Role Responsibility

To be a successful studio AP on Blue Peter, you’ll have flair for coming up with factual entertainment ideas. You’ll be able to develop and pitch features on a weekly basis, creating items that are innovative, entertaining, interactive and informative.  You should be able to demonstrate a great understanding of and empathy for, the interests and passions of modern British children and be interested in a wide range of general subjects.  You'll have excellent script writing skills and wide-ranging experience of scripting for studio items.

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for an individual with substantial previous experience as an AP on a studio TV programme, with detailed scripting and production skills; and able to cast and work closely with talent contributors.

You will also have a proven experience of the following:

• Planning and scripting the best possible factual entertainment content, with the ability to track down fantastic contributors who connect with our audience
• Writing studio scripts.
• Managing teams.
• Experience of working with a craft editor
• Live experience preferable
• Experience in booking high profile talent / working with external partners
• Working under pressure in a busy studio environment.
• Risk assessment and awareness of legal/ insurance considerations
• A thorough knowledge of Children’s audience, Blue Peter and what will work well for the brand.
• Experience of working with children would be beneficial.
• Attention to detail and strong editorial judgement for ideas development
• Good understanding of television production techniques and procedures

Package Description

Band: C
Contract type:  FTC/attachment - 6th June 2022 to 13th January 2023 
Location: MediaCity, Salford (with some remote working)

This role requires a relevant DBS check to be undertaken by the BBC at the appropriate level, at the point of offer of a contract of employment.

Please note - You will only be asked to submit a CV by way of application for this vacancy, and this CV will be the sole basis on which we initially review your application. We would therefore encourage you to approach your CV as an application, and to tailor it to highlight the skills and experience which we’ve talked about in this advert. We’d love to know not only about your most relevant experience and responsibilities in previous roles, but also any achievements, transferable skills, or areas of personal or professional interest that highlight why you’d be a great candidate for this role. 

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 â€“ the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities â€“ our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
• Benefits- We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

About the Company

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 in the document attached below.

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.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here