Assistant Technical Manager (Business Events) in London

The Barbican is a multidisciplinary international arts centre in the City of London. Across its theatres, concert halls, cinemas, galleries, business venues, public and community spaces, the Barbican showcases the most exciting artists and performers from around the world, pushing traditional artistic boundaries and helping us understand our lives in new and unexpected ways. Each year, the Centre presents hundreds of different performances, events and exhibitions that entertain and inspire millions of people, create connections, provoke debate, and reflect the world we live in.

Firmly rooted in its neighbourhood, the Barbican collaborates on projects with local communities, and supports young people and emerging talent to develop their artistic practice and access jobs in the creative industry. Our boundary-pushing Music programme is renowned for its range, ambition, and inclusivity. Alongside our partners, we provide some of the most exciting musical experiences, from dazzling classical concerts and opera to unique shows with leading contemporary artists, cutting-edge electronic creations, durational experiences, and cross-arts collaborations.

The role involves supporting the Technical Manager in planning, directing and managing the technical delivery of the Barbican Business Events programme of over 350 commercial events. The Assistant Technical Manager will primarily support the technical team and work in association with the Stage and Projection Teams in all areas of event organisation and technical delivery.

You will assist in overseeing and booking the equipment requirements for all set-ups, soundchecks, rehearsals, use of our recording studio, and get-ins/outs for the Centre's Business Events activity, all within budget and on time. You will assist in creating the rotas for the technical team shifts.

Key requirements include:

• Good knowledge of the commercial events industry, and a thorough understanding of all the creative processes of event planning.
• Relevant professional technical training in the arts and an understanding of the creative processes of live performance.
• Good working knowledge of Health & Safety legislation and safe working practices.
• Demonstrable track record of working in a multi-disciplinary arts venue at a supervisory level on artistic and commercial events.
• Experience in supervising and motivating technical teams (permanent staff and casuals, working across disciplines) and providing support to staff when needed.
• Experience of technical hires, freelancer bookings and equipment acquisitions.
• Experience in supervising events and supporting clients, production teams and artists; delivering commercial events to a world-class standard.

You must be able to demonstrate:

• An ability to work across teams in the Centre, developing inter-departmental relations and working methods.
• An excellent level of oral and written communication skills, including proven ability to communicate to a diverse group of stakeholders.
• A good level of facilitation and negotiation skills and ability to juggle conflicting needs and priorities of multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• An ability to work inclusively and collaboratively across boundaries to achieve positive outcomes.

As a team and an organisation, we are committed to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI), and would welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly those currently underrepresented in the arts. We are also a member of the Disability Confident scheme, and you will have an opportunity to indicate if you would like to be considered through this scheme in the application process.

To apply, click on the 'Apply Online' button. All applicants are required to submit applications via the City of London website. If there are any issues with the application process, please contact the Barbican Careers team at Careers@barbican.org.uk. Deadline for applications is 12:00 noon on Tuesday 10th February 2026. 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 wants 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 to 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.