Senior Technical Operator - EXTEND

Job Details

• Job Band: C
• Contract Type:
  Permanent, Full-time
• Department: BBC South West, Local Technical Operations
• Location:
  
  Plymouth (Office based)
• Proposed Salary Range: £32,900 – 40,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
• Flexibility:
  Discussions about flexible working will take place at offer stage. No obligation to disclose preference now.
• BBC Extend:
  Role advertised as part of BBC Extend programme for disabled people. Applicants must identify as deaf, disabled or neurodivergent and meet disability definition under the Equality Act (2010) or the Disability Discrimination Act (1995). BBC provides workplace adjustments and support.

BBC South West covers Devon, Cornwall, West Somerset and Dorset and the Isles of Scilly. Our patch is just over 14,000sq km and we have some of the most beautiful land and sea‑scapes 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 multiskilled Senior Technical Operator based in Plymouth.

You will work primarily to our flagship evening news programme ‘Spotlight’ but there will also be opportunities to work on network news programming, our weekly Political programme, and iPlayer live streams and half‑hour commissions, alongside our digital and social media teams. We are truly multi‑platform in the South West. You should be as conversant with creating content for online and gathering for radio as you are for TV.

As a Senior Technical Operator in Plymouth you’ll be directing our live TV news bulletins. You’ll be editing on Quantel and out on the road shooting and editing both news and features. You’ll also be operating the full range of gallery and studio equipment.

• Craft editing to a high standard
• Gallery and studio operations
• Shoot/Editing on the road
• Directing live television news

• Experience in directing live TV news bulletins
• Excellent Open Media knowledge
• Interpret the requests of editorial colleagues to achieve their aspirations creatively in the studio or out on the road
• Excellent communication skills
• Knowledge of relevant health and safety guidelines and legislation
• Understand BBC Values and what they mean to our audience and staff

• Experience of TV News GFX design

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

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.

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The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC 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.