Content
Fixed Term - Full Time
Job Closing Date: 17/02/2025
THE ROLE
Ref: 20665
Band: B
Contract type: Attachment/fixed term contract to end 31st December 2025
Location: Broadcasting House, London
Salary: £24,300 - £30,000 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. 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.
We are looking for a Content Assistant who shares our love of radio to work across Radio 1 and 1Xtra. The position will initially be based on Radio 1’s Weekend schedule. In a Wednesday-Sunday working week, the first two days will be off live studio output and working across preparation and administration for BBC Audio’s live weekend titles. The Fri-Sun live show days are studio based, working across fast-paced live radio production, supporting the Producer and Assistant Producer with show production, research and administration tasks.
If you are obsessed with youth culture - especially radio, music and social media - then we are interested in hearing from you.
This is a production position working for BBC Audio. BBC Audio devise, develop and deliver original content for the BBC. We produce podcasts, radio and music programs, deliver live events, provide creative services and forge partnerships.
Main Responsibilities
Your first rotation will be at BBC Radio 1 on the Weekend schedule if you are the successful candidate.
As a Content Assistant (CA), you'll be a key member of production, providing a mixture of administrative and creative support as needed to enable the team to produce first-class content for our audience.
This support could take a range of forms, including uploading and maintaining website content, editing audio, video and/or images, and acting as a first point of contact between production, our contributors and audiences. We don't expect you to know how our systems work, we will train you when you join. We are looking for someone who is keen to learn, excellent at planning and organisation but above all is passionate about the stations we supply.
Your day to day duties will have you working with Producers and Assistant Producers across either Radio 1, 1Xtra or the Asian Network.
The role will rapidly familiarise you with the end-to-end process of commissioning, producing, and delivering content on a large scale, enabling you to work towards future progression into content production roles.
Are you the right candidate?
You should have an interest and passion for Radio 1 or 1Xtra and the music and culture that is celebrated on those stations.
This position would suit somebody interested in building a career in radio content production, and who can already demonstrate an interest in the area. This need not have been professional - you may have produced content as part of a school, college or university project, work experience, voluntary work or have gained experience of working at community radio or university radio station, creating blogs or YouTube videos.
You will have excellent problem-solving skills and a keen eye for detail, especially with written material and images.
As this role will involve working proactively to meet time sensitive demands, with a wide range of stakeholders, you should also have excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team. Using your initiative will be encouraged!
You should have good online literacy and be able to demonstrate an enthusiasm for the latest technologies and content formats, including social media.
You could be working with some of the world's experts in youth culture. This is an unmissable opportunity. We look forward to hearing from you.
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.
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.
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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