Brighton College is seeking to appoint a Scenic Designer and Carpenter on a Zero-hour basis.

Reporting to: Head of Production and Design

Main purpose of the role: The Scenic Designer and Carpenter will work with the Performing Arts Designers and wider performing arts team, alongside all teaching and support staff teams to oversee the scenic elements within performing arts.

Role Summary

The Scenic Designer and Carpenter plays a key role within the Performing Arts Team supporting the Drama and Dance departments with design and fulfilment of the scenic elements of their events. In addition, the role will support the Performing Arts Technical and Facilities Manager in revenue generation development. The ideal candidate will be experienced in theatrical carpentry and have some portfolio of set construction. Any candidates with experience in scenic/prop design are also encouraged to apply.

General Duties and Responsibilities:

Performing Arts Delivery

• Plan and provide the necessary scenic provision for Dance and Drama events across the school calendar.
• Support in the design meetings for productions having an impact in the vision of the project.
• Supporting pupil engagement within the design elements of performing arts.

Maintenance and Stock Management

• Develop a stock management process of all scenic and props items within the Performing Arts Team.
• Have clear maintenance and cleaning producers in place for the items under their care.

Relationships with other teams

• Work closely with the Performing Arts Team.
• Attend departmental meetings hosted by the Performing Arts Technical and Facilities Manager.
• Provide creative input into the Arts Programme planning processes, offering appropriate advice and support to the artistic team.

Performance Duties

• Lead in scenic and properties delivery for Dance and Drama.
• Construct set and prop items for production within the workshop provided.
• Work to production budgets issued by the Performing Arts Technical and Facilities Manager
• Attend production meetings representing the department.

Compliance

• Maintain a good working practice and knowledge of Health and Safety (H&S) compliance regulations.
• Ensure that all Health and Safety requirements are met for daily use of the equipment relevant to the role.
• Ensure safe working practices and guidelines are in place for staff and use of equipment.
• Maintain and develop appropriate and effective systems to create a safe, clean and well-maintained work environment on-stage and backstage.

Hours of Work:

This is an all-year round (52 weeks) appointment on a zero-hour basis. The services you provide to the College will be on an ad-hoc basis. This means that whilst the College will try to give you as much notice as possible when offering work, there is no obligation on the part of the College to provide such work nor for you to accept any work offered.

Further discussions will take place at interview regarding availability of ad-hoc hours.

Remuneration:

£24 per hour, inclusive of holiday pay.

Holidays:

Holiday entitlement is included in the hourly pay rate for this role.

Benefits:

• Complimentary lunch is provided.
• Free tickets to the College’s music, dance and drama performances.
• Job specific Learning and Development programme available to all employees.
• Life Cover is provided whilst working at Brighton College after successfully passing probation period.
• Contributory pension scheme with matching contributions from the employer up to 9%, which all eligible employees will be automatically enrolled into within three months of commencement of employment.

Safeguarding and Equal Opportunities:

Brighton College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any offer of employment will be subject to successfully completing pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure, the receipt of satisfactory references, the College’s pre-employment medical questionnaire, relevant original ID documentation and examination certificates. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children. The College is committed to ensuring that the recruitment and selection of staff is conducted in a manner that is systematic, efficient and effective and promotes equality of opportunity. Our full equal opportunities policy is available on the ‘Careers’ page of our website.