Job Description

Fixed-Term Contract starting December 2025 until the end of September 2026

Full-time; 42.5 hours per week

44,714.88 per annum

Based in:

Covent Garden, London



The Royal Ballet and Opera continues to lead the way in opera, ballet, music and dance both live on stage and through multiple digital platforms, from live streaming to worldwide cinema screenings. Our Covent Garden theatre has been at the heart of London and British cultural life for three centuries. We are home to two world-class Companies: The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera.

The Royal Opera House describes the place we work, not who we are. The whole is always more than the sum of its parts - we may be a House, but three quarters of our audiences experience what we do outside this building. While our Covent Garden theatre is the nerve centre, the impact and influence of the organisation can be felt in every corner of the country, and around the world.

The role:

We are now seeking to recruit a Sound, Video and Broadcast Senior Technician with a video bias on a fixed-term contract. The Sound, Video & Broadcast department at the RBO looks after Sound and Video projection requirements for our Opera and Ballet productions as well as facilitating the live broadcasts of our performances and events.



The role involves working as part of a Team to ensure the operational and production requirements of rehearsals and performances are carried out to the highest possible standard of safety, efficiency, and quality.

What you'll bring:

This role will suit a candidate with strong communication skills, who has a collaborative approach to working and the ability to work unsupervised and show initiative. You will also be able to demonstrate:



An excellent track record in video and projection: from operating shows to system specifications and rigging equipment. Experience in a major establishment an advantage, ideally a venue presenting opera and ballet productions. An excellent track record in live productions. Excellent technical skills and knowledge base with a thorough understanding of current equipment and systems pertinent to the role. Technical expertise and experience programming media servers: Disguise, Qlab and Catalyst beneficial. An understanding of video formats, cables and signal path.

We value the diversity new hires can bring to our workforce. A working knowledge of our repertoire is not essential, but the ability to learn quickly is.



If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, then we'd love to hear from you!

To submit your application, please provide a supporting statement that outlines how your skills and experience match the essential criteria listed above. We recommend drafting your response in a separate document and then copying the final version into the application form.

The Royal Ballet and Opera is one of the UK's leading arts organisations and our aim is to inspire imagination, ignite emotion and make the extraordinary for everyone. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion underpin all that we do. We want our people to be representative of the diversity in the UK. We understand the creativity and innovation that diversity can bring and strive to create an inclusive environment in which everyone can thrive.

We encourage applications from people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences and skills to join our teams. We particularly welcome applications from those who are from a global majority background and/or those who are disabled, as they are under-represented within our organisation.

We are a Disability Confident Employer, which means that we are actively working to ensure that candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions feel supported, engaged and able to fulfil their potential in the workplace. We will endeavour to offer an interview to candidates who tell us they wish to participate in the scheme and who demonstrate in their application that they meet the essential criteria for the role, though sometimes due to the volume of qualified candidates with declarations this is not possible.

The RBO is also committed to safeguarding and protecting all children, young people, and adults and we implement robust safer recruitment practices. Due to our safeguarding promise, certain roles will be subject to a DBS check before commencing employment with us, which will be indicated in the advertising.

A full job description can be found here.

For more information about working with the Royal Ballet and Opera, please review the info pack here.

For a list of potential reasonable adjustments, please review this guidance document. If you have any access requirements for your application, please contact the RBO Recruitment Team on hr.recruitment@roh.org.uk

Closing date for applications:

8am, Monday 10th November 2025.

Interviews will be held from 17th November onwards.



Applicants must have work authorisation for the UK. No agencies.