Producer

Job Introduction

BBC Education exists to transform lives through education. That clear vision drives everything we do as we lead the overall education strategy for the BBC.

The BBC Own It website is aimed at keeping 7 to 11 year olds safe, secure and happy online. It has engaging and inspiring content for the young audience but also their parents and teachers.

Own It is part of BBC Education and launched on Safer Internet Day in February 2022. It has a new focus on reaching children through the adults in their lives as well as continuing to provide fun and informative child-facing support.

Role Responsibility

• To lead the Own It editorial team to deliver the new strategy.
• To work collaboratively with senior members of the Education and Newsround editorial team as well as senior stakeholders both internally in the BBC and with external partners.
• To commission a range of content across a range of formats designed to meet specific editorial objectives, eg in the field of digital wellbeing and critical thinking/digital literacy, teaching resources and guides for parents.
• To identify and deliver key opportunities across the year to promote Own It content and messages to the child, teacher and parent audiences using a variety of BBC and non BBC platforms.
• To line manage and develop the team of Own It APs and Researchers.
• To build and manage external relationships in the field of digital safety/literacy.

Are you the right candidate?

• Must have an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the challenges facing children in the digital environment, and of digital environment safeguarding issues.
• Must have extensive commissioning experience for web content for a variety of audiences.
• Must have experience of curating and managing a website.
• Desirable to have proven leadership skills.
• Desirable to have a good working knowledge of optimising digital content for search (SEO) for apps and web content.

Package Description

Band: D
Contract type:1 x FTC / Attachment (6Months)
Location:MediaCityUK, Salford UK / Hybrid 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 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 (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

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