上海招聘

Job Purpose:

    

• To work alongside our existing technician and provide general theatre maintenance and technical support to all events held in the theatre and other venues at Wellington College International Shanghai.
• To help manage all aspects of Health & Safety relative to stage technical installations and associated equipment and administer systems to demonstrate good housekeeping.

            

• To help respond efficiently to customers’ technical needs and ensure that all technical requirements are recorded, and all shows and presentations are closely monitored and meet safety standards.

    

    

    

    

REPORTING STRUCTURE:

    

    

Responsibilities/Accountabilities

    

As directed by the Director of Arts, to provide or ensure the following is provided:

• Rigging and setting up of lighting, setting up of sound equipment, acquiring and setting up props, masking etc. on stage, organising get-ins and get-outs, safe operation of equipment.
• Construction and decoration of stage sets and props to meet customer requirements and safety standards.
• Safety, inspection, maintenance, refurbishment and repair of lighting, sound and stage equipment, including overhead gantries and lifting equipment.
• Co-ordination of Portable electrical Appliance Testing of theatre appliances in liaison with the Buildings’ Maintenance Department.
• Providing advice to the Director of Arts regarding the procurement of new technical equipment.
• Preparation, monitoring, managing, controlling and reporting of delegated budgets.
• Keeping all technical paperwork, plans, equipment registers, show reports up to date with marking system used to identify equipment belonging to the theatre.
• Creation and review of Risk Assessments wherever appropriate and communication of updated safety news to all concerned. To ensure that all controls and other actions prescribed by a risk assessment are implemented and maintained.
• To attend departmental and other meetings as required.
• To maintain secure and tidy storage of all technical equipment.
• To maintain equipment inventories.
• To carry out regular visual inspections of technical installations.
• Reporting all defects, accidents and incidents in accordance with School policies and procedures.
• Meeting with users and show producers to understand their technical requirements and maintaining close liaison and monitoring of their activities.
• Providing appropriate basic technical training and oversight to other theatre users, including volunteers, contractors and pupils assisting with presentations.
• To provide advice and assistance for other School events, concerts, presentations etc. being held elsewhere in the School, outside of the theatre and Black Box.
• Providing appropriate advice and assistance direct to pupils studying relevant academic courses (e.g. iGCSE/IB technical modules and Music Technology).
• Any other duties as required by the Director of Arts commensurate with the post holder’s training and experience.

                                                                            

    

In addition:

• To liaise closely with other appropriate School staff in pursuance of the post holder’s primary purpose.
• To comply with all relevant School policies, procedures and instructions.
• To respect at all times the confidential nature of information concerning the work and business of the School.

                

Wellington College International Shanghai is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

    

    

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

    

Experience

    

(Types of experience needed)

• Success in a similar role, ideally but not necessarily in a school environment.
• Working with children.
• Significant experience and knowledge of Health and Safety good practice as applied in a theatre environment.

                

Qualifications

    

(Minimum qualifications needed, relevant experience may be a substitute)

    

• Good general education and appropriate technical or professional qualifications or training, or qualified by experience.
• Recent and appropriate qualification or training in Health and Safety - desirable.
• Thorough understanding and appreciation of:
• Working at height
• Safe use of ladders
• 5. Manual handling
• 6. Use of digital lighting and sound boards/mixers and stage cues
• 8. Hazers/Smoke/dry-ice machines
• First Aid trained (or be prepared to undergo training).

                                        

    

Skills & Abilities

    

(Written/oral communication, dealing with public, team working skills, etc.)

    

• Customer focused with a “can do” attitude.
• Good English oral and written communication skills.
• Able to work well in a team and under own initiative.
• Able to work well with children.
• Able to establish good working relationships with a wide range of customers and take personal pride in meeting their requirements.
• Good carpentry and set-building skills.
• Capable of meeting the physical demands of the post, including being comfortable working at height.
• Able to work to a flexible timetable, including some evenings and weekends during both term-time and school holidays. Time off in lieu to be agreed with the Director of Arts.
• In dealings with all visitors to the theatre, able to present a smart, cheerful, good-humoured and professional image that reflects well upon Wellington College.

                                        

Opened in August 2014 and located in the New Bund area, Wellington College International Shanghai is a fully co-educational day and boarding school with over 1100 pupils, aged 3 to 18 years old. Consistent with the ethos of its prestigious partner in the UK, the College seeks to develop the ‘Wellington Identity’ in every child. Wellingtonians are encouraged to be Inspired, Intellectual, Independent, Individual and Inclusive. Boasting a state-of-the-art campus, Wellington has built a vibrant community where all pupils strive to reach academic excellence and engage in a comprehensive range of opportunities in music, performing arts and sports.

上海惠灵顿外籍人员子女学校是一所坐落于浦东前滩的全日制男女同校可寄宿制学校。学校自2014年8月开始招收年龄为3-18岁的在沪外籍学生，现有在校生1100余名。秉承久负盛名的英国惠灵顿公学精神，学院致力于培养每一个孩子的“惠灵顿特质”，鼓励学生成为具备积极、慎思、独立、个性和包容的惠灵顿人。惠灵顿拥有一流的现代化校园，充满活力的校园氛围，学院鼓励学生在追求卓越学术成就的同时，积极投身于音乐、表演艺术和体育领域的全面发展。