Senior Technician

Southbank Centre; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a vibrant production team as a Senior Technician at one of the UK’s most iconic cultural venues! This role offers the chance to deliver exceptional technical support for a variety of events, from concerts to exhibitions. You'll collaborate with artists and internal teams, ensuring that each event meets the highest standards. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this organization fosters a supportive environment that values learning and growth. If you're passionate about the arts and have the technical skills to make a difference, this is the perfect opportunity for you to shine in a dynamic and creative atmosphere.

Benefits

5% employer’s pension contribution

33 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Enhanced sick pay

Enhanced family leave benefits

Up to 30% discounts at onsite vendors

Staff ticket offers for events

Free entry to Hayward Gallery

Free/discounted entry with reciprocal organizations

Free staff yoga

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Expertise in at least one technical discipline and strong knowledge of safety standards.
• Ability to prioritize tasks calmly under pressure and meet tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Deliver technical requirements for a wide range of events at a cultural venue.
• Lead setup and operation of technical equipment, ensuring a professional environment.

Skills

Technical expertise in stage, lighting, sound, rigging, or AV

Professional communication skills

Ability to prioritize tasks under pressure

Commitment to diversity and inclusion

Passion for learning and sharing knowledge

Job description

We are currently seeking for an experienced Senior Technician to join our dynamic Production team, on a full time permanent basis.

As a Senior Technician, you’ll play a key role in delivering the technical requirements for a wide range of events, from concerts to exhibitions, ensuring they meet the highest professional standards. Working collaboratively with artists, promoters, and internal teams, you’ll lead on setting up and operating technical equipment, supervising teams, and maintaining a safe, smooth, and professional environment.

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Expertise in at least one discipline (stage, lighting, sound, rigging, or AV) and a strong working knowledge of technical equipment and safety standards.
• The ability to calmly prioritise tasks under pressure and deliver to tight deadlines.
• Professional communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
• A passion for learning and sharing knowledge, including supporting the training of others.
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and safe working practices.

As a Senior Technician you’ll have the chance to contribute to extraordinary cultural experiences by bringing world-class events to life at one of the UK’s most iconic cultural venues.

Please download the attached Job Description for a full overview of this role responsibilities.

We welcome applications from people from a Black, Asian or Ethnically Diverse background or those who are D/deaf or disabled. If you wish to discuss reasonable adjustments such as a BSL interpreter for your interview please indicate this on your application form. Interviews will take place at The Southbank Centre. If you would like to speak to someone about any adjustments or concerns you can also email [e-mail] and we will be in touch with you to make the necessary arrangements.

By attracting people to work for us from a broad range of backgrounds with diverse attitudes, opinions and beliefs we can continue to look at the world with fresh eyes and find new ways of doing things. The Southbank Centre is a warm and welcoming place to work, with great aspirations and ambitions to create great and accessible work for all. We pride ourselves in building a supportive environment to enable the development of our staff.

If you feel you have just some of the required skills and experience but meet the person specification, we would still encourage you to apply; we are very open to continuing the training and development of individuals who are self motivated to acquire new skills and knowledge relevant to the role.

Southbank Centre

The Southbank Centre is Europe’s largest arts centre and one of the UK’s top five visitor attractions, occupying an 11-acre site that sits in the midst of London’s most vibrant cultural quarter on the South Bank of the Thames.

Its impact and reach are significant and it is respected internationally as a convener of great artists and diverse audiences and for being entrepreneurial and innovative in response to a volatile and changing financial landscape. The Southbank Centre is a charity that is determined to demonstrate its ambition to remain innovative, disruptive and experimental in what it does and to be highly relevant to the artists it wants to work with and to the audiences it wants to attract.

The Southbank Centre believes that a commitment to diversity and inclusion helps it be a more relevant and effective organisation.

Our Artistic Mission

The Southbank Centre exists to provide great artistic experiences for everyone. Through art, we invite our visitors to enjoy shared cultural encounters together. To gaze. To listen. To be moved. To discover a new idea or a new perspective. We are proud that for the last 70 years, the performances and exhibitions here have moved millions. We have provided a home for art and for artists. A community centred on art, where everyone, no matter their job, helps make the experience.

At the Southbank Centre we believe in:

Creating Welcoming Spaces

• Because upholding respect, safety and belonging is at the heart of vibrant teams and communities.
• This means us all taking responsibility for shaping and protecting a kind, compassionate and inclusive environment for others.

Making wonderful experiences together

• Because we all contribute to amazing artistic moments at the Southbank Centre.
• This means us all understanding and valuing the different parts we play in creating enjoyment and success.

Sparking new thinking

• Because different views and thought-provoking conversations inspire innovation, learning and growth.
• This means everyone having a desire to learn and being open to evaluating how they think and work.

Benefits & Perks:

As well as working at one of London's most popular and exciting sites the successful candidate will also benefit from the following:

• A min 5% employer’s pension contribution (rising to 9% depending on your employee contribution), from day 1 of employment
• 33 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced family leave benefits
• Up to 30% discounts at onsite retail, food and beverage vendors
• Staff ticket offers for Southbank Centre events
• Free entry to Hayward Gallery
• Free/discounted entry with other reciprocal organisations
• Free staff yoga
• Season ticket loan
• Cycle to work scheme

The deadline for applications is 23:59 on the closing date for the job posting.