Executive Producer BBC Radio Leeds Leeds, England
Job description
BBC Radio Leeds is one of England’s largest stations. We work in one of the busiest and most diverse areas of the country, with a dedicated team of journalists and programme makers who regularly produce award-winning content. Presenters are distinctive and our news and sports teams deliver original and creative journalism. Local is at the heart of what we do and communities are key as we strive to be more relevant in an ever-changing West Yorkshire – this means increasing our digital offering to reach people who don’t listen to the radio.
The Executive Producer role is wide-ranging and combines the strategic with the operational.
You will work closely with the Executive Editor, providing support in the overall management and development of the station and its staff, and have a number of day-to-day responsibilities which will include the line-management of some teams.
You will take a lead role on station campaigns and one-off projects and be comfortable driving forward new ways of working and collaborating with other departments.
You’ll have a strong track record in production – in linear or digital and will have worked on initiatives to attract new audiences.
You should be able to demonstrate strong leadership and clear direction with experience identifying, mentoring and developing new talent and have the ability to bring the best out in others with a flexible and collaborative approach.
You will harness a culture of fairness, collaboration and inclusivity and have the ability to give constructive feedback to get the most from your teams.
You’ll need strong editorial judgement and an instinct for ways to reach different groups within the local audience.
If you’re interested, call Sanjiv Buttoo – Executive Editor BBC Radio Leeds - for an informal chat: 07740 818772
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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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Package DescriptionWe’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.
