Technician - Art & Design

Are you looking for new challenge? Are you a creative practitioner or have experience working within a creative arts department? Would you like to join an ambitious creative team and help develop the next generation of creative industry professionals?

We are recruiting a part-time Technician – Art & Design for our Creative and Digital Art Department based at our Aylesbury Campus. This is a part-time role for 21 hours per week (from Monday to Wednesday), 40 weeks per year.

As a specialist Art Technician within the Creative and Digital Arts Department, you will play a key role in supporting the delivery of high-quality Art & Design education across a range of creative disciplines. Working closely with our existing technician, teaching staff and wider College teams, you will provide expert technical support, maintain specialist resources and facilities, and help create an inspiring learning environment for students.

The successful candidate will be required to:

• To provide supervision of students in the subject areas required as appropriate, given the resources available and within the agreed and approved current timetable.
• To supervise all commercial activities within the designated area including weekend working as directed by Curriculum Manager
• To control stock and issue materials to students.
• To prepare resources, including art kits for students use in classrooms and vocational areas and equipment are maintained correctly and kept clean.
• To advise course tutors of the need of replacement stock and materials.
• To raise material/equipment requisitions, receive, check and store goods in accordance with College procedures.
• To provide specialist art & design knowledge and skills in one or more areas of Art & Design (eg Painting/Printmaking/Sculpture/3D/Time Based Media) in support of the delivery of specialist art & design pathways covered within the Creative & Digital arts department.
• To support the planning of external enrichment activities including the gathering of transportation quotes and managing the online store payments.

Why join Buckinghamshire College Group?

We will encourage you to develop new skills and expand your opportunities within the College. We are also flexible and accommodating, allowing you to be as productive as possible.

Employee benefits include:

• Pension scheme – LGPS (Local Government Pension Scheme)
• Generous annual leave entitlement plus Bank Holidays & additional leave purchase scheme
• Access to free training & continuous professional development
• A bespoke package of intensive induction and probation support
• Flexible working policy and a commitment to employee wellbeing
• Discounts in the Aylesbury Day Nursery & Aylesbury Hair & Beauty (HAB) Salon)
• 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Cycle to work and local business employee corporate discount schemes

Buckinghamshire College Group is a Further Education college with three campuses located in Aylesbury, Amersham and Wycombe. We are proud to be a skills-based college supporting over 5000 learners each year to achieve their study and career goals and play a pivotal role in the Buckinghamshire community working with a wide range of employers for example, Pinewood Studios, NHS Trusts and Flannery Plant Hire to name but a few.

You will have an unwavering passion for learning and for supporting learners and staff to achieve more than they ever thought possible – we call this the Bucks College Factor!

If you have the Bucks College Factor, this sounds like a role for you and Buckinghamshire College Group sounds like a place you’d like to be part of, then we’d love to hear from you.

Commitment to Safeguarding

BCG is committed to equal opportunities for all, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and staff alike; all posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks.

For more information about the role, please refer to the Job Description and Terms and Conditions by following the link below:

https://ce0335li.webitrent.com/ce0335li\_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC179GF.open?WVID=612290007I&VACANCY\_ID=7387965Ay2

The closing date for applications is 04/09/2026. Interviews are scheduled to take place on 11/09/2026; however, please note that these dates may be subject to change.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive sufficient applications or source a suitable candidate. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Pay: £12,531.27 per year

Benefits:

• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Referral programme
• Sick pay

Work Location: In person