Competition Number:
J0326-0500
Position Title:
Art Technician
Position Number (Final):
00500992
Vacancy Type:
Existing Position
Employee Group:
Support Staff - USW Local 2010
Job Category:
Arts and Culture
Department or Area:
Studio BFA 11367
Location:
Ontario Hall, Ontario, Canada (On-site)
Salary:
$53,593.00 - $65,358.00/Year
Job Type:
Permanent (Less than 12 mths/yr)
Months Worked:
August - May
Date Posted:
May 28, 2026
Closing Date:
June 11, 2026
The position currently runs full-time from August until May.
Prior to May 1, 2022, the University required all students, faculty, staff, and visitors (including contractors) to declare their COVID-19 vaccination status and provide proof that they were fully vaccinated or had an approved accommodation to engage in in-person University activities. These requirements were suspended effective May 1, 2022, but the University may reinstate them at any point.
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This position is responsible for the setup and maintenance of the studio, including equipment cleaning. This position acts a resource go-to person for users, explaining studio processes, and demonstrating the correct and safe usage of materials and equipment. This position oversees studio inventory, including distribution and ordering of materials.
What you will do
- Prepares and cleans the studio, including preparing the equipment for safe use for academic activities.
- Demonstrates the correct and safe usage of materials and equipment to users.
- Oversees inventory management including distributing materials, tracking usage, reordering supplies and accepting deliveries.
- Performs maintenance and repairs to equipment within the studios.
- Performs weekly safety checks and completes the required reporting..
- Provides occasional technical guidance and training to faculty, students, and authorized users.
- Oversees the work of short-term staff, volunteers, or guests.
Required Education
- Three-year Community College Diploma or Three-Year Bachelor Degree, or equivalent.
Required Experience
- More than 2 years and up to and including 3 years of experience.
Consideration may be given to an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Job Knowledge and Requirements
- Practical and applied knowledge of specialized methods and processes that are typically acquired through a combination of technical or academic qualification and/or work experience.
- Provide consultation and advice on non-straightforward and/or complex issues.
- Interaction with others typically requires interpersonal skills and the ability to understand and influence.
- Adapt messages to meet the needs of the intended audience.
- Build relationships, trust and credibility.
- Manage own work and may train and review the work of casual employees, work study students and/or volunteers, to see commitments through to completion.
- Contribute to setting work priorities and direction, supporting the team in achieving goals and objectives.
- Participate in project team meetings and develop individual project plans.
- Lead procedural or technological change within a unit.
- Identify new problems and seek information and input to fully understand the cause of problems.
- Identify opportunities to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of work processes.
- Draw logical conclusions and provides opinions and recommendations.
- Research equity, diversity, accessibility and inclusion resources and best practices relevant to the job and unit operations in order to inform evidence-based planning.
- Commitment to principles of equity, diversity, accessibility, inclusion, Indigenization and human rights for equity deserving groups.
The University invites applications from all qualified individuals. Queen's is strongly committed to employment equity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace and encourages applications from Black, racialized persons, Indigenous people, women, persons with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQI+ persons. In accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements, priority will be given to those who are legally eligible to work in Canada.
The University provides support in its recruitment processes to all applicants who require accommodation due to a protected ground under the Ontario Human Rights Code, including those with disabilities. Candidates requiring accommodation during the recruitment process are asked to contact Human Resources at [email protected].
