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Media Management Scotland department is part of the Commissioning division within BBC Scotland and is responsible for managing and tracking media throughout the production lifecycle and ensuring that content is archived for current and future audiences.

The role is part of a multi-skilled pool of archivists who support BBC Scotland's media management and archiving requirements in the content production areas.

This role is focused on BBC Scotland's news content and output and reports to the Archive Operations Manager.

The main responsibility of the roll is the selection, capture and cataloguing of BBC Scotland, BBC Alba and BBC Radio Scotland news content for archive.

Footage selections and edits. You must have basic editing abilities. Experience of using Avid suite products, including Avid Media Composer, is desirable.

The role requires quick response to footage requests. Knowledge of BBC Archive holdings is desirable.

The provision of a full and comprehensive enquiry service for internal colleagues, independent production companies and external customers.

You will be expected to participate in, or lead, ad-hoc projects as required.

Responsible for applying media management standards and use of the minimum metadata set and technical information.

Our ideal candidate will hold a recognised qualification in information management/librarianship or relevant experience of content management in a multimedia environment.

Previous experience of working in a news media library environment would be advantageous.

You should have an awareness of BBC output with particular attention to BBC Scotland's news output.

We require excellent organisational skills and good judgement in assessing work priorities.

Excellent IT skills and experience of database systems are essential for this role.

The ability to demonstrate strong communication skills.

You will have experience in working in an operational, support or customer-facing role, working under pressure to meet strict deadlines whilst having the flexibility to assist, and cover for, colleagues.

We are looking for a team player with a belief in delivering a high quality service.

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We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production 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, sexuality, social background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

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Band: B

Contract: Fixed Term - Full Time (12 Months)

Location: BBC Scotland (happy to discuss hybrid/flexible working)

Application process: You will be asked to fill in a diversity questionnaire which is confidential and not seen by the hiring manager. You will then be asked to:

• upload your CV
• complete an eligibility questionnaire
• answer questions specific to the role
  

You are eligible to apply for an internal role if you are either on a BBC Continuing (Permanent) contract, a BBC Fixed Term contract, a casual contract or freelance contract and you have worked continuously for 6 months.

Only internal staff are eligible to apply for the role on an attachment basis. You need to be on a continuing (permanent) or fixed-term contract. You need to have worked for the BBC for more than one year and will also need permission from your line manager. You can find out more on our attachments page.

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 holiday with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

Please note that the application process will require you to upload a CV and complete the online questionnaire(s). There is no requirement to attach a covering letter or complete the additional careers hub fields (Personal Statement/Skills/Portfolio sections).

The BBC is keen to continue to ensure the safety and wellbeing of people across our sites. Until further notice, all assessments and interviews will be conducted remotely. For more information go to https://www.bbc.co.uk/careers/

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