Performance & Production Technician (Fixed term for 3 months)

Liverpool John Moores University; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave entitlement

Pension scheme

Induction and development support

Family-friendly policies

Job summary

Liverpool John Moores University invites applications for a Live Production Technician role. You will assist the Senior Technician in delivering practical demonstrations across sound, lighting, AV, video and staging, while ensuring learning outcomes are met.

Based on campus, you will help manage specialist equipment, supervise staff and students, coordinate health and safety, and support performances, exhibitions and events.

Qualifications

• Experience in live production within a Higher Education setting.
• Ability to assist with practical demonstrations across multiple disciplines.
• Willingness to learn and develop across live production disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the preparation and delivery of practical demonstrations across sound, lighting, AV and video.
• Help run the Faculty's performance and production facilities and manage equipment bookings.
• Support supervision, induction and training of staff and students.
• Assist with planning and supporting performances, events and conferences; ensure health and safety.

Skills

Live sound

Lighting programming

Rigging

Video routing

Stage construction

Tools

QLab

Resolume

Mixing consoles

Job description

Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) is a distinctive, unique institution, rooted in the Liverpool City Region and with a global presence. Our students and staff, past, present, and future, are the beating heart of our city and can be found in every corner of every industry and community. We couldn't exist anywhere else and have shaped the city in which we belong. Working with the people of Liverpool to improve lives and support communities is at the heart of why we were founded and why we exist today.

You will assist the Senior Technician in the preparation and delivery of practical demonstrations, including timetabled sessions, workshops and the demonstration of processes and techniques across the full spectrum of live production technology, including sound, lighting, AV and video, and staging. You will help students to identify and apply appropriate techniques, processes, resources and equipment to meet learning outcomes.

You will also assist the Senior Technician in the day-to-day running of the Faculty's performance and production facilities, including the use and booking of specialist equipment such as digital and analogue mixing consoles, lighting consoles, LED video wall systems, projection, and show control software such as QLab and Resolume. A working knowledge of live sound reinforcement, lighting programming and rigging, video signal routing, and stage configuration and construction is necessary for this role, along with a willingness to learn and develop across all of these disciplines.

The role also involves supporting the supervision, training and induction of staff and students, assisting with the proactive management of health and safety, and helping to plan and support performances, exhibitions, events and conferences across the faculty.

This is an excellent opportunity for an individual to develop existing experience of working in a live production or performance environment in a Higher Education setting.

Evening and weekend work may be required to support the business needs of the Faculty and Schools.

In return, we offer an excellent benefits package

• generous annual leave entitlement
• pension scheme
• induction and development support
• family-friendly policies

This is an exciting time to join the university as we deliver the LJMU Strategy 2030 and its vision of LJMU as an inclusive civic university transforming lives and futures, by placing students at the heart of everything we do.

If you feel that this is the role you have been looking for and your skills and experience can make a real difference at LJMU, we look forward to hearing from you.

LJMU is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds and communities irrespective of age, transgender status, disability, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity and religion or belief. All our appointments are made on merit.

Please note all of our vacancies will be closed to applications at midnight on the advertised closing date, unless otherwise stated.