Job Description

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Post Title: Casual Technician

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Site Location: Fairfield Halls - Croydon

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Salary: 13.85 per hour

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Get out rate: 41.19 per hour

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Contract Type: Casual

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The role:

BH Live is recruiting for Casual Technicians to join our busy team based at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, with a focus on support over the festive season, pantomime and beyond.



Fairfield Halls is an iconic arts, events and conference venue, which hosts a year-round programme of events including concerts, cultural performances, musicals and plays, conferences and exhibitions, business events, retail catering and banquets.



In particular, we're recruiting crew roles for pantomime, including:

Stage Crew Followspot Operators Sound/LX Board Operators Flyman
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You will:

Assist with the safe Get-in, operation and get-out of productions and events. Operate and programme AV, and design lighting and sound for productions and events as required. Assist with ensuring that in-house equipment is in good order, maintained and stored correctly. Participate in training as and when required. Work in a role that requires manual handling, lifting, and working at heights.


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You will need:

Experience of Technical work with live events. A basic understanding of technical equipment & systems used on live events. To have a strong work ethic. Good communication skills. To be able to work well as part of a team and be self-motivated.
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Due to the nature of our business hours of work will include weekends, bank holidays and evenings.

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We offer:

Training and development opportunities Holiday allowance Pension (subject to eligibility criteria) Flexible casual working hours, including weekends, bank holidays and evenings
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About BH Live:

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We are one of the UK's leading leisure and event venue operators - a registered charity and social enterprise.

Our geographical reach spans across multiple venues, leisure centres and attractions across Portsmouth, Southampton, Croydon and the BCP region with millions of visits per year.

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Our organisational and charitable purpose is to generate:

More participation - through the provision of leisure facilities to encourage active communities, improved health, and wellbeing Higher audiences - through the provision of a diverse range of cultural and artistic events that appeal to a wide audience Greater economic and social benefit - through hosting major conferences, exhibitions, and events for the benefit of the local, regional, and international economies and people
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We are making a positive difference across the communities we serve.

Our organisation is changing lives - placing us at the heart of the UK's growing social economy. We host hundreds of events a year; sell more than half a million cultural, and entertainment tickets; clock up millions of leisure centre visits, and welcome thousands of conference and exhibition delegates. As well as promoting community health and wellbeing, this generates millions of pounds in economic benefit for the local economy through business and cultural tourism.


As a social enterprise, we don't pay dividends to shareholders. Every pound we make is used to run our business and generate a surplus to reinvest and enhance our centres and facilities for public benefit.

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We're BH Live, and we make things happen.

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To apply:

All applications are to be made via the BH Live Careers site:

careers.bhlive.org.uk

BH Live reserves the right to close the vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. We therefore highly recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible.