Production Management Assistant, BBC Sport
Job Reference: 22840
Band: B
Salary: £24,800 - £34,800 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
Contract type: 1 x Continuing and 1 x Fixed Term Contract / Attachment 03/08/2025 – 02/05/2026
Location: Office Base is MediaCity, Salford. This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office/location working with home working.
THE ROLE
We are looking to recruit Production Management Assistants to work on numerous sports and output in our BBC Sport production management team. Depending on the production and sport, this can include working across TV Live output, TV and Digital Highlights output, Radio output and podcasts, Digital content including social media, and our digital and news journalism.
This is a hybrid role with some office and some home-based days, plus the potential for location work also.
Main Responsibilities
Reporting to a Production Manager, the successful candidate will provide logistical and administration support to a production team on one or more productions and platforms, ensuring delivery on time and within budget.
You'll work in partnership with production co-ordinators and other production management assistants, as well as editorial colleagues, to assist administratively in accordance with the demands of an ever changing broadcasting environment.
The role will be predominantly office based but may involve studio or location work. The Production Management Assistant may be expected to work some weekends depending on the sporting events calendar.
The successful candidate must be able to work well on their own initiative and be confident about when to refer up. The Production Management Assistant will be liaising with a wide range of people involved in the production and must be able to problem solve and communicate effectively.
Attention to detail is a must in the production management assistant role as you will be delivering high quality production planning documents. The successful candidate could be working with a variety of detailed ongoing continuous output schedules, arranging complex travel and logistical requirements for a production team, helping with facility & technical staffing bookings, logging all costs/spend accurately, assisting with Post Production Paperwork and managing high volumes of personal and sensitive data.
Are you the right candidate?
An interest and understanding of the variety of content produced across BBC Sport will be of benefit. You will have a high attention to detail, the ability to prioritise and multi-task. Diary management and experience of working within large teams would also be beneficial. You will have experience of working in production (across TV, Radio, Digital or News). We are currently working to a hybrid working model where you would be expected to be based in the Salford office at least two to three days a week in addition to any work needed on location.
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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.
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