Theatre Technician

School of Arts, Social Sciences and Management

Division of Media, Communication and Performing Arts

Fixed term (until 20/12/28)

Annualised hours, weighted towards semester teaching weeks based on 17.88 hours per week (0.5FTE)

Grade 5 £30,180 - £33,662 pro rata, (with possible progression to £36,320 pro rata)

Ref: CVHD00090A

The Division of Media, Communication and Performing Arts seeks a new technical colleague to support and facilitate the smooth and efficient delivery of our suite of performing arts degree programmes.

You will have the knowledge and skills to assume responsibility for the technical operation of the wide variety of theatre productions and practical performance assessments conducted by QMU students and staff. You will have current professional technical theatre experience and will be organised, self-motivated, and have a solution driven approach to working with students and staff. You will relish demonstrating, guiding and mentoring QMU students in safe creative practice. You will be at home overseeing the safe and effective use of the studio theatre, control room, rehearsal spaces, and production equipment. As such you should be patient, be a good communicator, and be passionate about supporting people to learn new skills.

The post is fixed-term until December 2028 in the first instance.  This half-time post is an annualized hours contract, meaning that you will be engaged to work half a full-time role and paid salary over the course of the year. However, those hours will vary from month to month, giving you space to continue other freelance activities around Christmas and Summer. We can supply schedule on request.

Should you have any queries regarding the application process or require any special assistance please contact Human Resources by email recruitment@qmu.ac.uk

The closing date for this position is 12 November 2026.

Please note, this vacancy may close earlier than the stated closing date if we receive a high volume of applications.

Should you wish to apply for the vacancy, please visit our vacancies pagedownload the job description and complete an application online form, and submit along with an up-to-date CV. The application should detail why you are interested in the role and how you meet the essential criteria.

This role does not meet the minimum requirements set by UKVI to enable sponsorship of migrant workers. Therefore, we can not progress applications from candidates who require sponsorship to work in the UK.