Senior Content Producer (Breakfast Show)
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Senior Content Producer (Breakfast Show)
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JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC Nations
LOCATION: Cambridge
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £41,500 - £50,000 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 Radio Cambridgeshire’s breakfast show is the very core of our brand, waking Peterborough and Cambridgeshire up with a smile and setting the agenda for the day ahead. We need a creative, ambitious and forward-thinking Senior Content Producer to take the show to the next level. You’ll have the drive and production flair to lead and inspire a team to develop and deliver multiplatform content.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
If you like to be challenged and be part of a team where your work makes a real impact, then you will love working in this vibrant forward-thinking team. BBC Radio Cambridgeshire has recently moved to new offices with state of the art studios and visualisation kit. This is an exciting opportunity for the right producer to lead their team in creating content that works well not just for audio, but also for online and on social media.
Your Key Responsibilities And Impact
* You will be the lead producer on our weekday breakfast programme and set the agenda for the day, entertaining those who choose us as the soundtrack to their morning.
* You’ll lead the team to develop creative ways of telling complex stories which make sense to our opportunity audience.
* You will be core to harnessing motivation in the team, generating a positive, creative environment. You will be liaising with presenters and supporting them as required.
* You will drive a multiplatform agenda, constantly striving to reflect our audience in the content while retaining a local focus.
* Editorially, you will work with the local story team to deliver quality stories that appeal to our audience and attract new listeners.
* You will be responsible for ensuring our high editorial standards are adhered to and impartiality is across all content.
* You will work with the Executive Producer to develop a visualisation strategy for the breakfast show.
Essential Criteria
YOUR SKILLS AND CRITERA – KEY CRITERIA
* The right candidate will be experienced in working in a live radio broadcast environment. They will have worked with multiple stakeholders including presenters.
* Resilience and the ability to work reactively under pressure will be core to this role and expected of the successful candidate. Proven ability to judge audience need, react on the ground to feedback and deliver accordingly is a must.
* Having experience of delivering digital content which enhances the radio offering would be expected.
* You’ll think big, understand the importance of the Breakfast Show in driving key all-England content and leading the station’s coverage of editorial like the Make A Difference Awards, and you'll collaborate with the station and region's other programmes to bring them into our flagship show.
* You’ll have an understanding of and be able to develop ideas about how the Breakfast show will work in partnership with reporters in the Local Story Team and relate to planning and commissioning within the Story
DESIRABLE CRITERIA
* Previous experience as a Breakfast Show Senior Content Producer
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.
For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk
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.
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