Vacancy: Faculty Technician in Arts Design and Social Science at Northumbria University

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a strong team player you must have excellent communication and customer service skills and the ability to prioritise workload in line with customer demands. You will be able to demonstrate familiarity of common practises and terminology used within the media /production environment, A good working knowledge of technical aspects of media, including rigging, AV instillations, multi camera operations, mobile devices, social media platforms, video, audio and lighting equipment  with relevant software knowledge in post post-production, Adobe Premier, Adobe Audition,  AVID Media Composer, Myriad, and DaVinci Resolve. 

Support will include, but not limited to, preparing content, for use within practical workshops and online content, ensuring content is delivered within a specific workflow. First line maintenance and PAT testing of technical equipment, faculty software administration and specialist print support.

The successful candidate will also be required to assist in the management of health and safety within the faculty, and have practical experience of Risk Assessment, COSHH, equipment maintenance and PAT Testing. There is a requirement for working a height using ladders and scaffold towers, along with manual handling within this role.

ABOUT THE TEAM

You would be part of a diverse technical team who provide support for learning, teaching, research and enterprise activity within the faculty across a number of specialist teaching spaces and subject areas. The role is primarily focused to support the Media programmes however there may be a requirement to assist with other areas of faculty including but not limited to the Design, Fine Art and the Faculty Technical Resource centre. 

 ABOUT YOU

 Further information is available in the person specification .  

For an informal discussion about the vacancy, please contact:-

Keith Holmes – Technical Support Manager, Phone: 07912 487335 or keith.holmes@northumbria.ac.uk

ABOUT US

At Northumbria, we embrace tomorrow. We pursue new thinking, forge new partnerships, create, and exchange new knowledge, and find new solutions. Our inspirational academics, partners and students work together to tackle tomorrow’s challenges head on. We are ready for the future whatever it may hold. 

Awarded the title of University of the Year in the 2022 Times Higher Education Awards, Northumbria University is a research-intensive modern university with a global reputation for academic excellence. 

Northumbria recorded the biggest rise of any UK university for research power in the Research Excellence Framework for the second time in 2021 and is now ranked top 25 for this measure. 

One of the largest universities in the UK with over 37,000 students from 137 countries, filled with world-leading research, award-winning partnerships, and students at the heart of an outstanding experience, Northumbria is a new kind of excellent university.  Discover more about us.  

Northumbria University is a great place to work.  We empower our exceptional people to achieve shared ambitions and promote a positive work life balance.  To say thank you, we offer a wide range of benefits including excellent pension schemes, flexible working, a generous holiday entitlement, continued commitment to your learning and development and more. 

We are an on-campus organisation where colleagues work regular patterns of hours and on campus, with some flexibility on the timing of their hours and the location of their work in discussion with their manager. 

Northumbria University is committed to creating an inclusive culture where we take pride in, and value, the diversity of our staff.  We encourage and welcome applications from all members of the community.  The University holds a bronze Athena Swan award in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality, we are a Disability Confident Employer, a member of the Race Equality Charter and are participating in the Stonewall Diversity Champion Programme.  

The University has implemented a range of flexible working arrangements, and we are happy to explore candidate requirements as part of the recruitment process.