Print Production Assistant

House of Commons

The House of Commons is a unique and exciting place to work right at the heart of the UK's thriving democratic system.

Behind the scenes, the House of Commons Service is made up of more than 3,000 employees who support and facilitate the smooth day to day running of the House. They provide professional services to Members of Parliament, their staff, and the wider parliamentary community.

Staff Benefits

In addition to your salary, we offer an attractive range of benefits including:

• 30 days' annual leave (increasing to 35 days after first full leave year).
• Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%.
• Access to training and development.
• Flexible working.
• Interest free season ticket loan and bicycle loan.

Introduction

We provide a professional printing and publishing service for parliamentary teams. We help ensure that the Chamber and Committees have the papers that they need for their work through a range of industry-standard high speed digital printers.

The Role

Reporting to the Print Services Manager, a team of 9 people, working out of a newly refurbished facility in Waterloo. The team provides overnight business critical documents for use in the House of Commons chamber as well as serving the printing needs of departments during the day.

The role requires shift working on a rotating basis to service the needs of the chamber from 7am to the early hours of the morning.

Some of the responsibilities for this role include:

• Operation of Canon digital production printers.
• Operation of finishing equipment. (booklet makers, guillotine, wire-binding, paper drill, perfect binder and padding press)
• Preparing PDF copy for print.
• Administration and housekeeping of the equipment and machinery.
• Processing work via a web-based ordering system.

Skills and Experience

To be successful in this role you will demonstrate:

• Experience of working in a digital print environment, preferably using Canon mono digital print machinery (VP140 and Titan 6330) and Canon colour digital print machinery with Fiery RIPS (C10010 and C910) to produce a range of printed materials.
• Experience of using a range of finishing equipment including booklet makers, guillotines, wire-o binding, paper drill, perfect binder, crease, and score, folding, producing work to a high standard.
• Good IT skills with experience of using software (e.g. Digital Storefront) in relation to the production of printed material, including Adobe Acrobat Pro.
• Experience of working in a customer service environment and managing relationships with a variety of customers.

• CV & Supporting Statement - If you would like to apply for this role, please submit your CV and covering letter with a 500 word limit.

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

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