Producer, BBC Audio Bristol

BBC Group and Public Services; West of England; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

BBC Bristol seeks a Producer to cover parental leave in the BBC Audio production team, based on-site at Broadcasting House, Bristol, at least 3 days per week.

You will produce high-quality content for Radio 4 and BBC Sounds, lead factual series, and develop new ideas across BBC platforms, collaborating with presenters to deliver engaging programmes within budget.

Qualifications

• A high level of audio production skills.
• Keen interest in rural and environmental issues with related output experience.
• Experience working as part of a programme team.
• Ability to work with established and new presenters to deliver performances.
• Understanding editorial and legal challenges in factual programming.

Responsibilities

• Produce high-quality content for Radio 4 strand programmes, including Rare Earth, The Food Programme, This Natural Life and Farming Today.
• Lead the production of factual series commissioned by Radio 4 and the World Service, ensuring editorial excellence and audience engagement.
• Generate and develop original programme ideas for Radio 4, BBC Sounds and the BBC World Service, contributing to the department’s creative output.
• Work across a variety of audio genres, collaborating with presenters to deliver compelling content.
• Create and support digital and social media content that extends audience reach and impact.
• Research, develop and produce stories relating to environmental issues, rural affairs and food with strong journalistic judgement.
• Manage productions from concept to delivery within time and budget, upholding high creative standards.

Skills

Audio production

Rural & environmental issues

Programme team experience

Working with presenters

Editorial & legal compliance

Job description

JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed-term / Attachment, Full-time (parental leave cover - 6-months)
DEPARTMENT: BBC Audio
LOCATION: Broadcasting House, Bristol - The successful candidate is required to be on-site at BBC Bristol at least 3 days per week.
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £40,600 - £50,600 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

BBC Audio is the largest in-house supplier of speech audio to the national radio networks and BBC Sounds outside of BBC News. The BBC Audio Wales and West of England team based in Cardiff and Bristol produces a wide variety of programmes and podcasts for Radio 3, Radio 4, World Service and BBC Sounds.

The Food, Farming and Factual team is based in Bristol. Our rural affairs, environment and food output for Radio 4 includes Farming Today, The Food Programme, Rare Earth, This Natural Life, and Tweet of the Day, as well as one-off programmes and series for Radio 4, the World Service and BBC Sounds. The BBC Food & Farming Awards are also produced by this team. Our factual programmes include the long-running language strand Word of Mouth with Michael Rosen, as well as groundbreaking documentary series and features for Radio 4 and the World Service.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

We have a reputation for storytelling of the highest quality (The Patch, Legend), and for being versatile, creative and collaborative partners with our colleagues across the BBC.

This role is to cover parental leave as a producer in the BBC Audio production team based in Bristol.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

• Produce high-quality content for Radio 4 strand programmes, including Rare Earth, The Food Programme, This Natural Life and Farming Today
• Lead the production of factual series commissioned by Radio 4 and the World Service, ensuring editorial excellence and audience engagement
• Generate and develop original programme, series and strand ideas for Radio 4, BBC Sounds and the BBC World Service, contributing to the department’s creative output
• Work across a variety of audio genres, collaborating with both established and emerging presenters to deliver compelling content and bring out their best performance
• Create and support digital and social media content that extends audience reach and enhances programme impact
• Research, develop and produce stories relating to environmental issues, rural affairs and food, applying strong journalistic judgement and editorial standards
• Manage productions from concept to delivery, working collaboratively with colleagues to deliver projects on time, within budget and to the highest creative standards.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• A high level of audio production skills
• Keen interest in rural and environmental issues and substantial experience of working on related output
• Experience of working as part of a programme team
• Ability to work with established and new presenters, helping them deliver their best performance
• Understanding of the editorial and legal challenges that frequently come up in factual programming

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. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC 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.

This is your BBC

At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world’s best loved content, and the BBC’s mission to inform, educate and entertain.

Life at BBC

Here you will benefit from:

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pensionscheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis or on an orchestra conditions contract.

Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.

You belong

We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.

Disability confident

We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we’d be happy to discuss: [e-mail]

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