Audio Visual Specialist

The role is designed to develop the University's Audio-visual technology capabilities, an ideal opportunity for those who like to challenge themselves, progress and seize every opportunity, in return we will work with you develop your skills to become a master in your field, in our growing team. The role sits between Grade 7 & Grade 5 AV specialist, where you will be expected to act up on occasion, and help to supervise / train those at the G5 level or multi skill technicians.

You will be Responsible for 2^nd/3^rd line triage of all incidents and requests to ensure high availability of our Audio-visual Services. A key area of the role is to organise our conferencing and events, underpinned & supported by the wider team. The roles responsibilities are varied, never the two same days, delivering against SLA’s, resolution of Major Incidents/requests supporting delivery of our ITIL processes.

You must demonstrate a genuine interest, enthusiasm and extensive experience and training in the wider field of Audio-visual technology. Areas may include; Event production (audio mixing skills, video camera skills), Teaching Technologies (projections, interactive screens, video walls), Integrated System Technology (AV control systems), AV installation, Video Conferencing Systems, Lecture Capture, Desktop Computers & IT, Imaging, Active Directory, PowerPoint / Photoshop and design packages, Teaching VLE & Collaborate, Digital signage systems, Theatre production, Broadcast Media Technologies, Audio Engineering, Digital Streaming, Basic AV networking, AV remote tools, and Social Media. Its expected candidates will have varying skill sets at an advisory capacity in most, but may not have experience in all areas, where we would support you in the development of the role.

The role requires a clear analytical approach to problem solving, along with excellent interpersonal and communications skills, the ability to work independently and as part of a diverse technical team. You will be specifying Audio visual for events, providing solutions to Audio Visual Maintenance, or helping with managing new installations/ moves or decommissioning, working with 3rd parties and the wider university teams, where collaboration and communication is key.

Please note that this advert may close early if we receive a high volume of applications.

The roles responsibilities will include:

• Assist with the design, installation, support and maintenance of Audio-visual Teaching spaces.
• Assist with minor university build projects.
• Organisation, support and engineer the university conferencing and events.
• Support back end office, stock control and wider AV infrastructure and monitoring tools.

Job Description

At the core, we provide IT & Audio-visual services to the University’s students, academics and professionals, but the reality is we do so much more than that!

Our three pillars of Digital Strategy, Digital Delivery and Digital Service all work together as a key enabler for the University to achieve this.

What's in it for you?

• Competitive salary - and excellent pension scheme.
• An impressive 32 days leave - plus bank holidays, additional time off at Christmas and the opportunity to buy even more!
• Flexible working - we support a culture of flexible and agile working to help you find the right balance.

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