Job Description
NURSERY | PREP | SENIOR | SIXTH
Information for Candidates
Technical Resources Assistant
Commence June 2023
Full Time / 1 Year Fixed Term
From Kieran Topping
Chief Operating Officer
Dear Candidate,
Thank you for your interest in the role of Technical Resources Assistant here at Truro School.
Our School is steeped in 140 years of history, and is Cornwall’s leading coeducational independent school for children aged 3-18. We are situated over two campuses. The Senior School educates around 840 pupils and is set within 40 acres of sports fields and open spaces overlooking Truro and its iconic Cathedral. The Prep School educates around 300 pupils and is located next to the Royal
Cornwall Hospital. We have superb facilities and resources at both sites that support our forward- looking educational ambitions.
Our Cornish setting allows us the privilege of working in a thriving city surrounded by beautiful rural and coastal opportunities. Our educational philosophy is to promote inclusive excellence, academically, pastorally and via a vibrant co-curriculum, for all who join our school.
Underpinned by a welcoming and liberal Methodist ethos, we champion the values of curiosity, courage, creativity, compassion and confidence in all we do. We want all our pupils to be and to become the very best of themselves, embracing the richness of a broad and forward-thinking education. We want our staff to be excited by what we are able to provide for the children under our care.
We are an “excellent1” co-educational school that is large enough to offer many diverse and exciting opportunities, but small enough to know our children and families well. We champion an ambitious, broad and balanced education, and we hope that everybody who joins us will feel an important part of this flourishing community.
For a flavour of life here at Truro School please look at our website www.truroschool.com and view our virtual tour, where you will see and hear from staff and pupils, and find a glimpse of who we are and where we work.
Kieran Topping
Chief Operating Officer
1 As judged by ISI in 2017 at both our Senior and Prep Schools
Job Description: Technical Resources Assistant
ACCOUNTABLE TO:
Technical Resources Manager
GRADE:
NT1 on the Operations, Professional and Support (OPS) Salary Scales
ROLE OVERVIEW:
The Technical Resources Assistant is based in Truro School’s superb Burrell Theatre and is part of a small but busy team, supporting both Truro School and Truro School Enterprises activities. This role assists and deputises for the Technical Resources Manager in all aspects of their duties, with live events and live event technologies.
Flexibility in terms of hours is essential. By necessity this role is based around some fixed hours for the everyday maintenance of a smooth-running department and its fixed and deployable assets, and some flexible hours, reacting to the demands of the many and varied school projects and events.
Particular areas of responsibility may include producing theatre shows and live events from a technical perspective, including but not limited to, set construction and finishing, stage management and calling of shows, sound design and engineering, lighting design, rigging and programming, video design and engineering, filming, recording and editing of events and productions, live broadcast engineering and delivery.
Day to day you will be responsible the maintenance of a safe, clean, tidy work environment, prepping and de-prepping of equipment and assisting the Technical Resources Manager with administration duties. You may also be called upon to undertake public facing and front of house duties.
All aspects of the role are to be undertaken in an educational ‘teaching theatre’ environment, and thus may involve instructing/assisting, or being assisted by pupils aged between 11 and 18 during the fulfilment of your duties.
PERSON SPECIFICATION:
Essential
- At least 3 years’ experience of working in a professional theatre or studio theatre space (may be in an educational capacity)
- Significant experience in stage/floor management areas of operation and be able to present evidence of meticulous script keeping and/or calling.
- IT literate and able to undertake administration activities un-aided
- Experience in basic IT and communications infrastructure, as well as software and hardware maintenance
- A high level of self-motivation and be able to self-manage on projects both event and installation related
- Experience with live broadcast systems and in a live broadcast environment, in particular HD video.
- Competent in lighting design, rigging and programming on the Avolites and ETC ecosystems, with particular emphasis on the ETC RPN syntax.
- Basic experience in temporary electrical systems design and implementation.
- DANTE Level 1 certified
- Experience of analogue, and Yamaha and Midas digital audio consoles
- Experience of Adobe Audition, CTR CSC show control and Isadora production software packages as well as Davinci Resolve NLE editing and grading experience.
- Physically fit and able to undertake rigging, climbing, lifting and working at height both indoors and out.
- Well organised and able to work to tight deadlines and changing priorities
- A flexible and versatile approach to working hours (including evening and weekends)
- Proven ability to provide high quality customer service in a busy environment
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal
- Excellent team player
Desirable
- AV, IT or Electrical installation experience
- Electronics fault-finding and diagnostics experience
- Have experience in temporary electrical systems design and implementation, including 3-phase work.
