Event Technician
Who are we?
We are Manchester Students’ Union, the biggest SU in the country, supporting over 40,000 students throughout their time at university. We help to make student life the best it can be by supporting students to campaign for change, creating opportunities to meet new people, providing employment opportunities, providing advice and support and being a safe place on campus.
We are a values-centred organisation that employs around 90 permanent, full-time members of staff. We recruit a wide range of roles throughout the year within all our departments from our Commercial team operating Manchester Academy Venues, 13 Media, Bar 532 & Kitchen and Corridor Coffee to our Student Activities, Student Engagement, Marketing and Communications, Finance, HR and Facilities teams. Our team of around 400 part-time, studying staff are instrumental in providing to support to all departments as well as leading major projects like Student Angels. When you join UMSU, you’ll be immersed in an environment that empowers staff to make great things happen and we're always on the lookout for innovative, passionate, and proactive people to join us.
Our values are really important to us and shape the work that we do every day. As part of our recruitment process, we want you to demonstrate how your experiences, behaviours and skills align with our values. You can find more detailed explanations of our values on our website.
About the role
As an Event Technician at Manchester Academy Venues, you’ll support the full-time technical team to operate our house technical equipment (audio and lighting) during a wide variety of events, from live music to comedy shows, both commercially operated and student-run. Your main responsibility will be to ensure that the Venue is supplied with the necessary equipment prior to the commencement of the show, paying particular attention to the safety and legality of the operation. During the event, you’ll operate the lighting and audio consoles.
We do expect you to have good knowledge of Audio and/or Lighting consoles, and to be comfortable on any professional console. We’re also committed to your development and will ensure that you are correctly trained to work with our equipment. You’ll have a thorough induction with each of the Audio, Lighting, Operations and Student Event departments.
As part of the role, you will provide some technical event management for student events as and when required, during term-time.
You’ll play an integral role in delivering great events for over 350,000 people per year who attend Manchester Academy Venues. By providing outstanding customer service for all venue users, visitors and customers of Manchester Academy Venues, you’ll ensure that our venue remains as one of the best in Manchester, with customers returning continuously to enjoy shows here.
Please read the full role profile before applying, as well as our guide to recruitment.
Details
Wage: £12 per hour + holiday pay
Contract: Zero Hours, Fixed-Term until 31st July 2025
Hours: approximately 10 per week during gig season (Sept-July)
Our Reward Package
You'll get access to our reward package which you can see here.
Recruitment Guide
We have a guide that explains our full recruitment process. We recommend reading through this before beginning an application.
If you are invited to interview with us, we will share our interview questions in advance so you can prepare your responses. We’re more interested in hearing about your experiences and ideas than in testing your memory, and so we want you to feel as prepared as possible.
Inclusivity and Accessibility
We are committed to equality of opportunity, and we work hard to ensure we appoint based on merit.
We particularly encourage applications from Disabled or Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African candidates as these groups are currently underrepresented in our staff team.
If you have any accessibility requirements or require adjustments to support you to apply to work with us, please get in touch. We can offer reasonable adjustments at all stages of our recruitment process.
Recruitment Timeline
Applications opened: 1st August 2024
Applications close: 23rd September 2024 23:59
Interviews: week beginning 7th October 2024
Role Commencing: October 2024
We may close applications early if we receive a high volume of applications. We recommend that you apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. In this case, all applicants who have started an application will be contacted 2 hours before we close the role.
Contact
People Team
You can contact the People Team with any questions regarding this vacancy or our recruitment process.
Email: jobs.su@manchester.ac.uk
Phone: 0161 306 3279