Our School is seeking a driven and enthusiastic Auditorium Technician to support the day-to-day operations of the school’s performing arts centre, including our state-of-the-art auditorium.
The successful applicant will be responsible for the technical production of all events, including lighting design and programming, sound, staging, multimedia and projection.
This ongoing position is a full-time role and involves frequent evening, late night and weekend work. Start date by negotiation.
About the School
Peter Moyes Anglican Community School is a vibrant, co-educational day school in Mindarie offering uninterrupted learning from Pre-Kindergarten to Year 12 on one campus. Students are supported and encouraged by a strong pastoral care system to achieve personal excellence.
Our School promotes a positive work environment and culture to attract and retain high-quality staff by fostering professionalism, commitment, loyalty, Christian values, and a high standard of pastoral care, and by providing above-award conditions.
Applicants should be able to demonstrate support for the School’s Anglican ethos as well as the co-curricular life of the school. Furthermore, Peter Moyes Anglican Community School is committed to being a Child-Safe organisation. All candidates for roles at our School are subject to screening against child safety standards.
As a school of the Anglican Schools Commission, a central purpose of our work is the education amongst students, staff and families of Anglicanism and its traditions and ethos.
To learn more about the Peter Moyes Anglian Community School and what we have to offer visit our website www.petermoyes.wa.edu.au, and don’t forget to follow us on LinkedIn.
Key Responsibilities
- Providing technical assistance for internal events including Assemblies, Productions, ceremonies and concerts in the auditorium.
- Providing technical assistance for external events including dance shows, musical productions, and general venue hire.
- Bumping in stage lighting, audio and vision systems.
- Building of staging, sets and props, basic rigging of stage drapery.
- Ringing out and operating audio, video and lighting systems aligned to high production standards.
- Working with and mentoring student technicians to assist with the running of daily events.
- Undertaking daily maintenance of building infrastructure ensuring the building is always clean, tidy and operational, reporting any issues to Centre Manager.
- Physically demanding reconfiguring auditorium layout, at short notice
Essential Selection Criteria
- Experience in a similar role handling technical equipment (audio, lighting and audiovisuals).
- Extensive experience in live sound mixing (preferably using the Allen & Heath SQ-7 desk as well as analogue sound desks).
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to foster positive relationships with all stakeholders.
- Enthusiasm and creativity.
- Committed and collaborative team player.
- Ability to troubleshoot technical systems under pressure and problem-solve.
- Good organisational and time management skills.
- Good keyboard and data entry skills.
- Proficient in MS Office.
Desirable Selection Criteria
- A qualification in Technical Theatre at tertiary level.
- Previous experience working in a school environment.
- Conversant with the MA lighting consoles.
- Applied First Aid and CPR certificate.
- Test and Tag Certification.
Closing date for applications is 4pm on Thursday 16 February 2023 (WST).
To express your interest in this position please visit the School’s website to submit your CV, Cover Letter and supporting documents:
https://www.petermoyes.wa.edu.au/employment/auditorium-technician-2023
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Only complete applications which address the criteria listed above will be considered in the selection process. Please note that feedback is only given to candidates who reach the interview stage. This position is only open to applicants who have the right to work in Australia.
About the Anglican Schools Commission
Founded in 1985, the Core Purpose of the Anglican Schools Commission (Inc.) (ASC) is to establish and support low fee Anglican systemic schools which provide a high quality, inclusive, caring Christian education.
Growing from modest beginnings with the opening of St Mark’s Anglican Community School in 1986 in Perth’s northern beaches suburb of Hillary’s, there are now approximately 14,000 students attending fourteen ASC schools in Western Australia, New South Wales and Victoria. We have schools in Perth, Mandurah, Busselton and Esperance in Western Australia; in Albury in New South Wales; and in Wangaratta and Cobram in Victoria.
Our international arm, ASC International is dedicated to servicing international students wishing to study in our schools. ASC International offers short term and long-term programs, as well as study tours at all 14 ASC schools.
To learn more about the ASC and what we have to offer visit our website www.ascschools.edu.au, and don’t forget to follow us on LinkedIn.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
The ASC as an equal opportunity employer bases its recruitment decisions on the business need and the best qualified candidates available and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on the basis of any protected category. The ASC embraces diversity and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people with disabilities. Candidates who are offered employment may be subject to a criminal record and other background checks as permitted or required by company policy or applicable law.
