Assistant Producer, BBC Audio North

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JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: Consumer Team, BBC Audio North
LOCATION: MediaCityUK, Salford
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £28,100 – £35,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We\’re happy to discuss flexible working. If you\’d like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there\’s no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

BBC Audio North is the single biggest supplier of BBC radio programmes and podcasts made outside of London. We love audio and make lots of it – a rich mix of content spanning multiple genres including consumer, investigations, documentaries, religion and arts for national BBC Radio, the World Service and Sounds.

Teams in BBC Audio North make a wide range of speech and music programmes and podcasts for Radio 2, 3, 4, World Service and BBC Sounds. We span several genres including consumer, religion, arts and classical music.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

We are looking for an assistant producer to work on our Consumer output. We want to build on our recent successes in tapping into the younger and more diverse audience that BBC speech programmes need to reach – hopefully that is where you come in. Let us know what you have been up to and why you should be the next Assistant Producer in our team.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

• Assistant producers may be asked to work across any of the output across Audio North.
• You’ll work in a team with producers, reporting to an editor.
• Effective team-working and positivity is a must – you’ll be part of a team which is always exploring how to better exploit content across platforms (particularly BBC Sounds and social media channels) to find new audiences.
• You’ll be a self-starter with the ability to unearth compelling stories which reflect listeners’ lives and curious about what’s going on behind the headlines and how to bring that to life for audiences.
• You’ll be excited about the possibilities of audio in making stories land with impact.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Experience in creating first class content, with the ability to unearth compelling stories which reflect listeners’ lives.
• Demonstrable experience of working in a broadcast or content production environment.
• Familiarity with research techniques and sources for the verification of the accuracy of material.
• Experience of writing clear and concise material which may be used for briefs, scripts, or digital platforms.
• Ability to use IT proficiently, including a range of software packages.

As part of your application, we will be asking you to tell us about your digital and social media skills and how you’d use them to create a splash around your stories.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.

Benefits

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values‑based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis.

We are a disability‑confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we’d be happy to discuss: reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk

BBC Group and Public Services, Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, United Kingdom, W1A 1AA. BBC Studios Distribution Limited, company no: 01420028, registered address: 1 Television Centre, 101 Wood Lane, London, United Kingdom W12 7FA.

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

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