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Fixed Term - Full Time
Job Closing Date: 26/01/2025
THE ROLE
Ref: 21040
Band: C
Contract type: 3 x attachment/fixed term contracts - 14th April - 31st October 2025
Location: This is a London-based role.
Salary: £27,800 - £37,800 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
NB: Interviews will take place on 3rd or 4th February 2025
We offer:
* 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 BBC Proms is the biggest classical music festival in the world. We run over 100 live events over 2 months in the summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London and venues around the UK. Nearly everything we do is broadcast across BBC Radio, TV and online. You would be part of a dynamic team that looks after Live Events, Marketing, Learning, Communications, Publications and Business.
The Role
The 3 seasonal Assistant Event Producers are a key part of the Live Events team in Radio 3 that delivers all the events for the BBC Proms season. Working closely with the Head of Live Events and Event Producers, their main role is to help plan and co-ordinate the detailed logistics of Prom concerts through to the running of those events for live audiences and broadcast (Radio 3 and TV Music).
Main Responsibilities
* To work closely with the Head of Live Events, Event Producers, and other Assistant Event Producers on planning across the Proms season
* To brief and work collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders (internal and external)
* To manage specific Prom events (small & medium scale) at the Royal Albert Hall & other venues in collaboration with the Event Producers
* To support the Event Producers on large scale live events
* Be responsible for the production of key event paperwork - concert summaries, stage layouts, rehearsal schedules using the event database Artifax and stage plan package Visio
* To brief and liaise with the Radio and TV broadcast teams on all matters relating to each allocated Prom
* Be Concert manager for a selection of Proms ensuring the smooth running of the event on stage in conjunction with the broadcasts (Radio and TV).
* To assist with managing the event budget for each allocated Prom
* To comply and implement all relevant BBC Safety Rules - producing Risk Assessments needed for events.
Are you the right candidate?
We’re looking for positive team players who will work collaboratively as part of a small team and have/are:
* An in-depth knowledge of how orchestras and choirs work.
* Experience in the organisation & logistical planning of live classical music events with multiple stakeholders.
* Ability to work both independently and as part of a team to manage several areas of work at a time; prioritising, delivering consistently to deadlines and reacting positively to changes and conflicting priorities.
* Good communicator able to motivate and foster collaboration in a diverse team to deliver the live events successfully
* Good understanding of Health & Safety regulations
* Knowledge of the techniques of Radio & TV Music production and their output.
* Ability and skill to liaise sensitively with Proms talent at all levels and a wide range of stakeholders
* Good ability to problem solve, manage event timelines, negotiate and organise live events within budget constraints.
* Good knowledge of office IT packages. Ability to master new systems e.g. Artifax Event, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Teams
You will be required to work long hours and some weekends on events across the year – particularly over the duration of the Proms season in the summer. Some days each week during the festival will be spent working on site at events.
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.
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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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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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