Theatre Technician

At Capital City College Group (CCCG) we are dedicated to transforming lives through exceptional education and training. Our focus is providing our learners with the skills to be successful in their futures, whether that is continuing in education through higher education, or an apprenticeship, or supporting them into a higher-level job.

London's leading College is looking for an exceptional Theatre Technician to join its Performing and Visual Arts Team.

About the role:

We are looking for a Theatre technician to join our team at City and Islington Sixth Form College. Your primary responsibility will be to support the work of students and teachers of the Performing and Visual Arts Department and to respond to requests to organise, set up and operate wider college events and activities throughout the year. City and Islington Sixth Form College is a well-established and over-subscribed specialist A-level centre. We are situated on one site at Angel in the heart of London and our wonderful students travel from across the capital to learn with us. We have a wide range of enrichment and extension activities to develop our students’ confidence and skills and this post makes a key contribution to that work.

About you:

• Relevant degree
• Experience of working with 16–19-year-olds
• Experience of the working mechanisms of theatre and music performance including operation of projection cues, light and sound equipment, rigging, lighting and programming.
• Experience of using relevant software such as QLAB, Final Draft, Ion Desk, EOS Family software, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Audition, video editing software, sound editing software, Logic Pro, maintaining performing art space and theatre equipment/ resources
• Expertise in filming and recording sound on Sony 4K camera- able to convert files to be sent to exam board

This is an exciting opportunity to join the CCCG team who are passionate and dedicated to providing our students with the best possible teaching and training to fulfil the futures best suited to them. We recognise how hard our people work towards ensuring our students are supported throughout all areas of their college experience, and thus we provide an excellent set of employee benefits.

Our employees benefit from:

• We are part of the defined benefit Local Government Pension Scheme, which means the pension you get is based on how long you have been a member of the scheme and how much you earn
• We offer our employees access to TELLUS, a discount portal providing our people with support and resources for their lives and wellbeing.
• We are part of Cyclescheme, the UK’s most popular cycle-to-work benefit,
• We offer interest-free season ticket loans to staff, enabling them to benefit from the savings of holding an annual Travelcard
• All staff members are eligible for a free annual eye health checkup, and a contribution towards spectacles. We also offer staff members an optional annual flu vaccination, and provide access to occupational health.
• We assist with your medical care through Medicash’s health plans. They are designed to look after you and your family by boosting your access to treatment and support via their range of wellbeing tools and services. Your health cash plan offers cashback to cover your everyday healthcare costs - the ideal way to budget for your family’s healthcare.

At CCCG we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in all our activities for everyone who learns and works here. We respect and value differences and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We create a safe and trusting professional environment where people are treated well and equally.

We are committed to safeguarding and protection of young people and adults and follow Safer Recruitment processes. All successful candidates will need to complete a DBS check, with some roles requiring an Enhanced check.

Our values Respect, Aspiration, Collaboration and Opportunity are the key ideas and principles that people within our organisation and our partners believe are important. They sum Our Purpose: why we do what we do, and Our Approach: how we go about our work.

About CANDI

City Islington College is an award-winning further education college in London with centres in Holloway, Angel and Finsbury Park. The College offers a huge array of academic and vocational courses from entry levels right through to HE for young and adult learners. These include foundation learning, A-Levels, BTECs, Apprenticeships, Access to Higher Education. The College also works closely with all stakeholders and offers bespoke training and development programmes.

Our Sixth Form centre located on our Angel Campus offers over 30 A Level subjects to our students, one of the largest choices in the UK, providing high level academic study for around 1,800 students wishing to progress to university.

Find out more about City and Islington College here: http://www.candi.ac.uk/about-us