BBC
Operations Technician
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JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: B
CONTRACT TYPE: Full-time / Fixed-term Contract / Attachment until 13/01/2027
DEPARTMENT: Wales Business & Operations
LOCATION: Central Square, Cardiff.
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £26,000-£29,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge, and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Welsh Language Skills are desirable for this role.
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 Media Control Team look after content for a number of clients and services. Ingesting from live feeds, taking delivery of camera cards, organizing file transfers, and working with a number of archive, scheduling, and media management systems.
They ensure that all recorded content for transmission on S4C is correctly delivered and technically compliant, including handling late delivery and complex productions. They support continuous linear transmission and delivery to on-demand platforms, working closely with BBC Wales Post Production and teams in other parts of Nations Business and Operations.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
Based in the BBC's state-of-the-art Central Square headquarters in Cardiff, you'll be part of the team that keeps BBC and S4C television services and streams running smoothly. The role can be fast-paced and demanding at times, but you'll be working alongside a supportive team in a collaborative environment. We encourage our team members to develop their skills, take on new challenges, and make the most of the opportunities available for personal and professional growth.
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Your Key Responsibilities And Impact
- Working within a shift-based team, covering 7 days per week, 365 days a year.
- Processing daily deliveries of S4C programmes and other content, working closely with S4C’s libraries and scheduling teams. Performing high-level checks to ensure compliance with the BBC’s delivery standards.
- Planning, processing, and delivering files for post-production, including ingest activities from camera cards and live capture, file access from other systems and archives.
- Providing live playout of content for transmission.
- Working autonomously, and often working alone, dealing with complex and unplanned requirements.
- Communicating promptly and effectively with colleagues and key stakeholders to ensure the smooth running of our post-production and transmission activities.
- To be or to become competent in the use of systems including Dalet, Avid, and EVS for loading and reviewing content, and constructing edit sequences from multiple original files.
- Prompt reporting and escalation of any technical or operational issues.
Essential Criteria
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Experience of working collaboratively in a small team with technical, engineering, and production colleagues.
- Experience of working to fixed deadlines with minimal supervision.
- Experience of working to strict guidelines demonstrating meticulous attention to detail.
- Experience of using software for creating or editing content.
- Experience of dealing with multiple stakeholders and balancing priorities.
Desired But Not Required
- Knowledge of Avid and/or Adobe Premiere.
- Experience of using Media Asset Management systems.
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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.
Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.
For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk
We are unable to accept applications via CV and only applications made online will be considered. Please click on the APPLY NOW button to proceed with your application.
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.
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