Assistant Producer

Job Purpose

BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit (NHU) is the leading producer of wildlife programming, creating award-winning content with a world class reputation. Our output ranges from ambitious landmarks for BBC One and iPlayer (Green Planet, Dynasties, and Planet Earth III) to children’s programming (Deadly Dinosaurs and Andy’s Adventures), as well as ground-breaking adventure, formatted, presenter led, feature docs and event programming such as Endangered for Discovery Channel, Prehistoric Planet for Apple TV+ and live programming such as the BAFTA winning Springwatch for the BBC.

About PROJECT STORM (Working Title)

A single, talent-led documentary that outlines a hopeful plan for solving the climate crisis, showcasing incredible projects and people across the globe all working to affect change, this documentary will be truly original and impactful.

We are looking for an Assistant Producer, enthusiastic about the subject matter, to work on this major project. They will need to be highly creative and organised with excellent storytelling skills, visual flair, and the ability to take an innovative and imaginative approach to delivering outstanding content.

Are you the Right Candidate?

• Evidence of strong directorial skills and ability to identifying key story lines, especially with scientists/actuality as well as natural history.
• Experience of working across long form narrative, specifically in the feature doc genre.
• Experience of directing sync.
• Evidence of visual flair and strong emotionally engaging, character led storytelling.
• Experience of working with high profile contributors.
• Ability to set up and direct urban/remote shoots and being responsible for safety on location.
• Proven experience working on projects with key stakeholders and ability to manage upwards.
• Understanding of ‘duty of care’ with regard to individuals’ wellbeing and production Health & Safety issues.
• The ability to work well in teams, sharing information and knowledge and working closely with researchers in their team.
• Knowledge of VFX process and pipelines.

Job Package

Band: C

Contract type: Fixed term

Location: Bristol

Salary: £40,000 - £51,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Working Pattern: Hybrid

Start date: June 2024

We are really proud to share that we are a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and so if you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply please do contact us at [email protected] with the job reference in the subject.

We offer flexibility, competitive benefits and the opportunity to be part of the BBC's exciting mission. Some of the key benefits you’ll get from working in this role are:

Flexible/Agile working - opportunities across the business. We believe in empowering you to do your best work, so we offer support and flexibility to balance work and home. We’re happy to discuss a formal flexible working pattern. 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 the offer stage.

Unrivalled training and development opportunities - we operate a people-first culture and pride ourselves on your development. Our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certifications.

Excellent career progression - BBC Studios offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation. Leaders at the BBC are passionate about helping our people grow in the organisation and you will have regular sessions with your line manager to support you with your career ambitions.

Benefits - We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (plus an additional day 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.

The BBC is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce and therefore strongly encourages applications from underrepresented groups. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of their background. More information on our D&I plan can be found here.

BBC Studios puts sustainability at the heart of everything we do both onscreen and offscreen, including delivering against the BBC Group’s science-based Net Zero targets.