Job Description
Job Introduction
The Access Supervisor is responsible for the planning, co-ordination and delivery of scenic and construction services within studios, on location and the planning and delivery of Outside broadcast facilities. They supervise a team to achieve the planning, turnround, and show working activity requirements of productions and customers. The role reports to the Studio Operations Manager and works closely with the Lighting team , Designers, Props Masters, Lighting Directors, Production staff and the craft and turnround teams brought together to service a production. The access supervisor will play a key role in the training and development of the access team
The role involves working unsociable hours both day and night including weekends and bank holidays. Are you the right candidate?
Experience in TV studios environment is essential with a highly customer focussed approach to delivery. • Good understanding of the Studio and outside broadcast operation and the production/turnaround process and its impact on scenic requirements. • Good planning and organising skills.
Role Responsibility
Management & Leadership
Business/Commercial Management
Production Workflows
Are you the right candidate?
Competencies
The following competencies (behaviours and characteristics) have been identified as key to success in the job. Successful candidates are expected to demonstrate these competencies.
Leadership - Ability to create a vision and inspire others to realise it irrespective of circumstances.
Strategic thinking - Can identify a vision along with the plans which need to be implemented to meet the end goal. Evaluates situations, decisions, issues, etc. in the short, medium and longer-term.
Package Description
Band: C
Contract: Permanent Full Time
Location: Glasgow
You are eligible to apply for an internal role if you are either on a BBC Continuing (Permanent) contract, a BBC Fixed Term contract, a casual contract or freelance contract and you have worked continuously for 6 months.
Only internal staff are eligible to apply for the role on an attachment basis. You need to be on a continuing (permanent) or fixed-term contract. You need to have worked for the BBC for more than one year and will also need permission from your line manager. You can find out more on our attachments page.
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.
The BBC is keen to continue to ensure the safety and wellbeing of people across our sites. Until further notice, all assessments and interviews will be conducted remotely. For more information go to
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.
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The Access Supervisor is responsible for the planning, co-ordination and delivery of scenic and construction services within studios, on location and the planning and delivery of Outside broadcast facilities. They supervise a team to achieve the planning, turnround, and show working activity requirements of productions and customers. The role reports to the Studio Operations Manager and works closely with the Lighting team , Designers, Props Masters, Lighting Directors, Production staff and the craft and turnround teams brought together to service a production. The access supervisor will play a key role in the training and development of the access team
The role involves working unsociable hours both day and night including weekends and bank holidays. Are you the right candidate?
Experience in TV studios environment is essential with a highly customer focussed approach to delivery. • Good understanding of the Studio and outside broadcast operation and the production/turnaround process and its impact on scenic requirements. • Good planning and organising skills.
Role Responsibility
Management & Leadership
- Daily supervision and coordination of use of facilities, equipment and transport in studio and OB operations e.g. relating to scenery, set, stage, seating, props, basic construction, access, storage, lifting equipment, cables.
- Supervises OB rigging work to level of competency, and rigs cables and equipment on OBs and events as required as part of a team.
- Daily supervision of in-house operator teams and external contractors in programme functions.
- Supervision and coordination of safety at work in daily work schedules, with the authority to require that floor work be carried out in certain sequences in consideration of changing conditions.
- To maintain creative and collaborative culture conducive to attracting, retaining and development of the best craft talent.
- Supervision and coordination of safety at work in daily work schedules, with the authority to require that floor work be carried out in certain sequences in consideration of changing conditions.
Business/Commercial Management
- Provide customer service to internal and external clients to ensure repeat business and a positive reputation across the UK.
- Supporting the Scenic Supervisor Coordinator and Account Managers in the efficient and client-focused operation of studio and OB facilities and equipment.
Production Workflows
- Interprets set designs and plans and positions set layouts in studios, OBs and events in consideration of the technical needs of design, lighting and broadcast technical equipment.
- Interprets programme running orders to facilitate set movements in live shows, directing the work of the operator team.
- Physically moves scenery, sets, props, and television equipment as required to storage.
- Responsible to maintain and carry out daily housekeeping in studios and OB related areas, fault reporting of equipment and facility defects, and making running repairs where competent.
- Responsible for authorising daily access to the overhead studio grid. To instruct floor users to wear PPE as required and to operate the studio warning light system.
- Supervises lifting operations in coordination with Senior Electrician and other Craft Supervisors.
- Operates access, handling/moving, and transport equipment, studio seating, and builds non-complex rostra and staging, floor washing equipment, and paints studio floors.
- Drives vehicles to LGV category of the license holder.
- Performs function of Prop Master, or Prop Stand by, as required. Performs basic set construction or decoration.
Are you the right candidate?
- Level fitness required to carry out duties. Confident working at heights.
- Experience working in the scenic team across a variety of programme genre types.
- Experience of related transport and moving operations in studios and outside broadcast work.
- Experience in interpreting design drawings and setting out studios and sets to plans.
- Experience working with a variety of designers, and production and craft teams.
- Experience working in a live television environment making set and prop turnarounds to camera.
- Experience of prop related work to service sets and design, working to Art Director or Designer as required.
- Experience of set decorating and small construction.
- Experience leading a team of people and contractors.
- Experience of rigging cables and technical equipment in studios and outside broadcast environments.
- Knowledge of health and safety regulations relating to television work and specifically lifting operations, manual handling and work at height.
- Knowledge of transport law relating to driver hours and responsibilities where appropriate.
- Knowledge of how to safely load vehicles.
- Competent to use studio hoist equipment and possess basic rigging skills.
- Competent to operate fork lift truck.
- Competent to operate mobile elevated platforms.
- Competent to build non-complex stages and rostra.
- Competent to drive vehicle to category of licence holder e.g. LGV where held, and to maintain Driver CPC where applicable.
- Competent to operate studio seating systems.
- Competent to operate studio floor washing machines.
- Competent to work at height.
- Comprehensive demonstrable experience and knowledge of television production.
- Experience negotiating and creating a sustainable partnership relationship with clients - internal and external.
- Effective communications skills and an ability to simplify complex issues/concepts for internal and external colleagues.
- Good written and spoken communication skills.
- Efffective interpersonal and communications skills that can span all levels.
- Able to work as part of a team player and contributie to senior team discussions.
- Energy, enthusiasm, commitment and a desire to make a tangible difference to the BBC.
Competencies
The following competencies (behaviours and characteristics) have been identified as key to success in the job. Successful candidates are expected to demonstrate these competencies.
Leadership - Ability to create a vision and inspire others to realise it irrespective of circumstances.
Strategic thinking - Can identify a vision along with the plans which need to be implemented to meet the end goal. Evaluates situations, decisions, issues, etc. in the short, medium and longer-term.
Package Description
Band: C
Contract: Permanent Full Time
Location: Glasgow
You are eligible to apply for an internal role if you are either on a BBC Continuing (Permanent) contract, a BBC Fixed Term contract, a casual contract or freelance contract and you have worked continuously for 6 months.
Only internal staff are eligible to apply for the role on an attachment basis. You need to be on a continuing (permanent) or fixed-term contract. You need to have worked for the BBC for more than one year and will also need permission from your line manager. You can find out more on our attachments page.
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 holiday with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.
The BBC is keen to continue to ensure the safety and wellbeing of people across our sites. Until further notice, all assessments and interviews will be conducted remotely. For more information go to
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.
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