Performing Arts Technician

Are you passionate about the performing arts and eager to inspire the next generation of creative minds? Longfield Academy is looking for a dynamic and dedicated Performing Arts Technician to join our vibrant Arts Department. This is an exciting opportunity to play a crucial role in enhancing the profile of the arts within our academy, supporting both staff and students in a variety of creative endeavours.

In this role, you will be instrumental in preparing resources, ordering materials, and maintaining equipment to ensure our department runs smoothly and efficiently. Your technical expertise will be essential in supporting extracurricular activities, including two large-scale musical productions each year. You will also provide invaluable in-class support, helping to create an engaging and supportive learning environment.

The working basis of the role is 21 hours per week, Term Time + 1 week inset.

Working with us: Longfield Academy offers a friendly and supportive working environment with innovation and collaboration at the heart of everything we do. The academy is recognised as an International Baccalaureate (IB) world school and delivers the Middle Years Programme (MYP) to students in years 7 -9. Our most recent inspection in 2018 confirmed that Longfield Academy continues to provide strong educational outcomes for students. The richness of our extracurricular activities allows our students to excel in drama, music, sports and STEM. Leaders of the academy are highly ambitious for all of the students. We have a strong drive for school improvement underpinned by a relentless focus on the core business of improving teaching and learning. We do not limit that ambition to the outcomes of public examinations; our students being prepared for life is equally as important to everyone at the academy. Our pastoral system is truly exceptional and we pride ourselves on the quality of care
for every student. Our Post-16 provision continues to go from strength to strength, rated in the top 10% for Kent, with our students securing places at top universities.

Longfield Academy benefits from modern, state-of-the-art facilities for learning across all subject areas. We have a thorough and robust approach to school improvement, and the academy is well on course to becoming a truly Outstanding school.