We have an exciting opportunity to join The Manchester Film School as a Lead Technician at UCEN Manchester on a permanent, full time (35 hours per week) basis. The film school resides within the UCEN Creative faculty which consists of 3 nationally acclaimed schools: The UCEN School of Art, Media and Make-Up, The Arden School of Theatre, and The Manchester Film School. With unique and innovative pedagogical approaches, the faculty is a creative eco-system where students can collaborate, thrive, and evolve their talents at our brand new £90 million campus in the heart of Manchester, equipped with specialist film studios, theatres, design suites, recording studios, and much more to ready students for the creative industry.
As Lead Technician for The Manchester Film School, you will support practical learning experiences across the curriculum. Desired qualifications include a full driving license, film and TV experience, basic IT knowledge, and advanced technical expertise. Physical fitness is required for manual labour, and self-motivation is essential for unsupervised work. Flexibility for potential weekend and evening shifts will be expected. Additional beneficial experience includes experience in practical demonstrations, team management, technical store operations, and electrical knowledge.
As a Lead Technician you will also manage the technicians and be responsible for leading the provision of technician support services to students and staff. To maintain a safe, high quality, professional inspiring, learning environment ensuring compliance with all associated legislation.
To be successful in this role, you will need:
UCEN Manchester is the Higher Education organisation of The Manchester College, and part of the LTE Group, an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community. If you wish to apply for this exciting opportunity, please click on the ‘Apply online’ button below.
Applicants must demonstrate in their application their ability to meet the key responsibilities, key result areas and Qualifications/Skills and Experience detailed within the job description.
Salaries are based on skills, qualifications and experience.
In return you will benefit from an excellent package including a favourable Pension scheme, Retail Discounts, Employee Assistance Program, Cycle to work scheme and Simply Health scheme.
The closing date for this job advert is 05/07/2023. However, sometimes the job advert may close early if we receive a good response!