IT and AV Support Technician (KD13157)

This is a great opportunity for you to develop your IT and Audio Visual(AV) career, if you have a background in or a passion for technology, we'd love to hear from you.

You'd be joining our small, experienced standard support team in either a 1st or 2nd line support role working in a fast-paced environment where you will gain experience and exposure to a variety of challenges and problems that will build your expertise.

Working in IT and Audio Visual Support:

You will work with the team to provide an outstanding IT and AV service to both our students and staff. No two days will be the same, providing help and advice in person, via telephone and remote support as well as through our ticket management system (TOPdesk).

You will play a key part in creating an exceptional IT and AV infrastructure in our world-leading research and teaching focussed university.

As part of our supportive team of 21 1st and 2nd line analysts, you will be supporting administrative, teaching, and learning activities across the university. Your key activities will include:

• Rectifying faults and providing advice on a wide range of hardware including audio visual equipment, operating systems, and software.
• Investigating and providing basic hardware and audio visual repairs.
• Assisting with the build and deployment of DDaT supported equipment to teaching/learning spaces, meeting rooms and offices as needed.
• Helping to develop our knowledge base and self-help guides.
• Work on projects/small works as required and as staff resource allows.

You will be interested in developing your career within IT and AV and enjoy problem-solving software and hardware issues as well as getting hands-on in delivering great support. You will also have:

• Great customer service skills with the ability to communicate with a wide range of people.
• Either through study, personal interest or work you will understand one or multiple operating systems e.g., Windows, MacOS,, mobile platforms and / or Audio Visual equipment.
• Experience using a variety of common Office software.
• Ideally have some experience of basic hardware repairs.
• Be self-motivated.
• Be able to work alone, in a team or with your peers.
• Have excellent interpersonal skills.
• Enjoy working in a customer facing fast paced environment and be able to multitask and prioritise effectively.

This role is offered on a full time (36.5 hours per week) permanent basis., We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us X and LinkedIn.