Production Coordinator (Glasgow) - #1764580

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: C

CONTRACT TYPE: 6 month Fixed-term Contract/ attachment, Full-time

DEPARTMENT: Scotland Production Management

LOCATION: Glasgow (Office based)

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £28,600 - £34,400 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The Alba Children’s team create over 60 hours of Children’s content each year for BBC Alba. This output, combined with various outreach projects, ensures the team is constantly busy. We require a dynamic, multi-tasking PC to join our team.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

Are you passionate about creating high-quality children’s content?

Beyond content creation, we actively connect with communities through outreach projects, ensuring our work resonates far beyond the screen. We’re a fast-paced, dynamic team, always innovating and evolving to deliver the best for our audience.

We’re looking for a proactive, multi-tasking Production Coordinator to join us — someone ready to thrive in a creative and energetic environment. If you love children’s programming and want to be part of a team shaping the future of Gaelic storytelling, we’d love to hear from you!

Your Key Responsibilities And Impact

• Ensure TX schedules are updated and relayed to the team from external Stakeholders.
• Liaise with BBC departments to ensure Studio, Craft and Post-production personnel are booked and kept informed of all planned filming.
• Complete all Post-Production paperwork using Silvermouse
• Raise Smartbooks/Requisitions and Purchase orders for production spend and ensuring running costs are updated and accurate.
• Compile weekly schedules to send to Planning, Presenters and External vendors.
• Demonstrate the BBC values
• Ensure Albert documentation is collected and delivered on time and making sure the production is as sustainable as possible
• Arrange School visits and outreach projects.
  
  

Essential Criteria

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Demonstrates strong organisational and forward planning skills.
• Able to consider and propose new ways of working to improve existing processes.
• Demonstrable experience of carrying out a logistical coordinating role within a production team, ensuring Studio, Craft and personnel are booked well in advance of filming dates.
• Good working knowledge of end-to-end multi-platform production with an understanding of the technology used on productions.
• Able to use and advise on production systems and can adopt new technologies.
• Interpersonal and communication skills sufficient to establish and maintain effective relations with a wide range of contacts.
• Ability to use own initiative with assurance using judgment to escalate where necessary.
• Ability to log shots either in the studio or on location
  
  

Desired But Not Required

• Gaelic language skills.
  
  

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

For any general queries, please contact: [email protected]

Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC 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.