Job Details
Job Band: C
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-time
Department: Media Operations London
Location: London Broadcasting House
Proposed Salary Range: Up to £52,600 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Shift-based: operational hours between 6am and midnight, 7 days a week, with occasional overnight work subject to advanced notice.
BBC Extend
This role is advertised as part of our BBC Extend programme for disabled people. To apply for this role you should identify as deaf, disabled or neurodivergent and must meet either the definition of disability in the Equality Act (2010), or the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) if applying in Northern Ireland. You’re broadly defined as disabled under both acts if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative or adverse effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. This definition includes both apparent and non-apparent conditions and impairments, and medical conditions such as Cancer, HIV or Multiple Sclerosis. We are committed to making the process of applying for this role as accessible as possible. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the application process, or have any questions about our Extend programme, please contact extend@bbc.co.uk. The BBC are fully committed to providing workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers in the workplace that disabled people face. To do this, we have our own dedicated BBC Access and Disability Service that provides assessments and support throughout employment with us. If you are successful in applying for this role and require workplace adjustments, we will work with you to get your adjustments in place. If you’d like more information on BBC Extend, please visit the BBC Extend webpage.
Purpose of the Role
As a Production Specialist you will work across a range of output, primarily our streaming service, BBC News Live which provides content for BBC iPlayer, the News website, News App, BBC Sounds and BBC News Channel. You will work closely with editorial colleagues using automation, with progressive technological and presentation styles to deliver content. You will be part of a multi-skilled team providing technical and creative skills across all aspects of the production process.
Why Join the Team
BBC Media Operations is at the heart of delivering incredible content across all our platforms for all audiences. Comprising more than one thousand people, it manages the craft and production operations for BBC’s news, radio, and some sport services across our UK sites. Our team captures, edits, and produces output 24/7 for TV, radio, and digital platforms that reaches millions of people across the UK and around the world. We are experts in our field, with exceptional technical, operational, and production creativity at our core.
Your Key Responsibilities And Impact
* Working in a multi-skilled way to deliver undefined streamed and pre-recorded content in all areas of broadcast operations.
* Moving between different duties and tasks throughout the day, being flexible as the needs of a busy and vibrant news operation requires.
* Being operational using state of the art camera, audio and broadcast automation equipment.
* Taking technical and creative responsibility for the output you are working on.
* Understanding editorial needs and deploying the correct technical solutions to meet the editorial requirement.
* Communicating with editorial colleagues and presenters whilst carrying out other tasks under pressure.
Essential Criteria
* Experience of working in a fast-paced or live news production and experience of working in a number of these areas: automation, cameras, lighting, programme timing, sound, vision mixing, outputting and production administration.
* Proven experience of operating and communicating effectively, whilst remaining calm under pressure, with an influential decision-making ability.
* Have experience, interest and awareness of a wide variety of content production.
* Have experience of collaborative team working to deadlines.
* Someone who consistently upholds the highest standards of professionalism and has demonstrated a positive, pragmatic and solutions-focused approach. They show strong initiative and excel at building and maintaining constructive working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels.
Desired
* Experience, interest and awareness of new forms of media including social media and digital streaming production.
* Knowledge of Newsroom computer systems.
* Knowledge of Sofie, vMix, Mosart and HTML graphics systems.
* Technical knowledge to solve problems and act as first-line support where necessary.
* Keen interest in news and current affairs.
Before Your Start Date
You may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.
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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