BBCOperations Technician
BBC is hiring an Operations Technician in London, United Kingdom. It pays £25k-£30k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on BBC.
Level's read on this job
- On Level's scale, this role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include Cameras, Sound Recording Equipment and broadcast equipment.
- Level classifies it as a mid-level role.
- Level lists 34 other open roles at BBC.
- The role was posted within the past two weeks.
AI in this role
Provide portable recording equipment, technical support, and asset tracking for BBC news, radio, and outside broadcasts.
Long Description
JOB BAND: B
CONTRACT TYPE: x2 Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: Locations: Media Operations
LOCATION: London, W3 Park Western
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £25,100 - £30,000 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
BBC Media Operations is at the heart of teams delivering incredible content across all our platforms for all audiences. Comprising around nine hundred people, it manages the craft and production operations for the BBC’s news, radio, and some sport services across London, Salford, and Birmingham - capturing, editing, and producing our output 24x7 for TV, radio, and digital platforms.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
The Location team is responsible for resourcing and supporting outside broadcasts, News and Production Services who supply and support kit to self-shooters. Our team work on some of the BBCs highest profile events ranging from music (Glastonbury, the Proms) to Sport (Euros, Olympics) to News (coverage of the Party Conferences, elections as well as breaking News events).
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:
• Production Services staff are responsible for delivering a high quality support service on behalf of the BBC.
• Operations Technicians are responsible for the provision of portable recording equipment, accessories and related consumables.
• Operation Technicians and Senior Operation Technicians ensure that equipment is maintained, available for use, allocated to programme teams as required and monitored and tracked to ensure maximum utilisation of assets.
• They will advise programme makers on the use of the kit that is being hired.
• It is essential that role holder understands the needs of the business and is sensitive to the pressures faced by production teams.
• Operations Technicians are concerned with the preparation and basic maintenance of equipment, liaising with programme teams in relation to their requests and advising on equipment set up, and ensuring that the movements of assets are accurately recorded and tracked.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
• Experience of using broadcast / production equipment such as cameras and sound recording equipment.
• Detailed technical knowledge of audio and visual equipment used in programme making
• An understanding of the responsibilities involved in the management, supply, maintenance, and storage of all equipment and accessories
• Proven ability to work in a team environment adopting a collaborative and supportive approach
• Examples of communicating technical information to non-technical colleagues/cohorts at all levels
DESIRABLE CRITERIA:
• Good planning and organisational skills with keen attention to detail
• Strong time management skills with a proven ability to prioritise; experience of working to tight deadlines
• Ability to work on own initiative
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.
How we rate this
Operations Technician at BBC rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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Questions you could be asked
- Tell me about a project where broadcast equipment was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where media operations was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where asset tracking was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where technical support was part of your work. What did you do?
- Walk me through how you've used Cameras in your day-to-day work.
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- List these exact terms on your resume: Broadcast Equipment, Media Operations, Asset Tracking, Technical Support, and Cameras. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
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