Newsroom Technician Fixed-term

London Southbank University is looking to appoint a committed and enthusiastic individual to provide expert advice and technical support, working alongside the technical team in the suite of facilities in Elephant Studios @LSBU. This role will involve supporting the newsroom operations and broadcast productions in related areas of the facility.

About you
You will have a grounded understanding and hands on knowledge of newsroom operations and live broadcast in TV studio/newsroom productions. You will possess skills in media production pertinent to the role and be proficient at using a range of professional equipment and software related to content creation, online media, streaming and live broadcast.

You will have experience supporting customers in a technical support or training capacity and a practical understanding of Health & Safety in relation to the designated technical area.

You will have good knowledge of media content production, video, and sound recording and editing.

Exciting work you will do
You will work in close collaboration with the academic teams delivering the BJTC accredited BA Journalism course and BA Media Production course and support a diverse and talented student cohort and staff with the preparation, delivery and production of live news days, newsroom, radio broadcasts, recordings, and streaming. You will deliver technical workshops to students on the range of technical equipment and processes related to studio operations and media content production. You may have the opportunity to work on enterprise and external projects with other teams that will require your expertise in media and broadcast production.

The skills and experience you will need to be successful
You should have practitioner experience in a relevant area, within an industry or educational setting. You should have experience of working collaboratively within and across teams, as well as independently. You will have excellent inter-personal, communication and organisation skills in order to foster effective working relationships with colleagues and students. You should be flexible and able to demonstrate exceptional customer service skills in supporting staff, students, and external clients in the use of the designated areas.

Details about the role
This role is a 2-year fixed-term contract and is full-time 1 FTE. This role is campus based.

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Application process
To apply, please complete our online application form ensuring to address the essential selection criteria in the ‘Evidence for selection criteria’ section.

Interview and assessment process
The closing date for this post is Monday 12^th December 2022

It is expected that the interviews will be held week starting 9^th January 2023

Please Note: The Job Reference # for this post is REQ 8045

Employment Visa: Under the UK Governments PSB scheme this role does not meet/ meets the criteria to be sponsored by LSBU for a Skilled Worker Route (SWR) application.

Please be advised that currently LSBU will only support the Certificate of Sponsorship for any employment visas and will not support the payment of the employment visa for the offered candidate and/or dependants.

Recruitment Process: The email account you use to apply will be used for recruitment communication. Please ensure that you use an email account that you regularly monitor.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early, should we receive sufficient applications.

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