JOB DETAILS JOB BAND: C CONTRACT TYPE: Attachment / Fixed-term Contract, Full-time (10-months) DEPARTMENT: Live Music & Events, Popular Music LOCATION: Broadcasting House, London PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £28,100 - £35,000 (plus London Weighting of £5,441) 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. Interviews will be held 13 - 15 January 2026. Candidates are expected to attend in person at New Broadcasting House, London. PURPOSE OF THE ROLE The Event Project Coordinator is a key part of the BBC’s Live Music & Event team, supporting the planning and delivery of events across our popular music stations. You’ll help ensure every event runs smoothly, safely, and to the highest editorial standards, bringing unforgettable experiences to audiences. This role involves coordinating logistics, production, and stakeholder communications while championing inclusivity, sustainability, and financial accountability. In addition to coordinating your own small to medium sized network events, you will work closely with senior colleagues delivering elements of our flagship events such as Radio 1’s Big Weekend, Radio 2 in the Park, 6 Music Festival, and Asian Network Certified. Your responsibilities will include coordinating elements of the event production, presenter liaison, and ticketing, making you an essential part of turning creative ideas into world-class live experiences. WHY JOIN THE TEAM The BBC Live Music & Events team is a specialist team within the Radio Content division. We are responsible for delivering all live music and event activity across Radio 1, Radio 2, 6 Music, 1Xtra, and Asian Network. We work closely with colleagues in BBC Introducing and BBC Music. Our mission is to grow audiences by producing impactful and sustainable live music and events for broadcast. If you're passionate about live music, creative production, and delivering unforgettable experiences, this role offers a unique opportunity to be at the heart of the BBC’s most iconic music events. This role is perfect for someone who thrives in dynamic environments, enjoys collaborating with diverse teams, and has a keen eye for detail. You’ll be involved in every stage of event production, from planning and budgeting to on-site delivery, making a tangible impact on the success of each event and outside broadcast. Working alongside experienced team and industry professionals, you’ll gain invaluable experience in live event coordination, technical production, and stakeholder management. Your Key Responsibilities And Impact Event Coordination – You'll support the planning, production and delivery of live music and events for the BBC's popular music networks. You will be responsible for coordinating the various requirement needed for an effective delivery of the event, this includes the proposed locations to confirm suitability and safety (in consultation with experts) and then progressing to the planning including recces for events, communications, budgetary management, oversee contracting, stage production and health and safety. You'll play a key role in coordinating events, ensuring smooth execution and alignment with BBC standards. Event Delivery – During the event delivery you will be responsible for helping with the practical delivery on site at events and outside broadcasts. You will need to be able to collaborate and foster effective working relationships to achieve a common goal with key stake holders, including internal and external stakeholders, including talent, artists, contributors, external suppliers. Innovation and creativity: Support a culture of continuous improvement by identifying practical opportunities for innovation in live event production. Help implement creative ideas that enhance audience experience and maintain the high standards of BBC Health and Safety: Lead the implementation of health, safety, security, and safeguarding protocols to ensure all events meet the highest legal and BBC standards. Strive to deliver events that are inclusive, diverse, and accessible throughout the entire project lifecycle. Financial Responsibility - Oversee the governance of small to medium event budget, ensuring that there is transparency and accountability in the expenditure for the delivery of the event production. Sustainability - Champion and drive highest standards of accountability in event sustainability, driving the events commitment to committed to becoming Net Zero, People, and Nature Positive through the event production Culture: Champion a culture where everyone feels safe, respected and empowered to do their best work. Where openness, trust and a shared pride in delivering excellence together for our audiences. Essential Criteria YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE Strong organisational skills to manage multiple tasks and deadlines, along with exceptional attention to detail to ensure accuracy in planning and delivery to manage multiple tasks and deadlines, along with exceptional attention to detail to ensure accuracy in planning and delivery. Strong and effective communication skills are essential for liaising with stakeholders, talent, and suppliers, to support collaboration and teamwork enable successful coordination across internal and external partners. Passion and driven approach to problem-solving abilities are needed to adapt quickly and resolve challenges during live event production. Experience of Live event production or festival technical production, its desirable but not essential to be within the realm of popular live music events. Experience of managing small budgets and working within financial constraints to ensure ensuring cost-effective, auditable production values. CP25 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. For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk Redeployment 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.