Audio Visual Designer / Consultant Project Manager

School/Department:                 IT Services 

Job Category and Level:          Technical Specialist

Hours of Post:                           36.5 hours per week

The Purpose of the Role 

Audio Visual equipment plays a key part in the Learning Spaces where our teaching takes place. It facilitates learning and enhances the student's experience. Well-designed systems are easy to use and provide a positive experience for all participants. High quality AV systems are also essential to support revenue generation for the university through room hire for Conferences and Events. The university requires an AV Designer and Project lead to design, plan and specify the AV equipment required for the university’s Learning and Meeting Spaces. The post holder will be responsible for leading the provision of the university’s AV systems, from design through implementation phase and handover to operational support. This will include evaluation of requirements, estimating costs, and producing final design within budget. It also includes a quality control role; ensuring that AV solutions are installed by third parties in accordance with agreed designs. The post holder will work across areas including existing centrally managed teaching spaces and spaces in new buildings and refurbishment projects working with the Estates and Facilities team. In addition, the post holder will provide a consultancy service to users throughout the university who are planning to procure Audio Visual systems in their own locally managed spaces. The post holder will maintain the university’s reputation for having well-designed and high-quality AV installations.

Context 

This role will be part of IT Services and will report initially to the Teaching & Learning Manager; it is expected that the role will transition to a new manager in 2026. The Post Holder will provide services for IT Services in designing solutions for centrally managed teaching and meeting spaces and AV consultancy services as part of the IT Services teams working on Estates and Facilities projects. They will provide AV consultancy services for university schools and departments. They will work with the ICT team on solution design for technical issues in the Senior Lecturer Pool Rooms.

Person Requirements 

• The role-holder will require the following knowledge, skills, and attributes for successful performance in the role 

Qualifications 

• An MSc. in a discipline relevant to the role or equivalent experience 

• A project management qualification such as PRINCE2 or PMI would be an advantage 

• A quality management qualification would be an advantage