THE ROLE

Package Description

Job Reference: 23494

Band: D

Salary: £39,800 - £45,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Contract types: 6 month attachment/fixed term contract

Location: Broadcasting House, London

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. You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to our candidate pack.

If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process please contact reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk. For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk.

Job Introduction

Could you be the right person to work on one of the UKS biggest music podcasts?

We are looking for a digital and social media impact producer to work on across Sidetracked, a weekly podcast for music and pop culture lovers looking for an authentic and light-hearted take on the week in music... presented by broadcasters and music fanatics Annie Macmanus and Nick Grimshaw.

If you are experienced in developing world class brands, love creating high impact digital and social content that leads a cultural conversation and passionate about music and podcasts, then we want to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Producers are responsible for creating music or speech content for live and pre-recorded programmes as well as events and outside broadcasts across our networks. As a Producer, you’re expected to collaborate with others to deliver creative ideas and shows to a brief set by Commissioners.

Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience

You will be an experienced producer who has worked across successful podcast titles
You will have a proven track record of creating high impact digital and social content that leads a cultural conversation.
You must be passionate and knowledgeable about music, from the mainstream stars to the underground stories
You will be able to identify compelling narratives and pitch and deliver content accordingly.
You must be skilled in the latest audio and visual technologies and editing software
You have an interest or experience in storytelling and scripting
You have the technical skills to film and edit video and take editorial responsibility for it
You have knowledge of which video formats can work on different platforms for different audiences
You have the confidence and creative flair to turn long-form audio stories into suitable treatments for appealing videos
You will have excellent communication and organisational skills
You have experience of working within a team and collaborating with other teams.

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. 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.

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.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click https://www.bbc.co.uk/diversity/.

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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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.

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