Technical Producer
Media Operations
Fixed Term - Full Time
London, GB, W12 7TP
Job Reference: 22441
Band: C
Salary: Up to £45,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
Contract type: 6 month Fixed Term Contract / Attachment.
Location: London with Regular travel both in the UK and abroad
We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. 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.
BBC Media Operations is looking to increase its team of Technical Producers in the Location team. BBC Media Operations is at the heart of teams delivering incredible content across all our platforms for all audiences. Our team is responsible for the management of production services, editing and post-production, stores, and some audio, fleet vehicles and OB bases in England.
The Location team is responsible for resourcing and supporting outside broadcasts for Radio and News, and for Production Services who supply and support kit to self-shooters. Our team works on some of the BBC's highest profile events ranging from music (Glastonbury, the Proms), to Sport (Euros, Olympics) to News (coverage of the Party Conferences, elections as well as breaking News events).
Main Responsibilities
You’ll be required to provide technical production expertise for a wide range of productions, assuming the overall responsibility for the planning and realisation of sound operations for a production or event in order to realise editorial objectives.
1. Plan and organise the technical, staffing, safety and logistical requirements for outside broadcasts, including ordering and hiring of appropriate equipment.
2. Rig and de-rig outside broadcast equipment in a safe manner.
3. Set up and test communications, recording and broadcast systems.
4. Using audio craft skills, including balancing and editing, on Outside Broadcast productions, both live and recorded.
5. Develop specialist skills whilst retaining the capability to balance and control the whole range of audio productions, working on own or in teams.
6. Liaise with other organisations in order to agree and co-ordinate the provision of on-site facilities.
7. Development of new effective ways of working.
Are you the right candidate?
For this role you will be a self-starter, you should have a proven track record of being able to manage your own time and support editorial staff, as well as demonstrate an interest for radio broadcasting operations.
You should be confident working on your own on live output. You will need to work well as part of a team and you will also be relied upon to play your part in the delivery of the media aspects of productions on time and to budget.
You will have great communication skills, as well as an understanding of the BBC’s audience output. You will have the ability to work to a high standard within a small skilled team and have excellent interpersonal skills. Being flexible to change will be essential in this role.
Essential skills required:
1. Ability to constructively offer creative ideas in-line with relevant editorial priorities.
2. Be able to mix both live and recorded radio programmes to a high-quality standard for broadcast.
3. Experience in visualisation for Radio and be able to operate robotic cameras and use craft specialism to assemble audio objects utilising current production tools.
4. Be able to communicate well with production and other members of the team to achieve successful outcomes.
5. A good understanding of IP networking and its application to media delivery.
6. A good understanding of working safely in the outside broadcast environment.
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.
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