Overview
Technician (AV Bias) role at Barbican Centre. This range is provided by Barbican Centre. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.
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About Us
The Barbican is an international arts, conference and learning organisation in the heart of the City of London. Across its theatres, concert halls, cinemas, galleries, business venues, public and community spaces, the Barbican showcases the most exciting artists and performers from around the world, pushing traditional artistic boundaries and helping us understand our lives in new and unexpected ways.
Each year, the Centre presents hundreds of different performances, events and exhibitions that entertain and inspire millions of people, create connections, provoke debate, and reflect the world we live in. Firmly rooted in its neighbourhood, the Barbican collaborates on projects with local communities, and supports young people and emerging talent to develop their artistic practice and access jobs in the creative industry.
Purpose of Post
Our core values are: Inclusive, Connected, Sustainable, Joyful and Daring
Role summary
Barbican’s boundary-pushing Music programme cuts across all genres, including work by contemporary artists, experimental collaborations and visits from the world’s best orchestras and soloists. Alongside their resident, associate and international ensembles and other partners, they provide some of the finest musical experiences the capital has to offer, from Baroque operas to cutting-edge electronic music. At the heart of a multi-arts centre, they produce concerts which go beyond the standard live music experience, presenting music which hovers at the edges of classification.
The Barbican Concert Hall is seeking an experienced and passionate individual to join the Music Department as a Technician with a specialism in AV, with a good understanding of electrical principles, working with data networks, and knowledge and experience in the operation of vision mixers, switchers, signal converters and projectors. The post holder will be working alongside a team of colleagues in the delivery of high-level technical support to all music & commercial events in the Barbican Concert Hall, Foyers, and Commercial Venues. You will be comfortable working in a team environment, expressing a can-do attitude, even under challenging circumstances.
This position requires a high level of experience and competence in AV, with a general understanding of other technical production disciplines, such as lighting, and sound equipment for a wide range of music, commercial and streamed events. Alternatively, if you have experience in AV and are eager to learn and would like to develop further additional skills in these other areas of technical support then we can provide this training for you.
This is an irregular shift-based role spread over 7 days that includes weekend and evening work.
To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please see the ‘Job Information Pack’.
How to apply
To apply, please visit the City of London jobs site or click on the 'Apply now' button. If there are any issues with the application process, please contact the Barbican Careers team at careers@barbican.org.uk.
Deadline for applications is 23:55pm, Thursday 25th September 2025.
All applications must include a completed application form. Please note that we are unable to accept late applications. We regret that we are unable to provide feedback on your application.
The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme to ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation, to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do.
As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of staff within the Barbican we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from groups that are currently underrepresented, including people from the Global Majority and D/deaf and disabled people. We want to better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We are members of the Disability Confident Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who would like to be considered under this scheme and who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role. Please contact us if you require reasonable adjustments as part of the application process.
Requirements and benefits
* Seniority level: Associate
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Art/Creative
* Industries: Performing Arts
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