Venues Technician - #1683349

Job title: Venues Technician

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37 per week

Salary: B1 £24,404 - £25,183

Would you like to be part of something bigger and join us in our ambition to become the Best City, working together as a Team for Leeds. Do your values match ours and do you have something to offer?

Leeds City Council delivers over 500 different services to residents and is dedicated to bringing the benefits of a prosperous, vibrant and attractive city to the people of Leeds. This is a fantastic time to join us.

Benefits of working with us:

We pride ourselves on offering the best employee experience, with a genuine commitment to keeping our colleagues safe and well at work. You can expect great benefits whilst working for us including:

• a competitive pay progression structure including generous employer pension contributions
• flexible career paths with tailored personal and professional development
• support for you, your home and your family including personal, and financial support
• hybrid working arrangements (subject to needs of the role) and a flexitime system
  
  
  

For more information about our benefits please see the benefits section of our jobs page.

Introduction to the role of the team

Working within Leeds City Venues alongside programming and operational teams, the candidate will be responsible for the supervision of a small team of permanent and casual technicians.

Your roleTo help manage and develop technical operations, ensuring the highest standards of technical provision and providing support and satisfaction for users of the Council’s public performance venues. You will be required to work across the portfolio of venues, currently Leeds Town Hall, Carriageworks Theatre, and Pudsey Civic Hall, along with any additional venues in the future. Currently this post is based at the Carriageworks Theatre.

Responsibilities

• To provide full audio, lighting, stage and audio-visual support for performances and events including safe rigging, de-rigging and operation of audio, lighting, staging and video equipment throughout Leeds CC venues.
• To be responsible for the supervision of all technical staff and technical activities within LCC venues.
• To provide technical and artistic support both within the Arts, Events & Venues service, and throughout LCC. To provide the same for all professional and amateur companies, commercial and other ad hoc users of LCC venues.
• To work closely with the Operational Team and other Arts, Events & Venues Teams, to assist in the preparation of all areas for meetings, conferences, and events.
• To adhere to all relevant current legislation and to undertake the duties of the post in accordance with the Council’s Policies e.g. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Green Strategy, Health & Safety Legislation, etc
• As team leader (supervisor) you will be supportive and ambitious with excellent organisational skills. You will be a confident communicator with a can-do approach.
• You will be knowledgeable and personable, willing to share your knowledge with technicians and users and helping them to realise their technical and creative ambitions. You will be enthusiastic and motivated, giving the same level of drive and energy into all tasks, and providing a first-class experience to everyone coming through Leeds CC venues.
  
  
  

Please see job description for full list of responsibilities, desirable knowledge, skills and personal qualities.

We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £38,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Ensure you are eligible before applying.

Job Purpose

To ensure the highest standards of technical provision, support and satisfaction for users of the Council’s public performance venues. You will be required to work across the portfolio of venues, currently Leeds Town Hall, Carriageworks Theatre, and Pudsey Civic Hall, along with any additional future venues. This post is currently based at the Carriageworks Theatre.

Responsibilities

• To provide full audio, lighting, stage and audio-visual support for performances and events including safe rigging, de-rigging and operation of audio, lighting, staging and video equipment
• Assisting the Technical Manager in the specification, sourcing and procurement of technical equipment, helping to ensure that all venues and performance spaces are equipped to a high standard that meets and exceeds user requirement.
• To provide technical and artistic support both within the Arts, Events & Venues service, and throughout LCC. To provide the same for all professional and amateur companies, commercial and other ad hoc users of LCC venues.
• To act as duty technician for visiting companies and to help ensure the smooth running of fit ups, get outs and performances, in line with both visiting company requirements and the relevant health and safety legislation.
• To monitor the safety and suitability of properties, sets and equipment to ensure that they meet the relevant safety standards.
• To ensure the needs of the venues and its users are met by assisting the Supervisor in planning, for future productions, cleaning of work areas and maintenance of technical equipment.
• To assist the Supervisor in the planning and execution of workplace, electrical and lifting equipment inspections, conforming to all relevant health and safety and legislative requirements.
• To attend regular Health & Safety team meetings and actively participate in the safe functioning of venues, reviewing risk assessments and method statements for all technical workplace areas within LCC venues.
• To work closely with the Operational Team and other Arts, Events & Venues Teams, to assist in the preparation of all areas for meetings and conferences and functions.
• To carry out any other ad hoc duties that may reasonably be expected of the post.
• Improve own practice through observation, evaluation, discussion with colleagues and appropriate CPD programmes.
• Contribute to the overall ethos, work, and aims of the service by attending relevant meetings, training days/events as requested.
  
  
  

The duties outlined are not meant as an exhaustive list and will also comprise any other duties within the spirit of the post commensurate with the job evaluation outcome for this post.

Qualifications

A good standard of basic education i.e. GCSE Maths & English

‘A’ Levels – preferred

Technical Theatre qualification or relevant technical qualification preferred and/or suitable level of working experience

Essential requirements It is essential that the candidate should be able to demonstrate the following criteria for the post. Candidates will only be shortlisted for interview if they can demonstrate that they meet all the essential requirements.

• A good standard of rigging & operation of theatre lighting and ETC Ion console for multiple disciplines.
• A good broad knowledge of venue audio systems including, rigging and operation
• Knowledge of stage management in a theatre / venue setting
• Operation of AV systems and software including Qlab
• Relevant technical experience working in a theatre environment
• Experience of carrying out basic electrical maintenance and testing
• Experience of working collaboratively with non-professional theatre users
• Able to work flexibly across different work locations and areas as appropriate.
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work both unsupervised, and as part of a team
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines
• Basic computer skills (Word, Excel etc)
  
  
  

Essential Behavioural & Other Characteristics

• Understand and embrace Leeds City Council Values and Behaviours and codes of conduct.
• Committed to continuous improvement in all areas and work towards delivering the Best City Ambition of Health & Wellbeing, Inclusive Growth and Zero Carbon
• Able to understand and observe Leeds City Council equality and diversity policies.
• Carry out all duties having regard to an employee’s responsibility under Health and Safety Policies.
• Willingness to actively participate in training and development activities.
• Flexible and adaptable to change to assist other services as required commensurate to grade.
• Participate in appraisal, training, and development activities.
• Be aware of and comply with Leeds City Council policies and procedures e.g., child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality, and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
• Be aware of and support difference and ensure equality for all working in an anti-discriminatory manner, upholding, equality & diversity policies of Leeds City Council.
• Recognise and appropriately challenge any incidents of racism, bullying, harassment, victimisation, and any form of abuse, reporting any concerns to the appropriate person.
• The Council has adopted a flexibility protocol and the role will be expected to work within these parameters.
  
  
  

Desirable requirements It is desirable that the candidate should be able to demonstrate the following criteria for the post. Candidates are not required to meet all the desirable requirements however these may be used to distinguish between candidates.

• Design and operation of LX for theatre, musical theatre, dance, & corporate events
• Design and operation of audio for theatrical / musical productions pref. using Allen & Heath Avensis console (or similar)
• Operation of counterweight flying system
• Good AV knowledge including hybrid meeting, live event streaming, video and sound editing.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience of working in a technical theatre environment
• IOSH or NEBOSH Health & Safety qualification
  
  
  

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