Performing Arts Technician

Summary

Wycombe Abbey seeks a resourceful Performing Arts Technician to support the technical delivery of productions, events and external lettings across the School.

Detail

This role encompasses lighting, sound, AV, stagecraft and health and safety within the Performing Arts Centre and beyond. Working closely with Drama, Music and other departments, the post holder will enable high‑quality performances and smooth‑running events.

Reports to: Director of Drama.

Contract: This is a full-time, permanent contract. The first three months will be a probationary period.

Hours of Work: 40 hours per week on a flexible basis over 52 weeks (excluding 1-hour unpaid lunch break). Working hours will be flexible as required for events, including evenings and weekends. It is intended that excess hours during busy periods will be offset in quiet times and during school holidays when working hours will reduce (subject to the demands of holiday lettings and events).

Holiday: 30 days per annum, plus bank holidays.

As Performing Arts Technician, you will play a crucial role in supporting the creative life of the School, working alongside staff and pupils to deliver high-quality productions, events and performances. This role is ideal for a technically skilled and enthusiastic individual with a passion for theatre and live performance. You will support rehearsals and performances across music, drama and dance, providing technical expertise in lighting, sound and stage management, while ensuring equipment is maintained and productions run smoothly and safely. Your contribution will enable pupils to perform with confidence and professionalism.

Wycombe Abbey is a world class full-boarding school for girls, located on a beautiful site in the centre of High Wycombe. With its distinctive heritage, magnificent 170-acre campus and impressive resources, the School provides an outstanding education for 650 pupils aged 11–18.

We have been at the forefront of girls’ boarding education for over 125 years. Superb academic outcomes are the School’s hallmark and pupils regularly secure places at the most prestigious universities across the globe. Known for its world-class education, Wycombe Abbey encourages curiosity, innovation, leadership and delight in learning among its pupils.

The School benefits from easy access to London (24 minutes to Marylebone), the Chiltern Hills and attractive towns such as Marlow, Henley-on-Thames and Beaconsfield. Heathrow is also just 20 miles away plus good transport links to other London airports.

Wycombe Abbey has its own salary scale which compares favourably with other independent schools and is well above that of the maintained sector.

Benefits of working at Wycombe Abbey include:

• Enrolment in the School’s generous pension scheme

• Fee school remission at Wycombe Abbey and selected prep schools

• Generous CPD training and development scheme

• Free parking

• Free meals

• Free use of the Sports Centre

• Free eye tests

• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme

How to apply:

Please see the job profile document for full information about this role. Applicants should complete the TES application form and submit this with a covering letter addressed to the Headmistress, Mrs J Duncan. Should you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact the HR Team on 01494 895575 or hr@wycombeabbey.com.

Closing date for applications: 31 May 2026

Interview date: 10 June 2026

We reserve the right to appoint to this position before the closing date, should we receive a high volume of suitable early applications.

Wycombe Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore all applicants are required to declare all unspent convictions and conditional cautions, and any spent convictions or adult cautions that are not protected, as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

Wycombe Abbey is a Disability Confident Committed Employer.

We are an equal opportunities employer. Registered Charity No. 310638.

Documents

• Perfoming Arts Technician - April 2026 PDF Document