Technician Demonstrator- Photography, Art and Design United Kingdom
Job description
Technician Demonstrator- Photography, Art and Design
West Suffolk College, Bury St Edmunds
37 Hours per week, Fixed Term/Maternity Cover until April 2024.
Salary: £24,636 per annum - £26,310 per annum (Dependant on experience)
West Suffolk College is one of the country’s leading further education and apprenticeship providers. Our apprenticeship results have consistently remained above the national average. We offer many degrees, HNCs and HNDs at our focused and inclusive University Studies Centre. We have around 13,000 students including nearly 2,000 apprentices studying with us.
We are seeking a Technician Demonstrator to join the Art and Design department who will be required to help maintain the smooth running of the department. The successful candidate will be responsible for helping and assisting with a variety of tasks such as preparing materials for classes, delivering some photography sessions, staffing student self/directed study time and maintaining of the darkroom/studio, assisting students and helping with exhibitions. Several hours a week will also be assigned to assisting the Director of Art & Design with planning, administration and marketing.
The successful candidate should have excellent communication and organisational skills. Previous experience within Art and Design is essential. Digital skills such as Adobe Creative would be advantageous.
* We will consider applications from those looking for full time work or those looking for term time only. Please clear state your preference on your application*
As a College, our Character Strengths and Mission Statement underpin our expectations of all our students and employees. Please familiarise yourself with these and incorporate them into your personal statement; this will be of benefit if you are invited to attend for an interview.
This is an opportunity to join a hugely supportive organisation where we value, support and facilitate your professional development, as well as offering many other benefits including an attractive pension scheme, staff wellbeing initiatives and employee assistance.
This College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
For further information please contact our recruitment team at: [email protected]
Completed application forms should be emailed to [email protected] – if you have not heard from a member of the HR Team within 14 working days, please presume your application has not been successful on this occasion.
Closing Date: 8:00am on Tuesday 14th February 2023
Interviews: Will be held on Wednesday 22nd February 2023.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, gender, gender reassignment, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age in accordance with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010.
The College is committed to safeguarding children and safer recruitment practices and will undertake all the required pre-employment checks on the successful candidate including an enhanced DBS Disclosure.
All data will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. For more information about how we access and use your information please visit our website – www.wsc.ac.uk/privacy-and-terms
