Media Technician

Working Pattern:    Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week, term time only

Closing Date:           9am, Friday 9 August 2024

Start date:                27 August 2024

Salary:                       Support Grade 3 £18,814.25 - £23,016.17 per annum (FTE £21,922 -

£26,818 per annum)

The Prospect Trust is a leading Multi-Academy Trust in the South of England, with an aim of providing outstanding education for all learners within a family of local academies. There are currently three academies within the Trust: The Sixth Form College Farnborough, Tomlinscote School and Frimley Church of England Junior School.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Media Team within an outstanding Sixth Form College. We are seeking a proactive individual to provide an excellent level of support to both staff and students in the College.

Key strengths of The Sixth Form College are:

○       ‘Outstanding’ rating from Ofsted

○       Achievement of high grades with excellent value added;

○       Outstanding teaching by a team of experienced and motivated staff;

○       Exceptional levels of support for students both inside and outside of lessons;

○       Innovative use of IT to promote learning embedded as a regular part of normal teaching.

The Role

The Media and Film Department has 11 members of teaching staff, one senior technician, one full-time technician and 500+ students. Courses taught in the department are A Level Media Studies, A Level Film Studies and Digital Media. The department is extremely well resourced and continually delivers outstanding results, with many of our students progressing onto Further Education to study Media and Film courses.

The role of the Media Technician is to work closely with both our technicians and teaching staff to provide technical assistance for our students to allow them to produce outstanding coursework and to develop the technical support we provide.

The role includes a number of key tasks, including:

●       Managing the kit hire process for our students using our internal systems

●       Delivering a range of tutorials to classes of students on a range of topics throughout the year including (DSLR Cameras, Using the Studio, Premiere Pro and Photoshop).

●       To provide technical support for teachers in coursework lessons throughout the academic year.

●       To work with our technical team on the delivery of our enrichment programme to students as required.

●       To work with our technical team on building a range of material to support our students, including video tutorials to be published on our YouTube Channel.

We are seeking an individual who displays the following characteristics:

●       A genuine passion for the subject;

●       Excellent skills with modern technology, including Adobe Creative Suite and Premier Pro;

●       Excellent subject knowledge with a range of digital and hands on skills;

●       Good organisational skills;

●       Desire to continue to develop their knowledge and skills;

●       An ability to multitask;

●       Enthusiasm for working with 16-19 year old students;

●       Outstanding communication skills.

If you would like to have a further discussion before applying for this role please contact the HR team on team_HR@prospecttrust.org.uk

Please complete the attached application form and equality monitoring form and email all completed applications to recruitment@prospecttrust.org.uk by 9am, Friday 09 August 2024.

Early applications are encouraged, as the Trust may at its discretion elect to both interview and select candidates before the advertised closing date.

The Prospect Trust takes the control and processing of employee data very seriously and is committed to acting in line with the UK General Data Protection Regulation; please read the attached applicant privacy notice which explains how your data is processed.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified applicants, however all disabled applicants who meet our minimum criteria will be invited for an interview.

The Prospect Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people within our care and requires all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment. The job description fully sets out the safeguarding responsibilities of the post. Any future offer of employment remains subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, including enhanced DBS clearance, a health check and references.