Sound Video and Broadcast - Senior Technician (Video Bias) - WC2E 9DD in Chelsea

Fixed-Term Contract available from 24th August 2026 and running until 1st May 2027. Full-time; 42.5 hours per week. £44,714.88 per annum. Based in: Covent Garden, London.

The Royal Ballet and Opera continues to lead the way in opera, ballet, music and dance both live on stage and through multiple digital platforms, from live streaming to worldwide cinema screenings. Our Covent Garden theatre has been at the heart of London and British cultural life for three centuries. We are home to two world-class Companies: The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera.

The role:

We are now seeking to recruit a Sound, Video and Broadcast Senior Technician with a video bias on a fixed-term contract. The Sound, Video & Broadcast department at the RBO looks after Sound and Video projection requirements for our Opera and Ballet productions as well as facilitating the live broadcasts of our performances and events.

The role involves working as part of a small team to ensure the operational and production requirements of rehearsals and performances are carried out to the highest possible standard of safety, efficiency, and quality.

What you'll bring:

• This role will suit a candidate with strong communication skills, who has a collaborative approach to working and the ability to work unsupervised and show initiative.
• An excellent track record in video and projection: from operating shows to system specifications and rigging equipment.
• Experience in a major establishment an advantage, ideally a venue presenting opera and ballet productions.
• An excellent track record in live productions.
• Excellent technical skills and knowledge base with a thorough understanding of current equipment and systems pertinent to the role.
• Technical expertise and experience programming media servers: Disguise, Qlab and Catalyst beneficial.
• An understanding of video formats, cables and signal path.

We value the diversity new hires can bring to our workforce. A working knowledge of our repertoire is not essential, but the ability to learn quickly is.

The Royal Ballet and Opera is one of the UK's leading arts organisations and our aim is to inspire imagination, ignite emotion and make the extraordinary for everyone. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion underpin all that we do. We want our people to be representative of the diversity in the UK. We understand the creativity and innovation that diversity can bring and strive to create an inclusive environment in which everyone can thrive. We encourage applications from people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences and skills to join our teams. We particularly welcome applications from those who are from a global majority background and/or those who are disabled, as they are under-represented within our organisation.

We are a Disability Confident Employer, which means that we are actively working to ensure that candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions feel supported, engaged and able to fulfil their potential in the workplace. We will endeavour to offer an interview to candidates who tell us they wish to participate in the scheme and who demonstrate in their application that they meet the essential criteria for the role, though sometimes due to the volume of qualified candidates with declarations this is not possible.

The RBO is also committed to safeguarding and protecting all children, young people, and adults and we implement robust safer recruitment practices. Due to our safeguarding promise, certain roles will be subject to a DBS check before commencing employment with us, which will be indicated in the advertising.

Closing date for applications: 11:59pm, Monday 20th July 2026. Interviews will be held late July on site at ROH Covent Garden. To ensure a fair process, late applications will not be considered under any circumstances. Applicants must have work authorisation for the UK. No agencies.