Immersive Technician
Hours: 35 hours per week to be worked flexibly including evenings & weekends to suit the needs of the business/team
Salary: Starting from £25,750 per annum depending on experience
About Real Ideas
Real Ideas Group works to solve problems and create opportunities that regenerate communities and support individuals to progress and flourish. The Group is made up of four business units, each leading and growing a specific area of practice – Real Immersive; Real Art, Make, Print; Nature & Neighbourhoods and Real Pathways. All are linked by our shared values and continuing commitment to social enterprise.
Real Immersive
This role is part of Real Immersive, the Real Ideas’ team running a hub for world-class immersive technologies, primarily located at the Market Hall, Plymouth. Real Immersive empower individuals and communities through innovative immersive technologies, education and community engagement. They provide specialist facilities, particularly a state of the art, 360 immersive dome, plus other spaces, activities, and opportunities to engage people with the potential of immersive technologies, supporting them to develop skills, make content and sell products, growing businesses, and creative careers.
Job Purpose
The Immersive Technician plays a vital role in the Real Immersive team, overseeing the ongoing maintenance and safeguarding of the immersive dome and related production and other technical facilities at the Market Hall and beyond. The Immersive Technician will help facilitate creative and collaborative content design, support workshops and other activities, and provide operational skills training and specialist advisory support for a wide range of users and Real Ideas staff. The Immersive Technician will report to the Real Immersive Content Production and Partnerships Lead.
If you’re ready for a new challenge and think you have what it takes, then we’d love to hear from you.
How to apply
Before applying, please read the Role Profile to view the full details of this vacancy.
As part of your application, you will need to upload your CV and answer three questions.
You can answer the questions in a way that feels best for you by choosing ONE of the following formats:
– A written response (max 750 words);
– A video response no longer than 5 minutes (please provide us with a link);
– A slide deck presentation (max 10 slides, no more than 750 words, max file size 16MB).
We recommend you prepare your document, video or slides before applying through the link below.
For this role, the three questions are:
Question A: Please describe the relevant knowledge and experience you have and why this makes you our ideal candidate for this role?
Question B: Our facilities are well used, with lots of different users and multiple bookings each day. How would you ensure every user has an excellent experience and is able to make best use of the technologies on offer, whatever their level of knowledge and experience?
Question C: Imagine the following scenario. The technology in the dome goes wrong. You have a dome screening for 50 people in the afternoon, but are also involved in delivering a 360 film-making workshop for 10 children in the morning. What do you do?
Everyone will be considered equally regardless of how they apply.
Real Ideas values diversity and inclusion, promoting a collaborative workplace where unique differences, experiences, knowledge, innovation, expression, and talent contribute to our culture, reputation, and success. We strive to always do better, to learn and embrace individuals of all backgrounds and identities, including education, culture, ethnicity, sex, gender identity and expression, age, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
If you need some additional support to access this information, please contact us at workwithus@realideas.org
Closing date for applications: Sunday 29th September 2024
Interviews will be held on Friday 4th October 2024
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