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BBC Audio Science is coming to Cardiff.

The BBC are creating a world-leading centre for celebrating and championing science and ideas, based in Wales. This puts our teams at the heart of international radio and podcasting production.

Cardiff will be the centre for science programmes on Radio 4 and the World Service as well as global podcasts. We cover all aspects of science, tech, health, engineering, psychology, natural history, space science and more. Current programmes and podcasts include Inside Science, Inside Health, Health Check, Science in Action, All in the Mind, The Life Scientific, CrowdScience, Bad People and Digital Planet, reaching over 270 million people across the world every week. Our content will be produced from the BBC’s newest, greenest and most technologically advanced broadcast facility - Central Square, Cardiff.

Come and join us.

BBC Audio and BBC Wales have brought together their network radio production teams in Cardiff and Bristol. It means our colleagues will have opportunities for collaborating, developing ideas and their progressing their careers. Our team deliver a wide range of output across science, factual, rural affairs, food, documentaries, current affairs, music and drama for all BBC UK Radio networks, the World Service and BBC Sounds.

BBC Audio has around 670 editorial and technical staff who create more than 100 hours of original audio every day. Our podcasts and radio programmes are heard across the UK and around the world and we work with some of the biggest names in music, entertainment and journalism. We collaborate with world class partners to deliver social value. This is just a selection of the 22,500 programmes we work on every year - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcaudio

Are you a fan of podcasts and programmes rooted in science and health? Do you have journalistic skills and the knowledge and enthusiasm to find out about what’s going on in science, technology and health research? You might even be considering a change of career? We’d be keen to hear from a diverse range of researchers, educators and communicators who a looking to continue their work in science but in new ways.

If so, you may be just the person to join our team as an Assistant Producer who can work effectively to help deliver engaging, creative built content, week after week. We’re looking for an Assistant Producer to work on programmes within our BBC Audio Science portfolio.

Main Responsibilities

Our ideal candidate will have experience in a communication environment, preferably with a good working knowledge of science journalism and output. You will have the experience and ability to contribute with fast, thorough research, good ideas for use in the programmes, on websites and other developing platforms. Ideally you will have experience of working in an environment with tight deadlines and changing priorities. You will need to demonstrate a real enthusiasm for programme making and an informed interest in speech radio, be a good team player and have the attitude and aptitude to develop in this multi-skilled role.

Are you the right candidate?

We are looking for someone with knowledge and interest in podcasting, Radio 4 and in World Service programmes and a global outlook

With knowledge of or experience in science broadcasting

Demonstrable journalistic experience

Experience of finding and researching science stories

Experience of making high impact digital content and operational knowledge of digital editing systems, studios and broadcast equipment

About the BBC

We don’t 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 you’ve read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below.

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.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here

Package Description

Band: C
Contract type: 1 x Continuing contract (permanent)
Location: Cardiff

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.