Job Description

The Royal Institution's beautiful Grade I listed building on Albemarle Street is a busy, multi-purpose, public, events venue, also providing office accommodation to the Ri team (approximately 60 staff) and circa 50 commercial tenants.

Our small AV team deliver first class technical support to all of our clients, staff and tenants. If you have experience of running live events and conferences, running sound desks, lighting and video with hands on knowledge of procedures used in the installation, modification, maintenance and repair of IT/AV hardware and software, we would love to hear from you.

As the successful applicant you will use your excellent communication and customer service skills to deliver a high quality, proactive and timely in-house AV service to internal and external customers, working closely with internal stakeholders to deliver Corporate events and conferences and Science Communication and Outreach events and ensure customers receive a proactive and consistent service.

You will also advise clients about AV needs for conferences and events, ensuring the delivery meets customer expectations.

The role is full time (35 hours) and requires irregular hours, to be worked flexibly across the week, including early mornings, evening and weekend working to fit in with the events run at the Ri.

To find out more about our venue visit

https://venue.rigb.org

Interested?

For more information, please see our website at Work with us | Royal Institution for a full job description and person spec and

upload your CV and a supporting statement, of no more than 500 words

explaining how you meet the requirements of the role no later than

9am on Thursday 31 July 2025.

Interviews are scheduled for

w/c 4 August 2025.

Please complete and return the recruitment monitoring form along with your application. The Ri is committed to equality of opportunity at all stages of the recruitment process. The information supplied in this form will be treated in strict confidence and will only be seen by Human Resources. It will not form part of the selection process. You may choose not to disclose some, or all the information requested in the form, and this will not affect your application in any way.

About the Ri

The purpose of the Royal Institution is to connect as many people as possible with science. We've been doing it for well over 200 years and have an international reach, working with world-leading scientists, from Hannah Fry to Carlo Rovelli.

We talk, and listen, to the public. We help scientists talk, and listen, to the public. We develop critical thinking and a spirit of exploration in young people through our educational work.

In our historic Grade I listed Mayfair building, discoveries were made that literally changed the world. Today it acts as base for the Ri team and tenants as well as a busy and vibrant event space for private and corporate events.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From 33,750.00 per year

Benefits:

Additional leave Bereavement leave Casual dress Company events Company pension Enhanced maternity leave Enhanced paternity leave Sick pay Transport links
Ability to commute/relocate:

London W1S 4BS: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:

Audio Visual: 2 years (required)
Language:

fluent English (required)
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Willingness to travel:

100% (required)
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 31/07/2025
Expected start date: 01/09/2025