Senior AV and Broadcasting Engineer

Welsh Parliament

Cardiff CF99 1NA, UK

Hybrid

Expires: Expiring in less than 3 weeks

Full time

£38,930 - £46,445 per year

Job summary

As the Senior AV and Broadcast Engineer, you will work with colleagues to support, maintain, test, and operate a range of Audio Visual systems used across the Senedd Estate.

You will be a highly skilled and experienced individual, managing the delivery of first-class AV services for high profile Senedd hybrid events. You will need to be proficient in live audio, vision, lighting, conference systems and communication VC platforms such as Zoom and Teams . You will work closely with external organisations, contractors, commission staff, Members of the Senedd, Senior Officials and VIPs to discuss requirements, provide expert advice on the best solutions, configure kit, and operate the AV equipment live.

You will be required to work to a rota to cover these daytime, evening and occasionally weekend events, alongside other AV and Broadcasting engineers.

As part of a small team, you will be responsible for running and supporting business-critical systems used for ‘Hybrid’ Senedd meetings (Plenary and Committees). Our current systems include a bespoke Zoom hybrid setup, Crestron control system, Microsoft Teams Rooms and Shure audio systems.

Reporting to the AV Services Manager, you will provide expert technical advice and guidance, working closely and developing trusted working relationships with Commission staff, Members of the Senedd, Senior staff, VIPs, and external organisations. As a key member of a business-critical team, you will be required to be flexible, adapting to changing circumstances and working quickly and effectively to tight deadlines.

Job description

Key tasks:

Provide excellent customer service to all users which include Commission staff, Members of the Senedd, senior officials, VIPs, and external organisations, to provide a broad range of AV and Broadcasting services..
Provide specialist onsite and online Zoom support for Plenary and Committees in hybrid, virtual and in-person format.
Provide expert audio-visual support for live and pre-recorded hybrid events, including operating sound desks, presentations, lighting, camera equipment and Zoom webinars;
Provide support for users of our Microsoft Teams onsite meeting rooms;
Monitor and support our onsite IPTV and digital signage system;
Work alongside contractors and colleagues to diagnose incidents with AV equipment/systems, and investigate their causes to agreed service level agreements;
Manage weekly checks on critical systems, working alongside the Host Broadcaster Engineering team to proactively maintain AV systems across the estate;
Work alongside other teams within the ICT service on updating, expanding, and developing an accurate, up-to-date knowledgebase of known AV issues and fixes.
Provide technical training, advice and support to colleagues, Members and Commission staff.

Person specification

Job Specific criteria:

Experience of operating and maintaining bespoke A/V equipment, translation and integrated conference systems, and PA systems including sound desks;
Experience of supporting meetings and webinars using web conferencing systems (preferably Zoom and Microsoft Teams),
Experience of setting up and working on live, high-profile events, delivering excellent services to senior officials or VIPs;
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, to deliver a high quality service to all users.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £38,930, Welsh Parliament contributes £11,278 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Learning and development tailored to your role
An environment with flexible working options
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

Manylion am y broses ddethol:

Mae’n ofynnol i ymgeiswyr lenwi ffurflen gais drwy ein porth recriwtio gan roi sylw i’r meini prawf sy’n benodol a dymunol i’r swydd.

Y dyddiad cau ar gyfer ceisiadau:

23:59 12 Ebrill 2026.

Rhaid ichi gyflwyno eich cais cyn hanner nos ar y dyddiad cau.

Byddwch yn cael y wybodaeth ddiweddaraf am gynnydd eich cais drwy’r cyfeiriad e-bost a ddefnyddiwyd gennych i gofrestru. Cofiwch edrych yn eich ffolderi e-bost Sothach a Sbam i sicrhau na fyddwch yn methu unrhyw ohebiaeth ddilynol.

Cynhelir cyfweliadau ar:23 neu 24 Ebrill 2026

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

Apply and further information

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Recruitment Team
Email : jobs@senedd.wales
Telephone : 03002007588

Salary range

£38,930 - £46,445 per year