Production Management
Permanent - Full Time
GB
BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST
Job Closing Date: 05/05/2025
THE ROLE
Job Reference: 22812
Band: C
Salary: £28,600 - £37,300 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract type: Continuing contract
Location: MediaCityUK, Salford
Interviews: Thursday 15th or Friday 16th May 2025 at MediaCityUK, Salford
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.
* Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
* Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
* 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 and gym.
The Production Coordinator provides logistical and co-ordination support to our teams on several productions, ensuring delivery on time and within budget. This role is to work with the BBC Audio North team in Salford. You will join a team of 7 other PCs working across a variety of output and reporting to a Production Manager or Unit Manager.
Main Responsibilities
The Production Coordinator will work with the Unit Manager across a portfolio of programmes. The role will include the following tasks:
* Co-ordinating the use of resources in the most sustainable way and to best serve the audience.
* Making sure every £ of licence fee money spent gets the best value for the audience.
* Ensuring business and financial compliance of productions.
* Planning, monitoring, forecasting of, and reporting on, programme budgets.
* Artist and contributor payments.
* Presenter fee negotiations for ad hoc one-offs and short series.
Co-ordinating Production Resources
* Setting up new staff and freelancers with IT accounts and the correct permissions.
* Rights clearances.
* Booking and monitoring travel arrangements for programmes including tracking costs.
* Undertaking complex travel arrangements/carnets/visas.
* IT Co-ordinator and allocation of Descript licences.
* Providing support to productions as required – e.g., studio timings, location/OB support.
* Pre-production paperwork & meta-data – e.g., press details/billings.
* Post production paperwork including Music reporting.
* Manage studio and workshop bookings.
Coordinating Staffing Resources
* Support Production/Unit Manager with staff scheduling.
* Booking and contracting of freelance/casual production members.
* Checking and processing freelancer expenses.
Are you the right candidate?
You will need a demonstrable interest in and enthusiasm for Radio; preferably with experience of working on both live and pre-recorded programmes or similar work in a different area. You will also need to be a good team player with great communication skills. Working knowledge of BBC systems would be an advantage but not necessary. You will also need strong planning and organising skills and ability to work across several projects simultaneously.
Interviews will take place at MediaCityUK, Salford on Thursday 15th or Friday 16th May 2025.
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.
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.
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.
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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