Package Description
Extend: EX2324
Extend: EX2324
Job Reference: 18544
Band:D
Salary: £39,800 - £48,633 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract type: 12 mths Fixed Term Contract / Attachment
Location: Dorchester
We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
1. Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
2. Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
3. Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.
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Job Introduction
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. You’re broadly defined as disabled under both acts if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative or adverse effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. This definition includes both apparent and non-apparent conditions and impairments, and medical conditions such as Cancer, HIV or Multiple Sclerosis.
We are committed to making the process of applying for this role as accessible as possible. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the application process, or have any questions about our Extend programme, please contact the BBC Extend team via the shared mailbox.
The BBC are fully committed to providing workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers in the workplace that disabled people face. To do this, we have our own dedicated BBC Access and Disability Service that provides assessments and support throughout employment with us. If you are successful in applying for this role and require workplace adjustments, we will work with you to get your adjustments in place.
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BBC Radio Solent has an exciting opportunity to lead our Dorset team, and further develop our relationships with the richly diverse communities of the county. Serving a TSA of almost two million people across Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight, BBC Radio Solent reflects the lives of the South’s residents in everything we do. Our Dorset Senior Content Producer leads and inspires our Dorset team to produce audio content for all broadcast platforms, including our Dorset Breakfast show - ensuring we achieve the highest levels of creativity and editorial standards.
You will produce and output out Dorset breakfast show opt, ensuring the county’s residents wake up to hear the stories that matter to them. You’ll bring in ideas and stories as well as supporting programme teams in producing their content. You will also maximise the value of all stories, ensuring they are published and shared on all relevant platforms. You will bring the team together and create an environment where the talents of the contributors and crew can flourish.
Main Responsibilities
4. Our Senior Content Producer in Dorset has overall responsibility for our Dorset team and its audio content output.
5. You will be the lead producer of our Dorset breakfast show and make sure we set the agenda for the day; entertaining those who choose us as the soundtrack to their morning.
6. You’ll lead the team to develop creative ways of telling complex stories which make sense to our opportunity audience, and have editorial oversight of the show.
7. You will look for opportunities for telling your stories across multiple-platforms, coordinating coverage with the news team and social content producers. You’ll also push our audio aftercare, making the most of the audio content you’ve generated for the programme. You will lead, motivate and support the team in line with the BBC’s values, ensuring that the editorial vision is communicated and understood from planning through to delivery.
8. You will ensure our content reflects our diverse audiences and keep up to date with emerging industry trends.
9. You will be core to establishing and harnessing motivation in the team, generating positive working relationships with your team and across station and the wider BBC. You will regularly provide constructive feedback.
10. You will be liaising with presenters and supporting them as required.
11. Editorially, you will focus on quality over quantity of stories, and ensure that the structure and make-up of the programme addresses audience habits.
12. You will ensure implementation of the BBC Local’s strategy and the BBC’s editorial policy, and you’ll seek improvements in content production to increase efficiency of working practices.
Are you the right candidate?
13. The right candidate will be experienced in working in a live radio broadcast environment.
14. They will have worked with multiple stakeholders including presenters.
15. Resilience and the ability to work reactively under pressure will be core to this role and expected of the successful candidate.
Sound editorial judgement and a thorough knowledge of the BBC’s editorial and legal guidelines. You’ll think big, understand the importance of a breakfast show in driving key all-England content and leading the station’s coverage of flagship editorial brands like the Make A Difference Awards. You’ll have an understanding of and be able to develop ideas of how to work best in partnership with reporters in the Local Story Team and the South’s Story Hub.
You’ll also have:
16. Understanding of the importance of the BBC's values in accuracy and impartiality.
17. A passion for audio content production and understanding of the transmission.
18. Strong track record in content and programme production.
19. Significant experience in producing and delivering multiplatform content.
20. Ability to establish effective short and long term relationships with a wide range of people, staff, partners and agencies.
21. Highly developed planning, organising skills and ability to manage several pieces of work at one time.
22. Proven experience of leading and motivating a team, and actively managing team performance.
23. An up to date knowledge of the BBC's diverse audiences and the strategy for reaching target demographics on the BBC’s Audience Map.
24. Experience and knowledge of managing financial budgets and production schedules
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. 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.
We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours here.
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.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.