AV & Production Manager

This is a rare and exciting opportunity for an experienced AV specialist with excellent technical skills and production experience to join our team and play a key role providing lighting, sound and operational support for a variety of productions at the 2022 Independent Girls’ School of the Year.

South Hampstead High School is home to a busy and ambitious performing arts department, with two theatres, offering professional sound and lighting equipment. As AV & Production Manager, you will provide operational and technical support to ensure the smooth running of productions and events. You will need to always ensure compliance with health and safety requirements, take responsibility for backstage and technical areas and provide full technical support (including AV, lighting, sound, recording and web-casting) for curricular activities, extra-curricular activities and lettings.

The role will also involve training staff and students to use sound and stage lighting systems, AV equipment and relevant hardware and software. Our theatres are often hired out to external companies and you will be expected to supervise and be in attendance throughout these bookings, or to delegate staffing accordingly.

About You

To be considered for this role you will need knowledge of Digico sound desks and equipment, ETC EOS lighting desks and rigging, knowledge of network-based lighting and proficiency and experience in 3D visualisation softwares such as Vectorworks and Capture. Experience in the planning and setting up of live events is equally important. You will also need excellent interpersonal skills, and will be able to communicate clearly and consistently with all theatre and event space users.

About the School

Working at South Hampstead is stimulating, challenging and fun. Pupils are intelligent and inquisitive, energetic and engaging. We offer competitive salaries, generous employee benefits and a warm, supportive environment, with a strong emphasis on Continuous Professional Development.

The school is part of the GDST, the UK’s leading network of independent girls’ schools. We offer a variety of benefits, such as:

• Competitive salaries and pay progression
• Access to extensive professional development opportunities
• Training grants for qualifications
• Generous pension schemes
• Free life assurance benefit
• Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
• A Cycle to Work scheme
• Competitive terms and conditions of employment
• A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools

For further details and to apply please click the apply button. Closing date is 14th May 2025 at 9am. The school may also conduct online searches (including publicly available social media searches) as part of our recruitment processes. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and suitable candidates may be invited to interview before the published interview date. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the position or if an offer is made and accepted. We recommend that applications are submitted early to avoid disappointment.

The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included. We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.