Sustainability Coordinator

BBC Group and Public Services; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading team driving sustainable change in the television industry as a Sustainability Coordinator. In this role, you'll lend your expertise to production teams, enabling them to implement eco-friendly practices in unscripted content while supporting the BBC's environmental commitments.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Competitive salary package

25 days annual leave with option to buy extra days

Defined pension scheme

Qualifications

• Strong experience in a TV production role with sustainability knowledge.
• Experience in implementing sustainable production strategies.
• Familiarity with BAFTA albert carbon footprint.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise in sustainable productions.
• Support production teams in implementing sustainable practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders in BBC Content Division.

Skills

Sustainability in TV production

Engagement and inspiration

Data collection

Education

Qualification in environmental sustainability discipline

Job description

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JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed-term Contract, Full-time until 31 March 2026
DEPARTMENT: Sustainable Production
LOCATION: Flexible UK (Salford/ London desirable) – Hybrid
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £30,000 - £40,000 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

The Sustainability Coordinator will report into the Sustainability Manager (Production). This role will sit within the Content Sustainability Team, supporting commissioning teams within the BBC Content Division (responsible for the BBC’s non-News Public Service Network output). The role will also work closely with the Central Sustainability Team (which operates at BBC Group level). This role will provide subject matter expertise in sustainable productions, supporting production teams producing unscripted content, commissioned by BBC Public Service Broadcasting.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team driving meaningful change in the television industry. By joining the Content Sustainability Team, you will contribute to the BBC’s commitment to environmental responsibility and help shape the future of sustainable production practices across a wide range of unscripted content.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• Provide subject matter expertise in sustainable productions.
• Engage and inspire production teams to implement sustainable practices.
• Support production teams producing unscripted content commissioned by BBC Public Service Broadcasting.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders within the BBC Content Division.
• Identify potential challenges for sustainability initiatives and propose practical solutions.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Strong experience in a TV production role, or a role directly supporting TV productions, with a good understanding of sustainability in the industry.
• Proven experience of implementing sustainable production strategies and knowledge of new clean technologies.
• Experience in accurate sustainability data collection, including for the BAFTA albert carbon footprint, and familiarity with the wider BAFTA albert toolkit.
• Demonstrable experience of engaging and inspiring production teams to enact change, particularly in the face of competing priorities.
• Track record of identifying potential challenges for sustainability initiatives on production and suggesting solutions to overcome them.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

• Knowledge of and qualification in an environmental sustainability discipline.

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

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.

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.

Information at a Glance

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.

Find out more about the BBC

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.

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

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.

Diversity, inclusion & belonging strategy

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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