Why Southwark?

Kickstart your next career chapter in one of London’s most vibrant boroughs.
Southwark Council is seeking an Audio Visual (AV) Manager to take centre stage in leading our AV services across iconic sites including Tooley Street, Queens Road, and Bournemouth Road.

At Southwark, you’ll be part of a dynamic, forward-thinking council that puts people, technology, and service excellence at its core. You’ll have the platform to shape AV services that truly make an impact, supporting collaboration, innovation, and the borough’s strategic vision.

Here’s why this role is a game-changer:

Shape the future of AV excellence – delivering seamless, cutting-edge experiences for internal and external events.
Work at the heart of London’s civic life – engaging with senior stakeholders, elected members, and external partners.
Lead with impact – managing a talented team and driving continuous innovation across AV services.

What You'll Be Doing

At Southwark Council, we're committed to creating modern, inclusive and connected workplaces that enable our people and communities to thrive. We're looking for an experienced Audio Visual Manager to lead the delivery, maintenance and continuous improvement of AV services across our key sites.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a skilled team, manage a significant AV portfolio, and ensure the seamless delivery of meetings, events and hybrid collaboration experiences for everyone from frontline services to senior leaders and elected members

You'll combine strategic oversight with hands-on operational leadership, managing AV technologies, supplier relationships, budgets, service performance and event delivery. Above all, you'll be passionate about providing exceptional customer experiences and driving continuous improvement.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for someone who has:

Proven experience managing AV services and large-scale event production
Strong knowledge of audio visual systems, sound, lighting and integrated technologies
Experience leading teams and developing high-performing services
A customer-focused approach with excellent stakeholder management skills
A commitment to collaboration, inclusion and public service values

In return, you'll join an organisation that values innovation, teamwork and professional growth, where your expertise will directly support the delivery of excellent services for residents and colleagues alike.

Join us and help create outstanding workplace and event experiences across Southwark.

Additional Information

About Southwark Council

Southwark Council is the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues such as The Shard, The Tate Modern and Borough Market along with many social enterprises and we have a young, diverse, and growing population.

At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities.

Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.

Benefits and more information:

Working for Southwark Council – Southwark

Salary Range: £45,852 - £53,319

Application Closing Date: 11.59pm on the 29th September 2026

Interview Date: to be confirmed

We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities.

This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative.

We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian, and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:

Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
Are currently in care or have previously been in care.
If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, in which case we will move the key dates for the process. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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