Art & Performing Arts Technician in Leicester

If you are passionate about the arts and thrive in a hands-on, creative environment, this could be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for. At Avanti Fields School, we are looking for an enthusiastic and skilled Art & Performing Arts Technician to support our vibrant Art, Music, and Drama departments.

In this exciting and varied role, you’ll work alongside talented staff and pupils—helping to prepare engaging lessons, maintain equipment, and support everything from classroom projects to school performances and exhibitions. Your practical input and creative flair will help bring ideas to life and enrich the artistic journey of our students.

If you think this sounds like the perfect fit for you, come and join us—be part of something inspiring. School visits are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school to arrange a suitable time.

Avanti Fields School is an all-through, faith-designated (Hindu) state school which welcomed the first intake of Year 7 students in September 2018, and first intake of Nursery and Reception students in September 2022. The school is rapidly expanding and will grow year by year to a full cohort of 1,320. This is an exciting time to join the school as it continues its journey to outstanding.

The staff at Avanti Fields School are passionate about our school and are relentlessly focused on improving the achievement and opportunities for all our students. All staff that work at the school will need to subscribe to our ethos and values and seek to improve and develop their own practice and performance for the benefit of our students.

This is a unique opportunity to work in a school which is driven by three key elements for both students and staff:

• Educational excellence
• Character formation
• Spiritual insight

What will you do?

• Support teaching staff across Art, Music, and Drama by preparing materials, maintaining equipment, and assisting with lessons and practical demonstrations.
• Manage the setup, dismantling, and safe storage of apparatus for lessons, performances, exhibitions, and displays across the creative arts departments.
• Oversee stock control, including ordering, checking, and maintaining materials and equipment, and carrying out minor repairs where appropriate.
• Ensure all areas and resources are kept tidy and safe, including the maintenance of health and safety standards and risk assessments.

Why should you apply?

Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place. You will be working in a fantastic environment, with:

• Great opportunities for professional development
• LGPS pension scheme (subject to eligibility)
• O2 discounts, Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
• Eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership
• Well-being programs (retreats, yoga, wellness apps)
• Cycle-to-work Scheme

What are we looking for?

• Educated to GCSE – including in English, mathematics and science
• Experience and excellent track record in the field of health and safety in a support role
• Working knowledge of Art materials and processes
• Good organisational skills and ability to manage, and use resources effectively and efficiently
• An ability to work creatively as an individual and as part of a team

Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role.

Further information

Pre-employment checks

Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks. Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

Diversity and Inclusion

We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.

Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.