Salary:  Grade 7: £29,269 (SCP18) - £32,976 (SCP23)
Contractual hours:  37 Hours, 7.24 hours daily, Monday - Friday
Contract:  Fixed term for 12 months
Package:  Pension Scheme, Generous Annual leave Entitlement, Employee assistance programme

This is an exciting opportunity to join Team Caerphilly and provide support across the wider Regeneration and Planning Team.

We pay an attractive salary of £29,269 - £32,076 and offer access to training and development opportunities.

Blackwood Miners’ Institute are seeking a Deputy Technical Manager. The post holder will support the Technical Manager in ensuring the Theatre and Arts Service provides the highest level of technical services for a wide range of performances and events, including providing technical support to hirers of the theatre, support for incoming professional shows and production companies using Blackwood Miners’ Institute and other venues (indoors and outdoors) both locally and nationally through our touring work. You will also deputise for the Technical Manager when needed.

For the role, we ask that you have:

• A relevant Level 6 (Degree) qualification on the Credit and Qualifications for Wales. For example Degree in Technical Theatre.
• City and Guilds 2365 (Level 3 Diploma in Electrical Installations) or the ability to achieve this qualification within a timescale to be agreed with the line manager on appointment.
• Experience of theatre lighting, sound, stage management, and operating full sound systems within a live environment.
• Good knowledge of operational aspects of theatrical theatre staging, lighting, sound, digital and AV equipment.

We have excellent benefits including the Local Government Pension Scheme, agile working patterns and staff discount schemes.

After reading the Job Description and Person Specification, if you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Robin Bainbridge on 01495 227206 or email bainbr@caerphilly.gov.uk  

Applications may be submitted in Welsh.  Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

We are legally required to ask you to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK.  Successful applicants are required to provide appropriate documentation such as a birth certificate, passport or work permit in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

If you have any difficulty applying online, please contact webrecruitment@caerphilly.gov.uk for further information.