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Job Introduction

BBC Audio Technical Production runs engineering operations for all 11 national BBC networks and delivers the biggest musical events on the calendar for BBC Radio.

We’re a leading provider of services and equipment to the BBC and independent production companies. With 100 highly-trained and qualified engineers, outside broadcast bases in London, Bristol and Salford, 27 broadcast support vehicles and dedicated teams to support the whole operation, Technical Production offers a complete service in all aspects of speech, drama, classical and pop music production.

BBC Audio’s Outside Broadcast Base at Matrix Park is central to the creation of many of BBC Radio’s most prestigious events such as the Proms, Glastonbury, Premiership Football, Radio 1 Big Weekend, Sunday Worship and Any Questions - to name just a few - rely on the accurate and timely allocation and delivery of outside broadcast vehicles and equipment.

Main Responsibilities

The Base Manager is responsible for the day to day management and supervision of equipment allocation, stores operations and logistics requirements to ensure that our teams on the ground get the right equipment in the right place at the right time.

Please see the full job description below for the full scope of duties and responsibilities.

Are you the right candidate?

To be successful in this role, you will:

• need a good knowledge and experience of HGV fleet compliance and skills.
• ideally have a experience of managing Health & Safety, compliance with statutory regulations and a Certificate of Professional Competence or the willingness to complete this qualification.
• be an excellent, experienced administrator and planner, with experience in a similar critical service environment (e.g. a warehouse, broadcast hire company or TV OB facility).
• need to be IT literate and numerate with a good eye for detail and data accuracy.
• have experience of managing and supervising teams and be used to managing stakeholders to ensure that satisfactory outcomes are achieved.
• be comfortable prioritising conflicting requirements, working to unmissable deadlines, all within an environment where health and safety and HGV compliance must never be compromised.

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: Continuing (permanent)
Location: Matrix Park, London

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.