Technical Stores Officer – Audio and AV

Job no: 0061216
Location: Southbank
Role type: Full-time / Fixed-term until 23rd December, 2024
Faculty: Fine Arts and Music
Salary: UOM 4 – $71,099 – $75,458 p.a. plus 17% super

• Maintain equipment stores, venues, and performance-based technologies
• Provide inductions to users of studios, venues and other learning environments
• Salary packaging, subsidised health and wellbeing services, fitness and cultural clubs, Myki discounts, and a 25% discount on graduate courses to our staff and their immediate families!

About the Role
Reporting to the Technical Resources Coordinator - Audio, the Technical Stores Officer – Audio and AV provides proactive and reactive venue and studio technical support for the faculty's Audio, AV and lighting infrastructure. The position is responsible for induction of students and staff in the safe use and operation of equipment. The role will also be required to install, operate Audio and AV systems and, at times, simple lighting systems. The incumbent will contribute to ongoing and cyclical maintenance programs and maintain allocated venue stock and equipment.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Respond promptly and efficiently to ad hoc technical requests from stakeholders regarding Audio, AV, and lighting as required
• Provide inductions to users of studios, venues and other learning environments
• Provide induction, instruction, and demonstration to users of technical performance-based equipment and technologies including elevated work platforms, ladders and seating banks. 
• Working to Faculty timelines and systems, prepare for, and foresee opportunities to provide ongoing cyclic and non-cyclic maintenance.
• Install and operate audio, AV and simple lighting systems for concerts, examinations, recitals and conferences as required.

Who We Are Looking For
You will bring broad experience in troubleshooting technical issues with audio, AV, and lighting equipment, along with a demonstrated ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively.

You will also have:

• Demonstrated experience providing instruction in the use of performance-based technologies
• Broad experience operating and programming a range of audio consoles, particularly DiGiCo, Allen & Heath and Yamaha
• Broad experience in operating AV, and basic lighting equipment for live performance-based events.
• Demonstrated experience in programming and operating Qlab
• Confident use in VectorWorks

For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements, please refer to the attached PD.

This role requires that the successful candidate must undergo and maintain an up-to-date Working with Children Check. This is essential to guarantee a secure environment for all individuals at the University. In the case the selected candidate doesn't have a valid Working with Children Check, they will be able to apply for the WWCC as part of the initial onboarding procedures.

Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.

Your New Team – “the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music“

With an energetic and innovative culture, the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music is the proud home of the Victorian College of the Arts and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Studying with us, working with us, or simply coming for a visit, you will enjoy the creative cultural outputs of our brilliant students and staff, as well as the beautiful purpose-built Southbank campus on which we are situated.

The Faculty is a place for creative people to come together to expand their minds and experiences, through which they become part of a world-wide community that motivates cultural growth. In short, we believe in the power of the artistic mind to effect change and we welcome you to share in that adventure.

What We Offer You!
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits, including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services and discounts on graduate courses. For more information, check out our benefits page!

About the University of Melbourne
We’re tightly connected with the community, both at home and abroad. We take pride in our people, who all contribute to our mission to benefit society through the transformative impact of education and research. Discover more via our website and stay connected with our stories and people on LinkedIn.   

Be Yourself
The University of Melbourne values the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community and welcomes and celebrates diversity.  First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, parents, carers, people of all ages, abilities and genders, and people of diverse ethnicity, nationality and faith are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live. For more information please visit our Diversity and Inclusion page.

We are dedicated to ensuring barrier free and inclusive practices to recruit the most talented candidates. If you require reasonable adjustments, please contact Kim Groizard at **********@unimelb.edu.au, with an email containing your name and contact details for a confidential discussion. Please ensure your email is titled "Reasonable Adjustments Request".

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
We aspire to be the University of choice for Indigenous Australians, with unprecedented investment to attract, nurture and retain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and staff. Tangible support through a range of programs and initiatives will ensure that you personally succeed and flourish while at the University of Melbourne.

For further information, including our 2023-2027 Indigenous strategy please visit -https://about.unimelb.edu.au/reconciliation/murmuk-djerring

Join Us!
If you feel this role is right for you, please apply with the following documents: 

• Resume
• Cover Letter outlining your interest and experience
• The responses against the Selection Criteria^ (found in the Position Description)

^For information to help you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria and competencies, please go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/selection-criteria

If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please feel free to contact Anna Gradoboeva via email at **********@unimelb.edu.au, ensuring that you include the Position Number and the Job Title as the subject. Please do not share your application to this email address.

If you have any particular questions regarding the job please follow the details listed on the Position Description.