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Technical Supervisor

Visual Arts

Salary: £42,750 - £47,620 per annum (Inclusive of London Weighting), subject to skills and experience

Job Type: Permanent, Full-time

The Barbican is an international arts, conference and learning organisation in the heart of the City of London.

Across its theatres, concert halls, cinemas, galleries, business venues, public and community spaces, the Barbican showcases the most exciting artists and performers from around the world, pushing traditional artistic boundaries and helping us understand our lives in new and unexpected ways. Each year, the Centre presents hundreds of different performances, events and exhibitions that entertain and inspire millions of people, create connections, provoke debate, and reflect the world we live in.

Barbican Art Gallery is dedicated to the presentation of exhibitions covering modern and contemporary art, design/architecture and photography. The Curve is devoted to the commissioning of large-scale site-specific installations by leading international contemporary artists. The Barbican aims to serve both artists and audiences and excels in the presentation of exhibitions that are thoughtful, curatorially ambitious and often focus on timely reassessments and inter-disciplinary practice.

The Role

We’re seeking an experienced Technical Supervisor to join our Production team. The postholder will report to the Gallery Production Manager in all aspects of exhibition planning, installation and de-installation in Barbican Art Gallery, the Curve and our public spaces with an emphasis on planning, implementation and monitoring Health and Safety.

This role will be responsible for contributing to the highest standard of museum practice in relation to installation, and exhibition maintenance, as well as supporting the Production Manager in Gallery on scheduling, processes and procedures, risk management and workshop management.

Working with the Production Manager and with two other Technical Supervisors this role will share responsibility for supervising an installation team of technicians during exhibition turnarounds and maintenance.

We are looking for someone with good practical experience in producing exhibitions within public or commercial art institutions, and a knowledge of H&S legislation, best practice and experience of monitoring, enforcing and reviewing this in a gallery environment.  Extensive knowledge and experience of producing exhibitions to museum standards is required for this role.

To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please see the ‘Job Information Pack’.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits including a great pension scheme, season ticket, cycle to work scheme, free access to many other museums and galleries, discounts on retail, healthcare and on-site cafes and restaurants. You will have access to Employee Assistance Programme, trained Mental Health First aiders and City of London staff networks. 

As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of staff within the Barbican we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from groups that are currently underrepresented, including people from the Global Majority* and D/deaf and disabled people. We want to better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We are members of the Disability Confident Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who would like to be considered under this scheme and who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role. If you are a disabled person and need adjustments to the application process please contact us.

*Global Majority is a collective term that refers to people who are Black, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the global south, and or, have been racialised as 'ethnic minorities'.