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Workshop/Resource Senior Technician (Bank Staff)
£27,363 - £30,693 p.a. pro rata
Hourly Paid/Casual Contract
About the Role
The Technical Team within Nottingham School of Art & Design is looking to expand its team of technical bank staff to provide support in 3D Making, Stores and Lens Based Media. This is a casual role with no fixed hours and supports the team during busy periods, evenings and/or weekends.
As a Senior Technician, you will work under the direction of the Technical Specialist for the area and/or your Technical Team Leader to provide support to students. Senior Technicians support undergraduate and postgraduate students during workshops and self-directed study, creating a positive and encouraging environment. This may involve delivering inductions and technical demonstrations as well as the day-to-day management of the workshop. You will work with students across various skill levels. The post holder will be responsible for the safe use of the workshop, equipment and machinery upkeep
You will demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work independently within a team. You will be able to communicate ideas of a complex and technical nature to students, using a variety of methods and have detailed knowledge of the workshop and/or industry experience.
Experience is essential in any of the following areas:
- Working with a variety of materials to realise a design concept. Wood, Plastic, Metal, and Foam
- Building Set, Props and Exhibition furniture
- Operation of fixed and portable workshop equipment including supervisory responsibility
- Managing health and safety in a busy workshop environment. Educational experience beneficial
- Digital making using CNC Routers, Laser Cutters, 3D printers
- CAD skills to create, edit and problem solve files in a variety of formats
- Professional cameras used for photography and filmmaking
- Knowledge and experience of lighting & sound recording techniques for film/video production in both studio and outdoor locations.
- Photography and Film editing & post-production
For more details, please take a look at the role profile. We'll still consider applications even if you don't meet every single one of the requirements, so don't be put off if you don't match them perfectly. To ensure the diverse needs of our team are met we actively encourage secondments and offer flexible part-time working patterns - we're focused on finding the right person for the role.
About Us
Nottingham School of Art & Design is one of the world’s leading art and design schools; we have been influencing, inspiring and innovating for over 175 years. Constantly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, we’re a diverse community of artists, designers, and creatives at the heart of one of the UK’s most innovative cities.
Catalysts of change and new thinking, we nurture the best creative and digital talent. We give our students the freedom to take risks and express their creativity and individuality. We carry out bold, original and daring research. We believe in the power of connectivity, collaborating with creative minds around the globe and working with the creative sector to develop highly employable graduates. We bring different disciplines together to inspire our students to think beyond their passion and make a bigger impact, from sustainability to enterprise and social justice.
For any informal queries about the role or the team, please contact: Adam Whitehouse adam.whitehouse@ntu.ac.uk (Team Leader for Lens Based Media) or Oliver Poulter oliver.poulter@ntu.ac.uk (Team Leader for 3D Make)
Join Us
- Hybrid working - we encourage and offer a mixture of office working and working from home. You're empowered to define how you work best for the benefits of your stakeholders.
- Flexibility - take ownership over how you get your work done. We're open to different working patterns and approaches.
- 25 days annual leave, plus statutory bank holidays and 5 university closure days pro rata.
- Salary Sacrifice Retirement Savings Plan with life assurance and income protection. Available to colleagues who choose to opt out of the contractual pension scheme. Minimum colleague contributions of 0% matched with minimum NTU contributions of 8%.
- Range of health and wellbeing services, voluntary benefits, discounts, and savings for all colleagues.
- Access to a wealth of formal and informal professional development opportunities to develop your skills and advance your career.
- And a whole lot more…
Come and be part of our success. Apply today!
Safe and Inclusive
At NTU, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our students and colleagues. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team.
Please note that unfortunately, this role has been assessed as ineligible for sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration points-based immigration system, upcoming immigration rules (4th April 2024) changes may impact on eligibility for sponsorship, we recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position.
Visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa for more information. However, applications are welcome from candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK, but who would be eligible to obtain a valid visa via another route. Please consult the Home Office website for further information.
Please note that this role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and successful applicants will be asked to declare any unspent criminal convictions.
