Could you support and inspire our students? If so, apply now!
Please note
All Candidates will receive either a notification to attend an Interview or an email to advise that they have been unsuccessful. This will be sent to the email address supplied upon application.
Please ensure that you outline in the Supporting Statement how your Experience, Skills and Qualifications meet those outlined in the Person Specification, only candidates that fully outline the above will be selected for interview.
We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of any vacancies when we have received a suitable number of applications from which to make a shortlist.
All positions are subject to a DBS (formerly CRB) check and your start date will be dependent upon receipt of satisfactory DBS clearance.
Hours: 36 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 52 weeks per year
Salary: S3 £21,690 - £23,050 per annum
Annual Leave: 25 days per annum plus bank and public holidays
Closing Date: Monday 26 February 2024 @ noon
Interview Date: Wednesday 06 March 2024
If you wish to contact us, please email: [email protected]
Hertford Regional College does not work with and will not accept any CV's that are sent in by recruitment agencies, please refer to our website for more information."
Closing Date/Time
Monday 26 February 2024 @ noon
