Assistant Producer- 500 words- Extend

Job Introduction

BBC Education exists to transform lives through education. That clear vision drives everything we do as we lead the overall education strategy for the BBC.

BBC Education exists to transform lives through education. That clear vision drives everything we do as we lead the overall education strategy for the BBC.

Our aims are to:

• Provide every child in the UK with a personalised learning experience through BBC Bitesize;
• Support and inspire classroom learning with world-class, curriculum linked programming; through BBC Teach,
• Address societal and educational deficits within the UK through campaigns, such as BBC Tiny Happy People.

This autumn the BBC will relaunch 500 Words, the UK’s most successful children’s story writing competition, which celebrates children’s creativity and imagination rather than spelling and grammar. Since it was first launched by Chris Evans on The Radio 2 Breakfast Show in 2011 the competition has received over a million stories written by children.

The competition will be run by BBC Teach and hosted by BBC Breakfast.

BBC Education is recruiting a digital Assistant Producer to join the current team and assist the Producer in the setting up of the competition and it’s day to day running, including the extensive judging process. The role will also involve organising authors visits to schools.

Main Responsibilities

Working closely with the Producer, the Assistant Producer will have the ability and digital experience to set up the competition, oversee the judging process and ensure it runs smoothly. A key part of this role will also be organising authors’ visits to schools and working closely with external partners and suppliers.

The Assistant Producer will be working with external partners and suppliers to achieve this and have strong editorial skills to ensure communications with all our judges is clear and on time.

Are you the right candidate?

To apply for this job you must have a disability (hidden or visible) or neurodiversity recognised by the Equality Act 2010: “A person has a disability if they have a physical or mental impairment, and the impairment has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. This definition includes impairments or medical conditions such as Cancer, HIV or MS.”

We are committed to making the process of applying for this role right for you as an individual, so we have both the BBC Extend team to manage the recruitment process and also our own dedicated BBC Disability Access Service that provides assessments and support throughout recruitment and during your employment with us.

Workplace adjustments to accommodate any disability or neurodiversity will be made on an individual basis.

Please visit Extend - Careers (bbc.com) for a further information on Extend and the support available.

• You will have experience of producing digital content ideally for teachers and children
• You will have audience-focused in everything you do, with the ability to generate and research ideas to create content which is appropriate in style and tone.
• You will have demonstrable knowledge of using content management systems including photoshop and premier pro .
• You will have excellent editorial skills both written and verbal
• You will have experience in influencing, negotiating and communicating with partners effectively both internally and externally, enabling you to build excellent relationships which will ensure the success of the competition
• You will have excellent project management skills with very strong attention to detail
• You will have the ability to work to tight deadlines often under pressure.
• You will have experience of having been involved in running a competition/awards would be beneficial.

About the BBC

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

Package Description

Band: C
Contract type: Fixed Term Contract- 6 months. Starting Mid June.
Location: Salford preferred, in the office 2 days a week.

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 – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities – 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.