PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £27,500 - £33,500 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
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.
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If you’d like more information on BBC Extend, please visit the BBC Extend webpage. (EXTEND code: EX2324).
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
How would you like to be part of the team at BBC Radio Cumbria? We have an opportunity for a great content producer to join us. You will be finding and telling great stories from across Cumbria, and you’ll be a production whizz! Whatever the story, we want someone that is creative and can help bring stories to life for our listeners. You’ll be a self-starter, who knows how to find the best stories and guests, but we also want a responsible pair of hands with an understanding of BBC values and editorial guidelines. As well as delivering for radio, you’ll also need to think about digital content, including photos and videos. A knowledge of Cumbria would be an advantage, but we’re mainly after someone with great ideas and experience of set up programme production.
Why join the team
Radio Cumbria is one of the most listened to BBC local stations in England. It has a special connection to its audience. Through our social media and digital platforms, we now reach more people than ever. You’ll have an important place in this friendly team, chasing stories, getting them to air and making them sound amazing on air.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT
* You’ll be a content producer for BBC Radio Cumbria. Working with the senior producer, you'll be mainly producing content for our shows.
* You’ll be a key member of the team, crafting content, briefing guests and adding a creative touch to bring stories to life on the radio.
* You may also be asked to create digital content for BBC online, social media and the BBC Sounds rail.
* You may occasionally be asked to cover other shifts on the rota, which could include early or late shifts, or weekend working.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
* Significant recent experience as a content producer especially programme set up production, with a good knowledge of production techniques.
* Demonstrates a creative approach to storytelling.
* Exercise editorial judgment in developing story ideas and producing accurate and impartial content.
* Use a range of video, audio and digital equipment and information technology to research, write, assemble, edit and deliver outputs in the appropriate medium, to the highest professional standards.
* Demonstrates sound editorial and policy decisions based upon a clear understanding of the BBC’s distinctive news agenda, the requirements of news and current affairs coverage and the audience.
DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:
* Experience of bulletin reading
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.
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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 pension scheme 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.
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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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