Job Description
This job is with BBC, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.
JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed-term Contract, Full-time until date Dec 2025
DEPARTMENT: BBC Nations, Radio Tees
LOCATION: Middlesbrough
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: Salary: £38,380 - £46,123 per annum, 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
BBC Radio Tees is at the heart of our community. We need a passionate broadcaster and brilliant storyteller who will inspire and engage our local audience.
Our breakfast programme is the very core of our brand and we need a creative, ambitious and forward-thinking Senior Content Producer to take the show to the next level. You'll have the drive and production flair and will lead and inspire a team to develop and deliver multiplatform content.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
If you like to be challenged and to be part of a team where your work makes a real impact then you will love working in this vibrant forward-thinking team. BBC Radio Tees punches above its weight. We strive for the highest creative and editorial standards, and create content that will serve our local audience but travel far beyond our local area.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:
* You will be the lead producer on our weekday breakfast programme and set the agenda for the day, entertaining those who choose us as the soundtrack to their morning.
* You'll lead the team to develop creative ways of telling complex stories which make sense to our opportunity audience.
* You will be core to harnessing motivation in the team, generating a positive, creative environment. You will be liaising with presenters and supporting them as required.
* You will drive a multiplatform agenda, constantly striving to reflect our audience in the content while retaining a local focus.
* Editorially, you will focus on quality stories over quantity and ensure that the structure and make-up of the programme addresses audience habits.
* You will be responsible for ensuring our high editorial standards are adhered to and impartiality is across all content.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
* The right candidate will be experienced in working in a live radio broadcast environment. They will have worked with multiple stakeholders including presenters.
* Resilience and the ability to work reactively under pressure will be core to this role and expected of the successful candidate. Proven ability to judge audience need, react on the ground to feedback and deliver accordingly is a must.
* Having experience of delivering digital content which enhances the radio offering would be expected.
* You'll think big, understand the importance of the Breakfast Show in driving key all-England content and leading the station's coverage of editorial like the Make A Difference Awards, and you'll collaborate with the station and region's other programmes to bring them into our flagship show.
* You'll have an understanding of and be able to develop ideas about how the Breakfast show will work in partnership with reporters in the Local Story Team and relate to planning and commissioning within the Story Hub
DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:
* Previous experience as a Breakfast Show Senior Content Porducer
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.
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