AV Project Lead

The Role and the Department

The Computing and Information Services (CIS) has an annual operational budget in excess of £12m, multi-million pound programmes of change within year, and approximately 185 staff. The Senior Leadership Team report directly to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) with the following portfolios: Strategy and Change; Operations; Information Systems, and Cyber Security. CIS work with departments across the university to provide academic, teaching and administrative services that underpin the day-to-day activities of the whole organisation. Details of the Digital Strategy and ongoing work can be found at

CIS is a friendly, but demanding department, where much is expected and can be achieved by competent, self-motivated individuals who work well in teams. The department works in a hybrid capacity depending on the job role and individual personal requirements.

This role will support the delivery of audiovisual (AV) installations across the university working collaboratively with CIS teams, internal university teams and with external partners. Many schemes are initiated through Estates and Facilities projects and programmes, the annual Teaching & Learning Space refresh or ad-hock department/user requests.

The successful candidate will be the named AV lead for specific allocated projects, upgrades & maintenance where you will be expected to coordinate the requirements gathering, design, planning, installation, configuration, commissioning and handover of AV infrastructure and associated services. A focus on attention to detail to produce high quality documentation to support clear project briefs, commissioning, handover and transition into service, is essential. Input into the AV Team documentation, policies, procedures and close working with the AV Team, who deliver the AV Service, is also essential.

The post holder will be competent in AV systems and services with experience and knowledge of a variety of hardware and software, coupled with skills in project management, vendor engagement and stakeholder relations.

The base location for this role is the AV offices on the Lower Mountjoy site with opportunities for working from home through a hybrid working patten.

Further information about the role and the responsibilities is at the bottom of this job description.