Technical Manager

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced AV specialist with excellent technical skills and production experience to play a key role providing lighting, sound and operational support for a variety of productions at one of the UK’s leading independent schools. South Hampstead High School is home to a busy and ambitious performing arts department, with two theatres, offering professional sound and lighting equipment.

As Technical 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.

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.

Working at South Hampstead is stimulating, challenging and fun. Located in leafy Hampstead, with the buzz of central London’s cultural life close at hand, the school is very well served by public transport and there are excellent local amenities nearby. 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 Monday 2nd February 2026 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. 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.