Technical Operator

6 days ago

Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom The Scottish Parliament Full time £35,000 - £43,000 per year
  • Salary range
    : £20,658 to £24,986 pro rata (£35,769 to £43,263 FTA)
  • Contract:
    Permanent
  • Location
    : Holyrood, Edinburgh with occasional working from home
  • Leave:
    41.5 days (including public holidays)
  • Working Pattern:
    This is a term time post, working 38 weeks per year. You'll not be expected to work during the Parliament's recess periods. The post is part time, working 24 hours per week on Tuesdays, Wednesday and Thursdays.
  • Although not a civil service employer, we offer civil service pension arrangements with an employer contribution of 28.97% of basic annual salary
  • Clearance Required:
    CTC security clearance will be processed at job offer stage

Closing Date: 12:00 noon on Friday 21 November 2025.

Want to work in one of the most influential buildings in Scotland? Now is your chance

This is an excellent opportunity to join the Scottish Parliament's Broadcasting Office as a technical operator. The Broadcasting Office provides live and on demand feeds from the Scottish Parliament's six committee rooms, the Debating Chamber and online environments for national and international media organisations; and live streaming on and for on a range of online channels. In addition to parliamentary business, the Scottish Parliament hosts an extensive range of televised and webcast public events, requiring substantial planning and a creative approach to television coverage.

Reporting to a Senior Technical Operator, you'll set up and operate all audio, video and broadcasting equipment to provide excellent television and audio coverage and recording of parliamentary proceedings in the Chamber and committee rooms, working with combination of on-site and cloud-based broadcast and conferencing systems.

Ideally having worked in a similar environment, it is essential you are skilled in the operation of broadcasting audio and vision equipment, requiring rapid technical reactions. In addition, you'll have excellent customer service skills and good social and political awareness to deal with the people involved in parliamentary business, working in high profile formal parliamentary situations. You'll have relevant understanding of a broad range of audio broadcast equipment, remote camera control systems and the ability to produce professional standard graphics and/or animations would also be preferred.

We particularly welcome applications from candidates from a Minority Ethnic background and candidates with a disability. All appointments will be made on merit. We have a values-based culture of respect and inclusion embedded in our organisation, and everyone has the ability to make a difference.

We offer a great range of benefits including: 41.5 leave days (including public holidays), flexible working, paid professional subscriptions, family-friendly policies, Season Ticket advance loans, an onsite gym facility, Health and Wellbeing Schemes including discounted gym membership, a confidential counselling and information service, and the Cycle to Work Scheme.

You'll also have the opportunity to join the Alpha Civil Service pension scheme, where we'll offer you an employer contribution of 28.97% of your basic salary.

All new starts will be appointed to the first scale point of the grade for their role. For information on progression through the scale points, see our Pay and Reward Policy Statement.

For full information about this role and to apply for this job please visit our careers page.

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