Av Technician

Sacred Heart College is a Catholic, co-educational College for students in Years 7-12 located on the coast in Sorrento, Western Australia. The College has established an outstanding reputation for excellence within our Four Pillars – Spiritual, Academic, Cultural and Sport. 

Our College prides itself on the quality of our pastoral care and educating through our motto, ‘Always Striving Upwards’. We strive to ensure that each student is well known and cared for. Our Four Pillars allow students to discover and develop their interests and talents to become the best they can be. 

We are seeking a highly skilled and creative AV Technician to join our College, this is a permanent part-time position spread over Monday – Friday (26.5 hours per week, 0.7FTE). Start date to be negotiated. 

About the role: Reporting to the Director of the Arts working closely with Theatre – Technical Operations, will provide AV and technical expertise to those accessing the RNDM Theatre and other events and facilities at the College. This also includes providing technical support to external users of the College’s facilities. 

Your responsibilities include: 

Technician:

• Provide technical support services for AV, sound and lighting including programming. 
• Ability to troubleshoot and provide solutions
• Ability to provide working knowledge of lighting equipment and sound. 
• Lighting network setup and distribution.

Other duties: 

• Assist the Arts department on the design and construction of production sets (and props) when required.
• Actively set up/pack down AV equipment across various locations on College campus. 
• Proficient in working with power tools to build small set pieces and various props for theatre shows.

Occupational Safety and health:

• Ensuring testing and tagging of audio-visual equipment in line with OSH procedures (in collaboration College Facilities Department). 
• Safely operating a soldering iron to solder leads when required. 
• Ensure set designs comply with OSH procedures and policies.
• Maintain and operate the technical equipment of the Theatre. 

What we are seeking:

• Well-developed Technical expertise in audio, visual and computer related technologies.
• Well-developed use of audio-visual computer software applications.
• Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work cooperatively with others and deal efficiently, professionally and courteously with College staff, students, parents, External Hirers and the general public.
• Well-developed problem-solving skills. 
• Well -developed time management skills - ability to manage competing demands and work under pressure. Responds appropriately to pressure (there will be peak work demands in this role). 
• Well-developed agility skills – can respond appropriately to change.
• Excellent ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively as a member of a team. 
• Willingness to work outside of normal working hours (when required).

Be part of something excellent: To apply for this exciting opportunity please visit our website. For full details regarding the role description and application form; please click on the following link:  http://www.sacredheart.wa.edu.au/community/employment

Applications close: 12pm Friday, 1 March 2024. Please provide a covering letter (2 pages maximum) and a CV highlighting your suitability for this position. Please address all applications to the Principal, Leo Di Gregorio. 

Email: **********@sacredheart.wa.edu.au

The way we give back to our people: Sacred Heart College gives back generously to our employees with offers on many benefits such as our own wellness program, corporate healthcare rates, onsite weights and fitness studio and a very active social club.

Sacred Heart College prides itself of living the motto of ‘Always Striving Upwards’ our three key values of Courage, Compassion and Respect encompass what it means to be part of the Sacred Heart community.

The successful applicant must be fully supportive of the objectives and ethos of Catholic education. The successful applicant will need to provide evidence of a current Working with Children Check a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History check.