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Contains Strong Language  is a festival of poetry and performance which will take place this year in Bradford as part of the City of Culture Events. This award-winning celebration of spoken word, page poetry and performance and the poets who create it, began in Hull in 2016. The festival has newly commissioned work at its heart which is performed for audiences in venues across the city and also broadcast on all the national as well as on local radio stations and streamed on digital platforms. The talent development scheme Words First as well as other continuing initiatives such as Radio Club form part of the pre-festival and legacy work.
Main Responsibilities
The role will include managing the lead up to the festival, in conjunction with the editor and an event producer, working closely with multiple partners from both within the BBC and externally, as well as being on location for the event itself to ensure it runs smoothly. You will work closely with the editorial team and supervise junior members of the team, as well as volunteers for the event. You will be responsible for preparing, managing and monitoring production budgets and reporting the financial position to the editor and production executive. You will also need experience of interpreting editorial briefs and there is the opportunity to lead on the digital promotion and coverage of the festival and creatively input into this project.

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Are you the right candidate?
You’ll need to have experience of planning and organising at single or multi-venue live events, along with a good working knowledge of all BBC safety procedures associated with publicly-attended festivals. You will have managed relationships with both external stakeholders and worked with multiple programme and technical teams at the same time. You’ll have proven ability to manage projects within a set budget, as well as a demonstrable experience of working with BBC systems, including SAP. The BBC Audio Events Producer will also give support managing this project.
For any queries, please contact either Sue Roberts, Executive Editor and Director of Contains Strong Language, or Victoria Caddens, Production Executive, England Regions, Wales and West.

Benefits & Perks

Salary: £35,200 - £41,167 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract type: 6-month attachment/fixed term contract
Location: MediaCityUK, Salford
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 negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 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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Posted on Feb 4

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€35K - €41K

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Junior Production Manager, Contains Strong Language, BBC Audio North

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