Job Introduction

The BBC is 100 this year and we are looking for a Production Coordinator to join the Share your Story team taking Big names from TV, Radio, Sport and News and a range of BBC staff storytellers into UK schools as part of the centenary celebrations. They will host interactive storytelling sessions in school assemblies - sharing their life stories and experiences. The sessions will be designed to develop students’ storytelling, writing and presenting skills and boost their confidence. Following on from the storytelling session we will return to schools to deliver careers in storytelling panels to help increase the aspirations of the audiences we visit.

Role Responsibility

The successful applicant will be responsible for supporting the delivery of the Share Your Story tour in schools all over the UK. They will also be required to provide logistical co-ordination to the production team on tour. They will have the ability to plan ahead for all likely eventualities and suggest/implement, on agreement, solutions to logistical and editorial problems.

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for an experienced Production Co-Ordinator who has experience of dealing with multiple editorial teams working around the UK. The ideal candidate will demonstrate the following key skills.

• Assisting the Production Manager in identifying and sourcing appropriate resource and location requirements for the production at the earliest possible stage.
• To manage a team of Production Management Assistants to ensure day to day activities are completed and run smoothly
• Experience of working across multiple call sheets and logistics.
• Contracting talent, negotiating fees between agents/talent and our Business Affairs team
• Liaising with Editorial colleagues and confirmed schools to plan sessions to ensure they run smoothly on the day.
• Liaising with Editorial teams to manage and clear down expenses and advances.
• Working with the Assistant Producers to pull together a travel strategy
• To provide system support to the Production Management team in areas such as Ecat, Travel booking systems, MyBusiness – specifically raising POs and talent requisitions, booking kit
• Demonstrates strong organisational and planning skills and manages conflicting demands to meet deadlines.
• Ability to remain calm, organised and focused under pressure and have excellent communication skills when dealing with both internal colleagues and external partners.
• A knowledge of working with children and BBC safeguarding policies.
• A knowledge of current Covid-19 guidelines.

A background in events is desirable but not necessary but the successful candidate should have a strong interest in events.  

Please note this project may involve working on location for several days per week, including overnights where logistically necessary although it will be a primary office based role.

The office team will work under the BBC’s Hybrid working model, spending on average 2-3 days working in the Media City Office and the rest of the time spent working from home. You must be able to be based in Media City for 2-3 days per week.

For further information on this role, please email Kieran Tench, Kieran.tench@bbc.co.uk

Please note that 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.  

Package Description

Band: C
Contract type: 1 x FTC / attachment from 4th April 2022 - 23rd December 2022
Location: MediaCityUK, Salford / Hybrid working

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.

The situation regarding the coronavirus outbreak is developing quickly and the BBC is keen to continue to ensure the safety and wellbeing of people across the BBC, while continuing to protect our services. To reduce the risk access to BBC buildings is limited to those essential to our broadcast output. From Wednesday 18th March until further notice all assessments and interviews will be conducted remotely. For more information go to https://www.bbc.co.uk/careers/

Mae’r sefyllfa gyda’r coronafeirws yn datblygu’n gyflym, ac mae’r BBC yn awyddus i barhau i sicrhau diogelwch a lles pobl ar draws y BBC, gan barhau i warchod ein gwasanaethau hefyd. I leihau’r risg, dim ond y bobl sy’n hanfodol i’n hallbwn darlledu fydd yn cael mynediad i adeiladau’r BBC. O ddydd Mercher 18fed Mawrth ymlaen, bydd pob asesiad a chyfweliad yn cael ei gynnal o bell, nes rhoddir gwybod yn wahanol. I gael mwy o wybodaeth, ewch i https://www.bbc.co.uk/careers/

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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