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JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC Nations, Business Operations NI
LOCATION: Belfast
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £35,033 - £38,301 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
Join BBC NI Business Operations team to shape content that inspires. As an Audio Supervisor you’ll play a key role in delivering the best sound mix possible with available resources - to local, UK and global audiences.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
You will be a member of the Belfast Audio Unit - a small team with experience in covering sound for radio and television programmes from Politics to Proms, Awards to Athletics – and everything in between. Every day is different (it’s definitely not nine to five), with a range of customers including BBC and independent production companies. You will be involved in history making events during your career.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:
* Responsible for the sound balance and control of radio productions in studios.
* Responsible for the sound balance and control of radio outside broadcasts of an established format.
* Assist the Senior Audio Supervisor on TV and Radio programmes of a complex nature. This may include managing communication circuits between multi-sites; operation of sub mixing points; the frequency planning and operation of radio microphones on productions where multiple frequency radio microphone and radio in ear monitoring feeds are necessary.
* Survey radio outside broadcast sites in order to plan the technical requirements for straightforward outside broadcasts
* Record, edit and mix on various Digital Audio Workstation formats.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
* Excellent aural judgement and a proven ability to prioritise in demanding situations.
* Good operational knowledge of broadcast and professional sound equipment and recent developments in programme making methods.
* A knowledge of, and adherence to safe working practice.
* Be fully aware of established acquisition techniques and have the confidence to explore and introduce new methods where appropriate.
DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:
* An understanding and basic knowledge of methods of radio visualisation.
If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.
If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.
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
This is your BBC
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Life at BBC
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.
Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.
Candidate pack
You belong
We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.
Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.
Diversity, inclusion & belonging strategy
Disability confident
We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we’d be happy to discuss: reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk
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