Senior Technical Operator, BBC Nations Operations Team

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Senior Technical Operator, BBC Nations Operations Team

Sector: Operations and Facilities Management
Role: Senior Executive
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time

Job Introduction
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Technical Operator to join the BBC Nations Operations team based in Newcastle. The ops team works alongside editorial colleagues in Regional TV, Local Radio and Online. We collaborate to produce engaging content and strong local journalism with high operational, craft and production standards for brands such as BBC Look North, BBC Radio Tees, BBC Radio Cumbria and BBC Radio Newcastle. We cover one of the most diverse areas of the country, from fascinating and beautiful rural areas such as Northumberland and The Lake District, to major cities and towns like Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland, Middlesbrough and Carlisle. We pride ourselves on being a friendly, busy, creative environment with an established and experienced team which will help and support you to be the best you can be.

Main Responsibilities
As a senior technical operator you’ll work in a busy news environment and fulfil a variety of operational roles that bring together a polished news programme. In particular, we are looking to recruit applicants who can demonstrate either an established graphic design track record or someone who works as part of a multi-discipline environment in which they perform key duties associated with graphic design. You’ll have some experience or knowledge of producing innovative graphics solutions using industry standard Adobe Software, Photoshop, After Effects and Illustrator. As a creative senior operator with strong design flair, you will be expected to take a lead on designing solutions daily for our new state of the art digital set and take on a brief to deliver graphics into news packages for both TV and Online outlets. Ideally, you will also have experience of or an interest in one of the following skill sets:

• video editing
• on location filming and editing (shoot edit)

Knowledge of directing news bulletins and studio lighting/technical management duties would also be an advantage. Our directors use an automated gallery system and we will look to train you to operate this equipment to be able to deliver bulletins.

Are you the right candidate?
If you’ve got a passion for making fantastic television and great online content we want to hear from you. You should have the creativity, technical knowledge and resilience to work as part of a team and alone. Ideally, you will be a creative visual thinker who can solve complex graphics solutions and work within the BBC brand guidelines using Adobe software. We’re looking for someone who is self-disciplined and can plan ahead but also able to deal with ever changing circumstances and make quick decisions. You’ll need to be alert and confident in live news scenarios, an excellent communicator and be able to develop an understanding of operational equipment and ways of working. You’ll have an interest in our content and services and recognize the importance of being able to adapt in line with changing audience behavior. You should have a flexible approach to work, as the demands of this role often involve working some unsocial hours including early/late shifts and weekends. We would like to see a portfolio/showreel/examples of your work as part of your application.

Package Description
Job Reference: 21141
Band: C
Contract type: Permanent role
Location: Office base is Newcastle
Salary: £35,000 – £45,000 per annum, 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. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

• Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
• Benefits – We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.

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About the BBC
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours here. Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential. We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

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.

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