Audio Visual Technician

Natural History Museum; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27.5 days holiday

Pension scheme

Season ticket loan

Life insurance

Free museum admissions

Staff discount

Training opportunities

Job summary

The Natural History Museum in London is seeking a skilled audio visual technician to join Technology Solutions, supporting the lecture theatre, seminar space and broadcast studio on site at South Kensington.

You will manage AV infrastructure, assist with first line support for hybrid meeting rooms, and coordinate repairs and replacements with the Senior Technician and third party staff. The role emphasizes proactive problem solving and strong user communication.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of AV infrastructure and MTR solutions.
• High level of IT literacy.
• Experience in AV environments such as conference centres, meeting rooms and broadcast studios.

Responsibilities

• Provide AV services across The Natural History Museum's lecture theatre, seminar space and broadcast studio.
• Assist with first line support and maintenance of all hybrid meeting rooms across the Museum.
• Prioritise equipment repairs and replacements in collaboration with the Senior Audio Visual Technician and third party staff.

Job description

About Us

We are a world-class visitor attraction and leading science research centre. We use the Museum's unique collections and our unrivalled expertise to tackle the biggest challenges facing the world today. We care for more than 80 million objects spanning billions of years and welcome more than five million visitors annually and 16 million visits to our website.

About Us

We are a world-class visitor attraction and leading science research centre. We use the Museum's unique collections and our unrivalled expertise to tackle the biggest challenges facing the world today. We care for more than 80 million objects spanning billions of years and welcome more than five million visitors annually and 16 million visits to our website.

Today the Museum is more relevant and influential than ever. By attracting people from a range of backgrounds to work for us, we can continue to look at the world with fresh eyes and find new ways of doing things.

We employ 1100 staff in a variety of roles, all united by our vision of a future where people and planet thrive. We need everyone to have the passion and drive to help us with our mission to create advocates for our planet and inspire millions to care about the natural world.

Diversity and inclusion matter to us.

Our vision is of a future where both people and the planet thrive. Diversity is one of our core values and we strive to build a workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging. All new staff who join us learn about the importance of diversity and inclusion to the Museum and how to contribute to creating an inclusive environment.

We know we have more to do, but we are committed to ensuring that everyone who works at the Museum feels they can thrive and feel valued and respected.

About The Role

Are you a keen audio visual technician looking for a new challenge? Technology Solutions is seeking a talented technician to join our team providing audio visual services across The Natural History Museum in South Kensington. Working with the Audio Visual Manager and Senior Technician, the role will support, in a hands on capacity, the audio visual presentation across the museum's lecture theatre, seminar space and broadcast studio. The role will also assist with the first line support and maintenance of all hybrid meeting rooms across the museum, whilst supporting the Senior Audio Visual Technician with prioritising equipment repairs and replacements across the provision, as well as assisting established third party agency staff.

About You

We are looking for a skilled technician with a working knowledge of AV infrastructure, MTR solutions and a high level of IT literacy. Comfortable working on your own initiative with strong time management, you will have experience in audio visual environments such as conference centres, meeting rooms and broadcast studios, and be able to prioritise and coordinate the needs of AV users across the Museum in a sensitive and diplomatic manner.

Thriving at the Museum: the way we work

We are proud to work at the Museum and have identified the qualities we all need to embody to reach our shared ambition. This sits alongside the Museum’s values and forms the framework for the way we work.

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What We Offer

• 27.5 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays (full time equivalent)
• Generous defined contribution Natural History Museum Pension Scheme (employer contribution 4 - 10%)
• Season ticket, bicycle and rental loan
• Life insurance
• Free admission to our exhibitions and many other paid exhibitions at museums, galleries and institutions across London and the UK.
• Staff discount at our Museum shops and cafes
• We offer a wide variety of training initiatives and opportunities to build skills. Investing in staff development is important to us, and we are ambitious about helping staff to grow and fulfil their potential.
• Affordable membership to the Civil Service Sports Council which offers a range of benefits including an extensive list of special offers and reduced entry fees at a selection of cinema chains, theme parks, theatres, retailers and supermarkets. It also provides entry to up to 300 English Heritage sites and other national treasures. For more details, visit https://www.cssc.co.uk
• Membership to our Sports and Social Association (for a small fee), which includes access to our in-house gym and clubs such as football, softball, table tennis and tennis and classes in Middle Eastern dance, yoga and Tai Chi

Hybrid working

Due to the nature of this role the work pattern will be 100% on site.