Job Introduction

The Factual Entertainment team in Bristol produce a wide range of original, diverse, well-loved and highly acclaimed TV productions, such as Countryfile, DIY SOS, Antiques Roadshow, Gardeners’ World & Top Gear.

Top Gear has historically been made out of London, but is moving to Bristol in April 2022.

We are now able to offer a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Production Co-ordinator from the South West to join the team.

Role Responsibility

Top Gear is a fun & dynamic production to work on. You will be working closely with the editorial teams, planning logistics for these complex shoots and being part of content making. This is a real hands on, creative, high energy role with opportunities to go on location.

You will report to the Production Manager/ Line Producer and in partnership with the editorial team to deliver outstanding, distinctive, multi-platform content within a supportive team environment.

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for a resilient, experienced and confident PC. This role requires you to be agile, so flexibility is key.

Skills required:

• Demonstrable Production Co-ordinator experience within a production team. 
• Confident negotiator
• Good attention to detail and well organised
• Extensive experience of setting up complex location filming.
• Foreign filming experience desirable but not essential
• Experience in organising the logistics of large crews on location.
• Delivered a range of productions on time and on budget
• Good working knowledge of end-to-end multi-platform productions with an understanding of the technology used.
• Confident managing budgets and cost reporting.
• Enthusiastic & flexible with an intuitive approach to work
• Previous experience of BBC systems preferable but not essential.

Package Description

Band: C
Contract type: Fixed Term
Location: Bristol

We are really proud to share that we are a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and so if you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply please do contact us on resourcing@bbc.co.uk with ref: BBC/TP/1912794/55544  in the subject line.

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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.

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