- Experience or qualification in the preparation of Health and Safety paperwork, including Risk
Assessments and Method Statements
- Experience of theatre production in an educational setting, or significant other work undertaken in a youth setting
- Adobe Creative Cloud experience
- IPAF 1B and 3A MEWP qualified
- DANTE Level 2-3 certification
- Working at height qualification
- Customer service and/or front of house/box office experience
- First aid certificate
ADDITIONAL
- Truro School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and behave accordingly.
Although there is no direct responsibility for children, this role will involve daily contact with children or young people.
- Any provisional offer of work will be subject to satisfactory completion of all necessary pre- employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and written references. You will be unable to work until the necessary checks are completed.
- This job description sets out current duties of the post that may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility entailed.
Truro School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening including checks with past employers and a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
We embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Truro School
Our Motto
Esse Quam Videri, meaning ‘to be, rather than to seem to be.’
Founded by Methodists in Cornwall in 1880 our School is a welcoming community in which children and adults can flourish, thrive and be happy. They enjoy being and becoming the very best of themselves.
Our Values
From nursery through to Sixth Form, the values our community nurtures are:
- Curiosity to always want to discover and learn more, academically and more widely too.
- Confidence to build resilience by learning from both successes and failures alike.
- Compassion to understand and champion the needs of others, in our community and beyond.
- Creativity to be imaginative in how we express ourselves and approach new challenges.
- Courage to enjoy becoming the very best of who we are, with integrity and ambition.
Our Ambition
To be a community of inclusion and excellence delivering the best educational journey in the South-
West.
Our community and its culture reflect our Methodist foundation and our ongoing evolution in an inspiring
Cornish setting. In an ever-changing world, we support and challenge young people to thrive – personally, spiritually, academically, socially, and physically. We value our pupils in the diversity of their identities, beliefs, abilities, talents, interests, backgrounds, and needs. The happiness, energy and wellbeing of our community shapes and inspires who we are and who we can become.
Academic Life
Many of our pupils at Truro School celebrate exceptional results as they prepare to move on to the next stage of their lives, education and career. Our Upper Sixth pupils enjoy places at some of the best universities in the world including Oxford, Cambridge, and a range of Russell group universities.
Two thirds of GCSE and iGCSE grades in 2021 awarded were 9-7 (or A*/A), with a 28% at grade 9.
In the same year, we were pleased to report 74% of A-Levels were graded A*/A. Furthermore, 89% of all A-Level grades were graded at A*-B, with a 100% pass rate.
Computer Science, Drama, English Literature, Further Maths, Geology, German, Music, and
Religious Studies all received 100% A*-A grades, with Economics, French, Geography and History, all gaining 100% A*-B.
Further information can be found here: www.truroschool.com/senior-school/academic/results
The Co-Curriculum
We believe that a rich co-curricular life is a key ingredient of an excellent education. Whilst having fun, participating in a wide range of activities, without academic pressures, pupils broaden their horizons and learn a new skill or extend existing skills. This develops confidence, self-esteem, teamwork and independent-thinking, communication skills and social development across all year groups.
Our aim is for every Truro School student to leave us with a breadth of knowledge, understanding and a desire to continue with their selected passion. We encourage students to try a variety of activities, to embrace challenge, success and failure in order to grow.
Sport
Truro School has an enviable reputation for the high quality of its sporting provision. Several teams compete nationally and the School hosts elite sportsman in the fields of windsurfing, fencing and sailing to name but a few. All abilities are catered for and every student is encouraged to participate in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Music
Truro School is one of the most busy and vibrant music departments in the country and is home to the
Truro Cathedral choristers. Music is evident in all year groups with over 60 concerts each year involving our ensembles, choirs and bands. Tuition is available for numerous instruments including cello, violin, flute, clarinet, saxophone, drums. Over a third of our school undertake instrumental or vocal lessons each week from 30 of the county’s top specialist teachers.
Major events each term include the annual Hall for Cornwall Concert, the Junior and Senior Charity
Concerts, jazz band and Nine Lessons and Carols.
Drama
Truro School is renowned for the quality of its drama productions which are held in our professional
Burrell Theatre. The school runs a number of major productions throughout the year including the annual whole school play or musical, an annual sixth form drama project (including performing at the
Edinburgh Fringe Festival every two years) and the junior play in the summer term.
