EXTEND - Senior Content Producer - Norwich EXTEND - Senior Content Producer - Norwich

You'll be the person who makes sure BBC Radio Norfolk connects with our communities, making them feel supported, respected, celebrated and that they have a voice. You'll have experience of working with diverse communities and have ideas for making BBC Radio Norfolk relevant to underserved audiences.

You'll take ownership of shaping and leading on partnerships, events and projects, fostering collaboration and great team work across audio and the wider story team. You would be the local lead on important pan-England campaigns such as "Make A Difference".

We're looking for someone who is capable of establishing meaningful partnerships with external partners, representing BBC Radio Norfolk and raising our profile across communities and organisations.

You'll work closely with programme teams and presenters to create outstanding content for our audiences. As well as recognising digital opportunities to help our content travel further. You will be part of the management team and bring a wealth of leadership, journalistic and event management skills.

• You'll need an extensive knowledge of the diverse communities across Norfolk, with lots of strong and deliverable ideas about how we can work with them to have an impact on air and in the digital space.


• We're looking for someone with proven editorial judgement who can spot a story opportunity and turn it into creative content.


• You'll need previous experience in radio programming and in project management with the focus and energy to see an idea through from conception to delivery.


• Effective planning and organising skills are essential.


• Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to establish new relationships are a must. Ideally, you'll also be someone with a track record of training and developing new talent.
  
  BBC Radio Norfolk is looking for a talented, inspired individual to invest in and reflect our richly diverse communities stretching from King's Lynn in the west to the city of Norwich, Diss to the south and Great Yarmouth in the east. BBC Radio Norfolk has worked hard to build meaningful and mutually enriching relations with communities across the city and county and we're now looking for a Communities Senior Journalist to build on those strong foundations with fresh ideas which deliver impact and importance across all platforms., The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.


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 here.

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.


• 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 negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.


Freelancers are eligible to apply for an internal role if they are on a Worker Contract and they have worked continuously for 6 months. If they have worked for less than 6 months continuously or have a break of 3 weeks or more between engagements, they must seek Divisional HR approval to apply for an internal role prior to submitting an application.

If they are unsure which contract they are on, they can speak to their booker or the HR BP, however if it helps - both a PAYE freelance or Modus Gross contract is considered a Worker contract and covered by the Worker terms found here.