News Director : EXTEND
Location: Glasgow, GB, G511DA
Job Type: Fixed Term - Full Time
Salary: £40,400-£50,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
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.
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THE ROLE
BBC Scotland Operations are looking for an experienced news director to work across all of our news & current affairs television output. You will direct live and pre-recorded programmes or inserts for NCA Scotland programmes in automated galleries and on location.
Directors co-ordinate the planning and production of television news programmes to ensure that editorial intentions are met and the highest production standards are maintained. You will also support each other by ensuring the automated instructions on scripts and run orders are correct before and during live transmission.
You will be expected to contribute to editorial decision making as well as produce ideas, play a key role in production planning and give guidance and advice on story treatment in terms of production value, graphic design and technical viability.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
1. Direct live and pre-recorded programmes or inserts for NCA Scotland programmes.
2. Co-ordinate the planning and production of television news programmes.
3. Ensure editorial intentions are met and production standards are maintained.
4. Contribute to editorial decision making and production planning.
Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience
We’re looking for someone who has an excellent eye for making interesting and entertaining television news programmes to an extremely high standard. You should have demonstrable experience in studio or location directing on live or recorded programmes and experience of live and recorded TV production.
You will need to be at ease with broadcast technology, including automation, digital technologies and graphics-led story telling facilities.
About the BBC
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants.
Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.
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.
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