Cornwall
Truro School is located in the county of Cornwall, in south west England. It is surrounded almost exclusively by water which makes it ideal for those who love to spend their downtime at the beach, surfing, sailing, windsurfing or just enjoying a coastal walk. With the nearest beach only a 15-20 minute drive either north or south from Truro School, it is most certainly a life style choice of many. Take a look at www.visitcornwall.com for more information about how to get here, where to stay and what’s on.
TERMS OF APPOINTMENT
If you are appointed to the role, a formal offer will first be made verbally and then followed up with an offer letter and contract of employment. The following are for guidance and may or may not be available at the time of offer. Benefits are subject to change from time to time.
- Competitive salary based on the Truro School Salary Scales
- Pension scheme
- Lunch provide, plus free fruit, tea, coffee and use of espresso machine
- Free membership of the Sir Ben Ainslie Sports Centre and pool facilities
- Free weekly fitness classes for staff only
- Access to a wide range of books, magazines and DVDs through the School library
- Free parking
- Discounted school fees
- Employee Assistance Program
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Employee benefits platform
- Continued Professional Development and training possibilities.
Terms of Employment and Salary
This role is a full-time, all-year-round (not term-time-only) position, working 37.5 hours per week, and is graded at NT1. This is £21,450 per annum.
Pension Scheme
Truro School complies with its legal obligations to provide access to a pension scheme. OPS staff have a pension via L&G whereby the School double-matches an employee’s contribution, up to an employee contribution of 5%. So, where an individual contributes 5% to their pension, the School will make a 10% contribution.
Employee Assistance Program/Employee Benefits Platform
Truro School utilises Care First as our EAP provider so all employees have access to a 24/7 helpline and website support. In addition, this platform gives to access hundreds of discounts, offers and savings from high street retailers to holidays, Marks & Spencer to Bloom & Wild.
Other Employment Checks
The offer of employment will be conditional upon satisfactory receipt of the following;
1. Proof of right to work in the UK 5. Overseas criminal record check (if you have resided
2. Enhanced criminal background check or worked out of the UK in the past 3 years)
(DBS) & Barred List check 6. TRA and section 128 check (if applicable)
3. Two satisfactory references 7. Fit to Work Questionnaire
4. Evidence of qualifications held 8. Acceptable self-disclosure form
APPLICATION PROCESS
To apply for this position, you will need to The post for which you have applied is exempt complete and submit a formal application using from Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of our Truro School application form. We are unable Offenders Act 1974 by virtue of the Rehabilitation to accept any CVs. This should be emailed to of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975, [email protected] or mailed to the amended 2013. If you are shortlisted and invited
School address. to interview, you must declare any relevant warnings, reprimands, cautions and/or convictions
Through the submission of your application form by completing a self- disclosure form prior to you should demonstrate your qualifications, skill, interview. Any positive disclosure will be and experience in relation to the role you are discussed at interview. applying for. This information will be assessed against the requirements detailed in the job Any information given will be treated in strict description. confidence and will be considered only in relation to your application for this post. Truro School does
Once the closing date for applications has been not discriminate against candidates with irrelevant reached we will shortlist applicants and you will be criminal convictions. For further information on contacted in order to either be invited to interview which offences should be disclosed please visit: or to be notified that you have not been successful this time. Our shortlisting process utilises http://hub.unlock.org.uk/wp- anonymised application form in order to avoid any content/uploads/What-will-be-filtered-by-the- bias. If you are called for interview you will be DBS.pdf asked to provide your right to work in the UK and/or view the flowchart on our employment evidence, complete a self-disclosure form and a webpage. provide a copy of your qualifications. Additional selection methods such as a presentation or Candidates who have a disability or any other activities/tasks may be used and you will be special requirement should let the school know so notified in advance if that is the case. that reasonable adjustments can be made during the recruitment process.
References may be taken up prior to interview.
You should be aware that provision of false
All applicants must be prepared to have a information is an offence and could result in the
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and application being rejected or summary dismissal if undergo any other appropriate child protection the applicant has been selected and possible screening including checks with past employers. referral to the police and/or Department for
Education.
We look forward to receiving your application.
Truro School, Trennick Lane, Truro, TR1 1TH www.truroschool.com, [email protected]
Established in 1880, Truro School is Cornwall’s leading independent schools for girls and boys aged 3 to 18
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Salary: £21,450.00 per year
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 13/06/2023