Senior Scheduling Coordinator

JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Full-time / Fixed-term Contract
DEPARTMENT: Planning & Scheduling
LOCATION: Salford - Hybrid
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: up to £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

Join BBC Children’s, the UK’s leading Children’s broadcaster, as a Scheduling Co-ordinator. You’ll manage the publication and playout prep of CBBC and CBeebies schedules across TV, Radio, and iPlayer. Rotating across platforms, you’ll ensure smooth delivery of content that entertains, informs, and empowers young audiences. If you have proven scheduling experience and a passion for children’s media, this is your chance to be part of a team shaping standout content for young audiences.

The Senior Scheduling Co-ordinator supports the timely and accurate publication of CBBC and CBeebies schedules across TV, Radio, and iPlayer. They ensure schedule data, rights information, and compliance requirements are maintained, collaborating with multiple teams to enable smooth content delivery. The role requires strong attention to detail, working within fixed deadlines, and adapting across platforms when needed. Co-ordinators play a vital role in delivering engaging children’s content across BBC’s broadcast and on-demand services.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

Join a collaborative, purpose-driven team that shapes engaging content for the UK’s youngest audiences. You'll play a pivotal role in bringing children’s stories to life across TV, Radio and iPlayer, supported by experienced colleagues who value creativity, precision and innovation. With opportunities to rotate across platforms, grow your knowledge, and contribute to content that inspires and informs, this is a dynamic environment where your impact will be felt — and your skills will flourish.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

You may be asked to do any of the following;

• To complete the administration associated with the publication of CBBC and CBeebies TV, Radio, and iPlayer.
• To refine and contribute creatively to schedule plans.
• To make and communicate schedule changes.
• To time up and prepare the schedules ready for transmission.
• To input and help curate iPlayer streams and homepages.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Proven experience in broadcast or VOD scheduling operations
• Demonstrated ability to manage large volumes of scheduling or rights-related data accurately
• Track record of working within fixed deadlines in a fast-paced media environment
• Experience collaborating across multi-disciplinary teams within TV, VOD, or digital content environments
• Demonstrable knowledge of scheduling or content management systems

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

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.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

We are unable to accept applications via CV and only applications made online will be considered.

Redeployment

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.

Information at a Glance

This is your BBC

At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world’s best loved content, and the BBC’s mission to inform, educate and entertain.

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Life at BBC

Here you will benefit from:

• 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 pensionscheme 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 or on an orchestra conditions contract.

Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.

Candidate pack

You belong

We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

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.

Diversity, inclusion & belonging strategy

Disability confident

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

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