AV and Production Manager

SOUTH HAMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading independent school in the UK is seeking an experienced AV & Production Manager. In this role, you will provide technical support for various productions, ensuring compliance with health and safety requirements and training staff and students. The position requires proficiency in audio-visual systems and exceptional interpersonal skills. The school offers competitive salaries and extensive professional development opportunities along with benefits such as a generous pension scheme and discounts for children attending GDST schools.

Benefits

Competitive salaries and pay progression

Access to extensive professional development opportunities

Generous pension schemes

Discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools

Qualifications

• Experience in the planning and setting up of live events.
• Ability to communicate clearly and consistently with users of theatre and event spaces.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational and technical support for productions and events.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety requirements.
• Train staff and students on sound and lighting systems.
• Supervise external bookings for the theatres.

Skills

Knowledge of Digico sound desks

ETC EOS lighting desks

3D visualisation software proficiency (Vectorworks, Capture)

Excellent interpersonal skills

Job description

The role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced AV specialist with excellent technical skills and production experience to play a key role providing lighting, sound and operational support for a variety of productions at one of the UK’s leading independent schools.

South Hampstead High School is home to a busy and ambitious performing arts department, with two theatres, offering professional sound and lighting equipment. As AV & Production Manager, you will provide operational and technical support to ensure the smooth running of productions and events.

You will need to always ensure compliance with health and safety requirements, take responsibility for backstage and technical areas and provide full technical support (including AV, lighting, sound, recording and web‑casting) for curricular activities, extra‑curricular activities and lettings.

The role will also involve training staff and students to use sound and stage lighting systems, AV equipment and relevant hardware and software.

Our theatres are often hired out to external companies and you will be expected to supervise and be in attendance throughout these bookings, or to delegate staffing accordingly.

About You

To be considered for this role you will need knowledge of Digico sound desks and equipment, ETC EOS lighting desks and rigging, knowledge of network‑based lighting and proficiency and experience in 3D visualisation softwares such as Vectorworks and Capture.

Experience in the planning and setting up of live events is equally important.

You will also need excellent interpersonal skills, and will be able to communicate clearly and consistently with all theatre and event space users.

About the School

Working at South Hampstead is stimulating, challenging and fun. Located in leafy Hampstead, with the buzz of central London’s cultural life close at hand, the school is very well served by public transport and there are excellent local amenities nearby.

The school is part of the GDST, the UK's leading network of independent girls' schools. We offer a variety of benefits, such as:

• Competitive salaries and pay progression
• Access to extensive professional development opportunities
• Training grants for qualifications
• Generous pension schemes
• Free life assurance benefit Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
• A Cycle to Work scheme
• Competitive terms and conditions of employment
• A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools

For further details and to apply please click the apply button.

Closing date is Monday 2nd February 2026 at 9am.

The school may also conduct online searches (including publicly available social media searches) as part of our recruitment processes.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and suitable candidates may be invited to interview before the published interview date.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the position or if an offer is made and accepted.

We recommend that applications are submitted early to avoid disappointment.

The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.