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BBC Asian Network is the UK’s biggest Asian multi-platform radio station. We champion and celebrate young British Asians with a distinctive mix of music and speech.

Our teams reflect the lives and interests of British-Asians and we play the best in music from Bollywood to RnB, UK Asian Rap to Old Skool Bhangra to name a few! We provide support for British Asian and international artists via our extensive multi-platform approach.

The Asian Network offers the best in new music, events, news and current affairs and everything that matters to our audience right now.

With over two million followers across our social platforms, WE ARE THE leading voice in British- Asian culture.

The Assistant Commissioner will report to the Head of Asian Network and will work closely with the Commissioning Executive. The Assistant Commissioner will work with a wide range of internal and external contacts.

You’ll love the British Asian music scene and know everything from Asian Drill to the biggest Bhangra hits. You will need to have a keen interest and some understanding of the commissioning process. Experience in commissioning or creating youth music content is desirable, along with experience of creating and developing digital content. You'll have programme making experience, sound editorial judgment and the ability to be organised in fast paced environments. Good communication and interpersonal skills with experience of handling confidential and/or controversial information tactfully is important. You'll have the ability to use your own initiative with confidence, using judgment to escalate where necessary. You will also ideally have a strong understanding of evolving audience requirements including in relation to digital content knowledge, ensuring that new forms of content are considered as part of the commissioning process.

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Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's 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 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, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

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Band: D
Contract type: 1 x 12 Month Fixed Term Contract/Attachment
Location: Birmingham

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 (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.