Technical Manager

Salary: £33,000 - £35,000 depending on experience

Rich Mix is looking for a Technical Manager to join their team.

Key details

Location: Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA
Line managed by: Head of Cinema and Operations
Contract type: Full-time, permanent
Hours: 35 hours (1.0 FTE) per week (excludes 1 hour lunch break)
Due to the nature of this role evening and week-end work will be required.
Annual leave: 25 days per annum, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 30 days. Plus bank holidays.
Probation period: 3 months
Notice period: 3 months
Interview date: 26 and 27 September 2024

About Rich Mix

Rich Mix is a dynamic arts centre and creative hub in the heart of Shoreditch in East London. Launched in 2006, we connect some of the city’s most adventurous and diverse audiences to a vital, exciting and ambitious programme of contemporary culture.

Our wide-ranging programme consists of around 300 events every year and focuses on music and a live events programme including spoken word, contemporary performance, cabaret, comedy and visual art as well as new release studio and independent cinema and film festivals across our three screens. Through our Creative Engagement programmes, we develop and facilitate the creative potential of young people and wide-ranging communities from across East London.

Our diversity extends beyond our daily programme of events. A Shoreditch landmark, our building provides a home for some of the city’s most socially progressive and innovative creative businesses with more than 20 resident organisations employing more than 200 people.

We are a National Portfolio Organisation of Arts Council England (ACE) and its investment allows us to broaden the scope, scale and ambition as well as the diversity of our artistic and creative engagement programmes.

Our business model balances income from trading activities such as cinema ticket sales, private hires and bar revenue with our tenancy income, and grants from ACE, Trusts and Foundations and corporates which support our mission to welcome the communities of the world in East London to create, enjoy and share culture.

We actively encourage people from a variety of backgrounds with different experiences, skills, and perspectives to join us and influence and develop our working culture. We are particularly keen to hear from Global Majority candidates and candidates who self-identify as disabled.

Purpose of the role

The Technical Manager will work across the whole organisation, with responsibility for the management of all technical aspects of Rich Mix’s programme, activities and facilities. The role incorporates technical management for our three cinemas and our live events programme as well as supporting private hires, corporate clients and creative engagement events. They will also oversee and support the technical aspects of building operations. The role has overall responsibility for the technical budget, including staffing and the management and day to day supervision of two Senior Technicians and a team of casual technicians.

The Technical Manager is an integral role within the Rich Mix Management Team. We are looking for a strong leader with a mixture of practical technical skills and experience across sound, lighting and audio visuals. You will be able to lead and inspire a team and work collaboratively with other managers across the organisation to deliver our vibrant and eclectic programme. You will be both office based and front facing, able to be hands on and work events when required; provide advice and expertise on current and new technical equipment; have an awareness of best practice in terms of health and safety and the ability to build and maintain strong client and stakeholder relationships. You will also have strong administrative skills, experience of budget management and excellent written and verbal communication.

You will be based at Rich Mix and will be required to be onsite for the majority of your working hours. Due to the nature of our business, evening and weekend work will be an essential part of this role so you will need to be able to commit to a flexible working pattern.

To see the full Role Description, including information on how to apply for the role, head to our website to check out the job pack.

Applications

We recommend reading the job pack before applying. This can be found on our website.

Applications are via our online application form.

The online application includes an Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form. This information will be kept confidential (and will not be shared with the hiring panel) and will be used in the progress towards widening diversity among our workforce.

If you have any questions, you can reach us on: recruitment@richmix.org.uk

The closing date for this position is 11/09/2024 at 16:00