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Job Introduction

BBC Studios is the most awarded Production Company and the biggest independent producer in the UK. The Factual Entertainment and Events team produce a wide breadth of content including; Top Gear, Dragon’s Den, Amazing Hotels, Morning Live, The ONE Show and the prestigious Royal Ceremonial Event coverage and much more.

We are looking for a Head of Production with experience within the Factual Entertainment realm working across a diverse slate of productions from high volume, fast turnaround, to smaller one off series for our base in Glasgow.

Main Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading, developing and motivating production teams across a range of output for the genre. Working closely alongside the genre’s Creative Director they will play an integral role in helping shape and grow the Glasgow Factual Entertainment base and the production management leadership team.

We are looking for someone who is dynamic, ambitious, collaborative and inspiring. They will be an excellent communicator both internally and externally and will play a key role in forging strategic partnerships for the Scottish base. We are looking for an energetic leader who will be responsible for ensuring an inclusive, collaborative and supportive culture, whilst also being an exceptional role model for our teams.

As well as having a considerable knowledge of the local area and the wider industry, they’ll have excellent knowledge of key talent within the base, building strong relationships with existing talent and identifying emerging talent. They’ll demonstrate a real passion and enthusiasm for the role, knowing how to lead, but also having the ability to offer support when required.

Please refer to the full job description for this role.

Are you the right candidate?

To be successful in this role you will need to be able to demonstrate the following -

Do you have a proven track record of being in a HOP role, or in a senior PE role within Unscripted (and/or Fact Ent) who’s looking to take the next step?

Do you have considerable experience in leading and managing multi-platform productions from start to delivery, for multiple broadcasters.

Do you have exceptional communication skills, being able to build key relationships both internally and externally, as well as inspire and lead change.

Do you possess excellent business and finance skills with a proven ability to be ambitious in identifying new business opportunities and seeing the bigger picture.

Do you have strong, dynamic leadership skills in supporting growth, collaboration and innovation.

Can you demonstrate a real passion for creating and nurturing inclusive cultures across productions.

Do you have a wide knowledge of the industry and the Glasgow/Scotland base, with strong relationships with key talent in the base, as well as identifying new emerging talent.

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: F

Contract type: Continuing

Location: Glasgow

Working pattern: Minimum of 3 days in the Glasgow office

Closing Date: Sunday 12th of March 2023

We are really proud to share that we are a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and so if you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply please do contact us on [email protected] with ref: BBC/TP/224227/66519 in the subject.

We advertise all our roles on Evenbreak, the specialist job board for disabled candidates.

• Flexible / agile working - 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 the 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 with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, healthcare, gym and much more.