Senior Content Producer - Religion, Science and Arts (22198)
Senior Content Producer - Religion, Science and Arts (22198)
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Package Description
Band: D
Salary:per annum depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Cardiff Central Square
Were 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 inhouse Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
Benefits We offer a negotiable salary package a flexible 35hour working week for worklife balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days a defined pension scheme and discounted dental health care gym and much more.
Job Introduction
Were looking for a Senior Content Producer to lead our production team of religion arts and science programmes for BBC Radio Wales.
BBC Radio Wales is the national English language radio station for Wales. At BBC Radio Wales we are passionate about creating radio which sits at the heart of Welsh life. We entertain our listeners while informing and educating them but we want to go further than that: well surprise our audience delight them not just sometimes but every day.
Were home to a diverse range of religious output including our weekly worship slot Celebration and our awardwinning religious affairs programme All Things Considered. We also make content for BBC Radio 4 including Sunday Worship Prayer For The Day and The Daily Service. In this role you will also be responsible for overseeing the production of The Radio Wales Arts Show and Science Caf as well as other inhouse arts and science programming.
Main Responsibilitites
As a Senior Content Producer you will lead motivate and support a team ensuring that the editorial vision is communicated and understood.
Youll be responsible for devising planning and making distinctive digital and audio content across Radio Wales for a variety of religious arts and science programmes both from and for Wales. Youll also be the key point of contact for our BBC network radio religion commissions.
Youll come up with imaginative and compelling programme ideas in a wide range of styles and formats which youll see through to completion.
With an ear for stories and content that resonates with our audiences youll have a good sense of the social and political context of Wales the place of religion and spirituality within contemporary Welsh society and an understanding of arts and science issues.
The ideal candidate will have hands on experience of studio production and have demonstrable experience of working with and directing both new and established presenters.
Youll embrace the BBCs digital development plan and ensure content is delivered to the highest standards on all digital platforms including BBC Sounds and social media.
Are you the right candidate
- Strong interest and understanding of theology: fluency across the range of Christian theological approaches and a good working understanding of the major world faiths.
- A thorough working knowledge of the BBCs Editorial Values and Standards and their application within live and prerecorded radio.
- Demonstrable skill in leading speech radio productions with experience of overseeing technical and operational processes.
- Proficient in working with Christian music strong knowledge of hymns and worship music.
- A strong journalistic mindset when it comes to speech content the ability to pinpoint the heart of an issue and have confidence in intelligent questioning.
- Highlydeveloped planning and organisational skills.
- Exceptional time management skills and ability to meet deadlines.
About the BBC
We dont 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 youve read about our values and behaviours here.
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.
To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC please click here.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
