Senior AV Coordinator

Job summary

Are you calm under pressure, technically confident, and motivated by keeping vital live services running smoothly? Join the Parliamentary Broadcasting Unit (PBU) as a Senior AV Coordinator, helping ensure Parliament’s debates, committees and events are broadcast seamlessly to audiences in the UK and around the world.

Job description

The Parliamentary Broadcasting Unit (PBU) is a small dynamic team responsible for televising, streaming, and archiving all public proceedings and events, operating and maintaining complex hybrid conferencing systems, and managing the House of Commons Annunciator service as well as a range of digital products. As a member of the operational team, you will:

• Ensure that audio and video is recorded for all public parliamentary debates and meetings, including scheduling and monitoring recordings within the Unit’s media asset management system and assigning transmission paths for each event.
• Monitor live broadcast output and recordings, troubleshoot issues quickly as they arise, and escalate with third‑party providers where needed.
• Help ensure the smooth daily running of parliamentlive.tv by monitoring live streams and flagging any performance issues with the online video service contractor.
• Engage with and closely monitor all parliamentary business, publishing clear, accurate live updates via the Annunciator system for the Commons Chamber and Westminster Hall, and logging proceedings of both Houses.
• Carry out live single‑operator broadcast operations of Select Committee meetings, including occasional work away from the Parliamentary Estate.
• Facilitate archive requests and undertake simple editing tasks.
• Contribute to service ownership activities and project work alongside members of the PBU Senior Leadership Team.

You will also support hybrid and virtual proceedings, assist with sound and vision duties as required, respond to Member queries about the parliamentary video service, and help maintain subtitle corrections and edited uploads. Training for all technical duties will be provided.

Person specification

• Experience working with audio and video broadcast, either live or with pre‑recorded material.
• Ability to react proactively to rapidly changing priorities in a live operational environment.
• A strong interest in current affairs and Parliament, and the ability to learn and retain names and faces (assessed at interview).
• Experience developing skills using a range of IT and broadcast technologies, including scheduling, monitoring or post‑production tools.
• Proven ability to work flexibly and inclusively within a coordinated team to deliver high‑quality service.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £36,379, House of Commons contributes £10,538 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

• CV and Criteria - If you would like to apply for this role, please submit your CV and answers to criterias 2, 4 and 5 outlined in the Job Description.

More information on the application process can be found here: Application process - UK Parliament

Applicants must ensure that anything submitted must be factually accurate. Plagiarism ‘can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.’ Whilst candidates can make use of AI, they must do it truthfully. Where possible experience stated within the supporting statement should also be visible in the cv part of the application. Whilst we accept candidates may use AI tools within job applications, statements, and CVs; submissions must be truthful and relevant to experience.

More information on the role and the full criteria can be found in the Job Description.

Please note that most job offers will be made at the minimum of the salary range, other than in exceptional circumstances.

Please ensure that you anonymise your application by removing any identifiable factors from your CV or Supporting Statement.

We may close the vacancy prior to the closing date stated due to a high volume of applications.

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 counter-terrorist 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.

Medical

Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.

Nationality requirements

Open to UK nationals only.

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.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).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Recruitment team
• Email : recruitment@parliament.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : recruitment@parliament.uk