JOB BAND: E
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC ALBA Commissioning Team
LOCATION: Glasgow, Inverness or Stornoway
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £60,000 - £70,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
This is an exciting opportunity to join the BBC ALBA Commissioning team as Commissioning Executive on a full-time basis. The successful candidate will work with the commissioning teams for the BBC’s Gaelic Services, with MG ALBA partners, BBC colleagues, independent companies and industry partners. These teams develop, and deliver multi-platform strategies, assess ideas and manage content pipelines for a diverse range of innovative and impactful content for the BBC's Gaelic linear services, digital, on-demand products and social platforms.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT
Ability to balance editorial excellence with compliance and budgetary requirements, ensuring commissioned content is strategically aligned with the BBC’s Value for All Strategy and the BBC ALBA partnership’s strategic priorities.
* To be responsible for a development pipeline, encouraging an innovative approach to ideas development and delivery to all platforms.
* To develop innovative editorial partnerships to enhance the impact and value of commissioned content.
* To build and manage relationships with producers, partners, contributors, talent and external organisations.
* To work with business and finance colleagues to ensure maximum value for money.
* To ensure commissions are based on a sound understanding of diversity, quality, rights maximization and funding sources.
* To critically assess ideas according to strategy and give timely and constructive feedback.
* To ensure that content complies with the BBC’s editorial standards, guidelines and policies.
* To manage and foster relationships with talent in all its diversity and be aware of new and emerging talent.
* To have an understanding of evolving audience requirements and behaviours, ensuring that new forms of content are being considered as part of the commissioning process.
* To work with BBC and MG ALBA teams and divisions, helping to ensure cross-platform delivery, discovery and marketing of content on linear, digital and social platforms.
* To contribute to, develop and facilitate strategies for the BBC’s Gaelic services and be actively involved in wider BBC and partnership activities.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
* Sàr eòlas ann a bhith a' cruthachaidh susbaint thar farsaingeachd ghnèithean.
* Comas a bhith a' leasachadh ro-innleachd sheirbheisean.
* Content making experience across a range of genres.
* Sound editorial judgment.
* The ability to devise, develop and deliver new creative ideas, and foster creativity in others.
* Outstanding communication skills with fluency in the Gaelic language.
* Ability to foster good relationships with a wide range of contacts, partners and suppliers.
* Ability to deliver feedback to promote creative development.
* Demonstrable ability to think strategically about content scheduling and publishing.
* Demonstrable ability to contribute to the development of service strategy.
* Evidence of a commitment to creating diverse content.
* Demonstrable understanding of evolving audience requirements and trends, ensuring that new forms of content are being considered as part of the commissioning process.
* Experience and knowledge of negotiating and managing budgets.
* Understanding of current production techniques and innovations.
* Understanding of how multi-platform approaches can enhance the impact of commissions.
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.
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
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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.
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