Principal Technical Operator BBC South West - EXTEND 22678
Principal Technical Operator BBC South West - EXTEND 22678
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Package Description
Extend: EX2324
Job Reference: 22678
Band: D
Salary:depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract type: Permanent fulltime role would be based on 4 x 10 hour days a week on a shift pattern including some weekends and early/late working.
Location: Office Base is Truro Radio Cornwall
- 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 inhouse Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
- Benefits We offer a negotiable salary packageand 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days a defined pension scheme and discounted dental health care and gym. You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to our candidate pack.
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EXTEND
This role is advertised as part of our BBC Extend programme for disabled people. To apply for this role you should identify as deaf disabled or neurodivergent and must meet either: the definition of disability in the Equality Act 2010 or the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 if applying in Northern Ireland. Youre broadly defined as disabled under both acts if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and longterm negative or adverse effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. This definition includes both apparent and nonapparent conditions and impairments and medical conditions such as Cancer HIV or Multiple Sclerosis.
We are committed to making the process of applying for this role as accessible as possible. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the application process or have any questions about our Extend programme please contact the BBC Extend team via the shared mailbox.
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Job Introduction
BBC South West covers Devon Cornwall West Somerset and Dorset and the Isles of Scilly. Our patch is just over 14000sq km and we have some of the most beautiful land and seascapes anywhere in England. We pride ourselves in making creative and engaging television radio and online material. We are looking for a creative and motivated individual to join our innovative and enthusiastic Operations Team as a PTO /edit camera operator based in our Truro office in may also be the opportunity to work in our semiautomated Mosart live production gallery and studio in Plymouth.
You will work primarily to our flagship evening news program Spotlight but there will also be opportunities to work on network news programming our weekly Political program and to longer form packages for our investigations team and iPlayer half hour commissions our digital and social media teams. We are truly multiplatform in the South West. You should be as conversant with shooting for online and gathering for radio as you are for TV.
Youll be shooting on a personal issue full frame sensor camera DJI Drone editing on FCPX and will have a vSat vehicle and Live U for live contributions.
Main Responsibilities
- Plan organise and lead key assignments and projects taking into account financial constraints to ensure all required facilities and resources are available and are best suited to the editorial requirements and that workload is prioritised around broadcast deadlines and business requirements. Interpret the requests of editorial colleagues to achieve their aspirations creatively within budgetary limitations and contribute original ideas and approaches where appropriate.
- Advise and guide treatments in terms of production values technical viability and operational limitations.
- Responsible for resolving problems with live transmissions scheduling and safety taking account of Editorial priorities availability of resources and local management guidance.
- Lead the development of skills and experience within the technical team to ensure the quality and levels of service are maintained and that the skill base anticipates future production trends.
- Develop and manage positive working relationships with team members and colleagues and be able to give guidance support and constructive feedback.
- Be an expert in your craft skill for management and team leaders for development technical and Safety issues.
- Create and deliver operational objectives that achieve high levels of service quality of output efficient use of time and resources.
- Be responsible for creating a positive working environment for colleagues from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences.
- Work in a flexible and dynamic way to ensure all business needs are met with competence and enthusiasm.
- To maintain and update multiskilled approach to meet program requirements and business needs.
- Lead the delivery of the most complex projects example e.g. special programmes outside broadcasts or oneoff series.
- Deputise for more senior team members as required.
- Takes responsibility for delivering projects to time and budget.
Are you the right candidate
This role involves a large degree of enthusiasm flexibility multiskilling and resilience which will come as second nature to you. You should already be an established proactive /editor with a proven track record of working in a fast turnaround news. Youll be able to demonstrate a high level of understanding of all the technical requirements around news production. As you will be working closely with the news production team you will be able to communicate clearly and assertively and respect demands of working in a fastmoving environment. You will often be working with less experienced members of the editorial and production teams so skills in coaching and mentoring would be advantageous. An ability to work in live prerecorded and often pressurised situations and a good understanding of health and safety guidelines is essential.
Experience or skills in other news production areas particularly automated galleries or postproduction would also be desirable.
Please upload or send a link of a 35 minute showreel showing recent news related material you have personally shot or edited to: .
About the BBC
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons 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.
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Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individuals 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 thats to contribute to our programming or our wide range of nonproduction 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 socioeconomic background religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
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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.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
