Technician (Sound Bias) in City of London

The Barbican is London's Creative Catalyst for arts, curiosity and enterprise. It is an international arts, conference and education centre that presents artistic experiences with collaborators across music, theatre, dance, visual arts, and cinema that variously entertain, enable, enrich and educate our many audiences. With the intention to be a 21st century international Art Centre that champions equity and opportunity, the Barbican explores new approaches to arts by sparking creative possibilities and transformation for artists, audiences, and communities. Barbican is a place to be and a place where everyone is welcome.

Barbican’s boundary-pushing Music programme cuts across all genres, including work by contemporary artists, experimental collaborations and visits from the world’s best orchestras and soloists. Alongside their resident, associate and international ensembles and other partners, they provide some of the finest musical experiences the capital has to offer, from Baroque operas to cutting-edge electronic music. At the heart of a multi-arts centre, they produce concerts which go beyond the standard live music experience, presenting music which hovers at the edges of classification.

Our Barbican Concert Hall is seeking an experienced and passionate individual to join the Music Department as a Technician with a specialism in sound. This will include experience of basic sound equipment maintenance, the ability to follow stage plans to determine microphone positions and patching, along with experience of Digico mixing consoles and networks in a professional setting. The post holder will be working alongside a team delivering high-level technical support to all music & commercial events in the Barbican Concert Hall, Foyers, and external venues.

You will be comfortable working in a team environment, expressing a positive attitude, even under challenging circumstances. This position requires a high level of experience and competence in sound, with a general understanding of other technical production disciplines, such as lighting, and AV equipment for a wide range of music, commercial and streamed events. Alternatively, if you have experience in sound and are eager to learn and would like to develop further additional skills in these other areas of technical support then we can provide this training for you.

This is an irregular shift-based role spread over 7 days that includes weekend and evening work.

To apply click on the 'Apply Online' button. Applications without a completed form will not be reviewed. If there are any issues with the application process, please contact the Barbican Careers team at Careers@barbican.org.uk. Deadline for applications is 23:55 on Thursday 27th November 2025. The advert may close ahead of this date if a sufficient number of applications is reached - apply early to avoid missing out. Please note that we are unable to accept late applications. We regret that we are unable to provide feedback on your application.

The City of London Corporation want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do. The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation – and is committed to regularly benchmarking and reviewing pay against external sectors. As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of staff within the Barbican we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from groups that are currently underrepresented, including people from the Global Majority and D/deaf and disabled people. We want to better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We are members of the Disability Confident Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who would like to be considered under this scheme and who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role. Please contact us if you require reasonable adjustments as part of the application process.