Job Details
JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: Children’s and Education
LOCATION: Salford, hybrid working
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £55,000 - £65,000 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.
Job Purpose
Children’s & Education is the BBC Department responsible for media content for Children across the UK. Our mission “to serve ALL audiences through the provision of content which informs, educates and entertains” is delivered to young audiences via our recognised brands - CBeebies, CBBC and Bitesize. The Unit Manager is a key part of our Production team – providing strategic production management/business support across the C&E Department. The role holder delivers effective leadership by ensuring production resource requirements are planned across the year, supports the best utilisation of funding, and facilitates the collation and understanding of performance data to ensure resources can be focused on the key priorities.
Key Responsibilities And Impact
* Leadership and Operational Oversight: Lead the Production Management team and work closely with key stakeholders to manage day‑to‑day operations and ensure achievement of objectives.
* Financial Strategy and Accountability: Focus on overall business performance, ensuring accuracy of budgets and financial forecasts across the year and be accountable for approving, setting, adjusting, and monitoring budgets within a slate, and assessing the financial viability of new content ideas.
* Resource and Headcount Management: Ensure efficient utilisation of headcount across the Unit and manage future planning of projects across the financial year.
* Data‑Driven Decision Making: Understand and use performance data to support discussions around repurposing resources to meet new priorities when relevant.
* Communication and Engagement: Develop and manage excellent communication across the unit, production management community, and department.
Essential Criteria
* Demonstrable business and finance skills, with the ability to create, forecast, and manage significant production resources and budgets.
* Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills, able to manage relationships across diverse teams.
* Current knowledge of the BBC and wider industry, with considerable experience delivering productions across various outputs or genres, on time and on budget.
* Strategic and leadership capabilities, including interpreting editorial briefs, generating efficiency ideas, strong negotiation skills and contract management, market awareness, and motivating teams to achieve results across a range of outputs.
Desired But Not Required
* Effective project management skills and a proven experience of delivering projects in a production environment.
* Comprehensive production expertise, including health & safety management, multi‑platform technical understanding, commissioning and green light procedures, and advising on production systems and new technologies.
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. Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.
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