Journalism Coordinator - EXTEND Journalism Coordinator - EXTEND

As a team based within digital development, piloting and testing new formats for SVOD is crucial, while also ensuring we improve the existing programme offer on BBC iPlayer through better curation, iPlayer-first delivery and more. Streaming audiences are constantly evolving, so we must too! As a Journalism Co-ordinator, you'll play a key role in helping to deliver the best of BBC News on iPlayer. At the heart of the operation you'll co-ordinate filming, logistics and be a key point of call for colleagues to ensure consistently excellent delivery of programming, at pace.Main Responsibilities

• A role which is at the centre of the team you'll be at home organising, co-ordinating and managing multiple ongoing projects. There'll be no two days the same - from co-ordinating filming, to triaging scheduling and payments; or researching pictures, archiving and delivering our programmes. You'll have a keen eye for detail -- and you'll help to just make things happen!
• You'll play a key role during the production process, including producing call-sheets and risk assessments, booking crews and problem-solving if any issues arise.
• iPlayer is a major priority for the BBC and for BBC News. You'll play a pivotal role in ensuring the output is co-ordinated as activity increases, exponentially.
• Working between a daily news operation and an agile, iterative development team you will be equally at home operating with colleagues across the BBC on key news coverage; or working with audience panels to develop and create new formats for our platforms.
• Experimentation, piloting and continual improvement are key to success. You should be able to work across a number of simultaneous projects and be prepared for continuous change.
• We need to build our VOD audiences and grow our live audience on iPlayer. It's an exciting opportunity to shape the future of the industry; you'll be motivated to embrace the challenge and work with others to seize the opportunity.
• The Journalism Co-ordinator will be expected to work some evenings and weekends to help us deliver always on News coverage on iPlayer.
  
  Demonstrable experience of co-ordinating multiple simultaneous projects, working to a variety of stakeholders.
• An understanding of digital production processes, with specific regard to editing and TV production workflows.
• A willingness to learn and adapt, with a desire to work in a constantly changing environment.
• Knowledge of production requirements, including contributor, crew and location booking and scheduling.
• An appreciation of the need for comprehensive record keeping and metadata in footage logging, and day-to-day production.
  
  News on iPlayer is a pioneering multidisciplinary team, charged with delivering, creating and curating the best of BBC News on iPlayer. The team is expanding - across the UK - to continue to serve and grow audiences consuming news on our streaming platform, both on demand and live., 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.
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• 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 and gym. You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to our candidate pack