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The BBC Proms is the biggest classical music festival in the world. We run over 100 live events over 2 months in the summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London and venues around the UK. Nearly everything we do is broadcast across BBC Radio, TV and online. We are a creative, innovative festival that connects with audiences around the UK and across the globe.

You would be part of a dynamic team that looks after Marketing, Learning, Communications, Publications, Business or Live Events. You will build skills in your chosen area and everyone on the team has a chance to work at events. It’s a real team effort.

We’re looking for a Content Assistant to join the Business Team. Working and communicating with a wide range of people from external Artists, Orchestras & Choirs, Publishers, Agents to BBC Internal Departments this role will administer the complimentary and promoter ticket requirements. We are a small team that works very closely with Marketing, Communications and Live Events, and there are opportunities to grow your skills in these areas such as setting up systems and supporting on admin and Events throughout the Proms Season.

In any single week at the BBC Proms you could be working on events for singer Cynthia Erivo, the London Symphony Orchestra with conductor Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, sitar-player Anoushka Shankar and the BBC Orchestras and Choirs.

Click here to see a taste of the Proms in 2022.

We want the Proms to be for everyone and are looking for people to help us do that.

For fuller details see Appendix of Job Description in the attached PDF / Please read carefully through the job description in the appendix and if that sounds like you, please apply below.

The Content Assistant ensures our artists, teams and stakeholders experience the magic of the Proms, by administrating the complimentary and promoter ticket requirements. You will work and communicate with a wide range of people including external Artists, Orchestras and Choirs, Publishers, Agents and BBC Internal Departments. You’ll be part of a small team that works very closely with Marketing, Communications and Live Events, and there are opportunities to grow your skills in these areas by setting up systems and supporting the administration of live events throughout the Proms Season.

You don’t need any knowledge of classical music to play a part in the Proms; if you have great planning, organising and communication skills, good attention to detail and a flexible approach, we want to hear from you. We’re looking for someone with experience of working in administration in a busy office environment who is confident dealing with lots of different people. You’ll be able to work well on your own initiative as well as enjoy supporting a team working to deadlines and under pressure. Proms work is highly intensive between June and August, therefore it would be helpful if candidates could declare any holiday plans in their application or at interview stage.

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

Band: B
Contract type: 4 month attachment/fixed term contract
Location: Broadcasting House, London

Interviews will take place on Wednesday 29th March 2023

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.