Studios Technician

Main Duties

ACAVA’s portfolio of 15 studio buildings support a dynamic community of over 400 creative practitioners. We now want to appoint a Studios Technician to work in our studios operations team to support the day-to-day running and maintenance of buildings in London and Essex.

Job Responsibilities

• Ensure that ACAVA buildings are safe environments to work in, maintaining health and safety records and organising maintenance works as required.
• Evaluate on-site issues, respond promptly and prioritise unanticipated repairs.
• Inspect empty studios, report issues, and coordinate any work required to ensure that studios are in good order and ready for occupation.
• Maintain logs of services required for each building and ensure statutory health and safety checks are carried out on time.
• Liaise and arrange access to properties with relevant parties; contractors, keyholders, and potential studio holders.
• Visit buildings regularly to ensure that studio holders are adhering to the terms and conditions set out in licence agreements, especially fire regulations and insurance policies.
• Communicate and build good relationships with studio holders.
• Induct new studio holders in the safe use of sites giving an overview of our health and safety
• procedures.

Job Description

Job title: Studios Technician

Contract: Full-time or Part-time, PAYE or Freelance.

Salary/fee: £25-30k depending on experience. Freelance rate negotiable.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week. Part-time: hours negotiable.

Dates: As soon as possible.

Benefits for PAYE: Contributory pension, 22 days holiday per annum (pro-rata for part-time), bank holidays, birthday day off.

Reports to: Studios Operations Manager

Key internal relationships: Operations Team, Property/Studios Managers, Studios Co-ordinator.

Location: Site-based work at our studio buildings across London, with occasional travel to our site in Ardleigh, Essex. Plus working from home and co-working in central London as required.

Skills and Experience Required

Job Requirements

• Strong people skills; confident, friendly, and self-assured.
• Practical maintenance skills and ability to manage contractors.
• Excellent spoken and written communication.
• Methodical and thorough with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Creative thinker who can problem solve in a practical and resourceful way.
• Ability to take initiative while multitasking and prioritising a varied workload.
• Comfortable with MS Office, IT networks, software and digital systems.
• Confident working independently and as part of a small, close-knit team with limited resources.
• Experience in managing the expectations and requirements of a range of clients and stakeholders.
• Previous key-holding and/or duty manager experience.
• Strong ability to build team spirit in the workplace.
• An interest in the visual arts, design, craft, social enterprises and workspaces.