CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Part-time -Thursday and Friday mornings (05:00am start time)
LOCATION: Tunbridge Wells
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £24,800 - 27,667 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
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 for disabled people. We have a dedicated BBC Access and Disability Service that provides assessments and support throughout employment. If you are successful and require workplace adjustments, we will work with you to put them in place.
If you’d like more information on BBC Extend, please visit the BBC Extend webpage (EXTEND code: EX2324).
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
BBC Radio Kent is the BBC’s Radio Station for the county of Kent. This is an opportunity to join the team producing the flagship BBC Radio Kent Breakfast Show, setting the day’s agenda for our listeners in Kent and beyond. We’re looking for someone who’s full of ideas and thrives in a fast‑paced environment to join our production team on Thursday and Friday mornings.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
We’re a small but friendly and ambitious team at BBC Radio Kent. We thrive on making great radio and if you do too, this could be the perfect role for you.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT
* You’ll help producers in preparing and outputting our four‑hour weekday breakfast show.
* You will support a multiplatform approach to our local content.
* The role has technical responsibilities, including editing audio and dealing with live sources as the show is transmitted, as well as speaking to callers.
* You will be preparing content for our social media channels and BBC Sounds.
* As part of the production team, you will also come up with ideas for stories and treatments, set up guests, write scripts and provide research background.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Inclusivity, respect and teamwork are important to us. You’ll need to demonstrate these values as well as having a passion to serve local audiences. You will have the ability to work flexibly and efficiently under pressure, to tight deadlines and in a constantly changing live studio environment, with first‑rate communication skills. You’ll know what producers and presenters need to create the best possible content in a creative way. You will be excited about BBC Local’s goals and the future of audio.
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA
* Ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team.
* Be able to come up with creative treatments to enable brilliant storytelling.
* Calm under pressure.
* An understanding of the target audience for BBC Radio Kent.
* Experience of how to make the most of our social media and digital opportunities.
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.
Benefits
* 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.
Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.
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.
We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio‑economic background, religion and/or belief.
Diversity, inclusion & belonging strategy
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. Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.
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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