Broadcast Coordinator - Tunbridge Wells

Package Description

Band: D
Contract type: 6 Month FTC
Location: The contractual base will be BBC South East/BBC Radio Kent (Tunbridge Wells) but from time to time, you might also work out of BBC Radio Sussex (Brighton) or BBC Radio Surrey (Guildford).

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.

Job Introduction

BBC South East covers Kent, Sussex and Surrey. It's a diverse and vibrant area and there's always plenty going on. We're looking for a Broadcast Coordinator to join our multimedia team telling the stories from where we live. Our Broadcast coordinators are multi-media senior journalists who work across platforms on pan BBC projects like Children in Need. They support our TV, radio and online teams in sourcing guests, gathering great content and are also often found organising some of the region's biggest campaigns and events.

Main Responsibilities

The Broadcast coordinator for the South East will join a network of BCs in other regions of BBC England. You will work together planning local and regional content for Pan BBC moments like Children in Need and Sports Personality of the year.

You will forge strong relationships with the regional online and TV teams and our audio colleagues at BBC Radio Kent, BBC Radio Sussex and BBC Radio Surrey. You will work on sourcing great guests and creating memorable content across all of our key platforms. Your role could involve some self-shooting/editing, recording interviews, writing for online and contributing to our local Social media pages. Focusing on our underserved and opportunity audiences, you will make sure the content you work on has maximum impact across all our platforms.

As well as editorial you will be a key figure in our local/regional events and campaigns whether that be a fundraising initiative for Sport Relief or helping source laptops for children during a global pandemic. You will also work closely with all our key internal and external stakeholders.
You will play a key role in supporting the region with its approach to child safeguarding and will be comfortable completing risk assessments and navigating other BBC processes and guidelines.

You will be responsible for monitoring projects, ensure we're all working together and then prepare learnings and outcomes so we can continue to ensure we build objectives in all our future work.

Are you the right person?

• An experienced producer who has delivered creative content on more than one platform.
• Have an excellent understanding of local audiences, especially our opportunity audiences; and provide creative ideas and treatments for content/campaigns and events.
• Good planning and organisational skills and have had some experience of working on campaigns and events.
• Strong communication skills and be comfortable dealing with a wide range of stakeholders.
• You will be a self-starter, able to work well on your own and as part of a bigger team.
• You will have the drive and energy to work collaboratively with our teams and the persuasive skills to ensure we're all working together on those projects.

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