Senior Production Coordinator

JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: 12 Month Fixed-term Contract, Full-time (Maternity Cover)
DEPARTMENT: BBC Studios – Commercial News
LOCATION: London – Television Centre
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £37,000 - £42,000 plus £5,441 London Weighting depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

WE ARE BBC STUDIOS

A globally renowned media company borne of the BBC. We make and distribute the world’s most sought-after TV, audio and digital content.

Our ambition is to be the home of the most powerful, entertaining, and inspiring stories for people all around the world.

BBC StoryWorks is the branded content studio of BBC Studios, creating award-winning commercial content for the BBC’s global audiences outside the UK. Through unique research and insights the StoryWorks Programme Partnerships team creates original commercial series for global brands that tell stories from organisations and industries to BBC.com audiences and beyond, looking deeper into the issues shaping society from organisations helping to lead change, delivering formidable results.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Join BBC Studios as a Senior Production Coordinator, providing expert production management support across a portfolio of productions from commissioning through to final delivery. Working closely with production teams, suppliers and stakeholders, you’ll play a key role in ensuring productions are delivered on time, within budget and in line with BBC standards, while driving operational excellence, continuous improvement and best practice across the production lifecycle.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

This is an opportunity to be at the heart of content delivery, supporting a diverse range of productions and collaborating with talented teams across BBC Studios. You'll have the chance to influence how productions operate, contribute to process improvements, develop others through knowledge sharing, and help deliver high-quality content that reaches audiences across multiple platforms.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• Coordinate multiple productions simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery, budget control and compliance with BBC policies, frameworks and regulatory requirements.
• Support production planning, scheduling, resource management and operational delivery, helping teams overcome challenges and maintain efficient workflows.
• Monitor production budgets, manage financial administration and supplier processes, ensuring accurate cost tracking and value for money.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with internal stakeholders and external suppliers, resolving issues and supporting successful delivery outcomes.
• Act as a source of expertise on production systems, processes and best practice, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and supporting colleagues' development through guidance and knowledge sharing.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Proven experience in production coordination or production management, supporting multiple productions or projects within a fast-paced environment.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end production delivery, including planning, scheduling, operational coordination and meeting deadlines within budget.
• Experience managing production finances, including budgeting, forecasting, purchase orders, quotations and cost monitoring.
• Excellent organisational, communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems, improve processes, manage competing priorities and support colleagues through advice, guidance and knowledge sharing.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

• Experience working within a broadcast, media or content production environment.
• Knowledge of accessibility and content delivery workflows, including subtitling, audio description or related services.
• Experience managing supplier relationships and supporting commercial decision-making.
• Experience coaching, mentoring or developing junior production colleagues.
• Understanding of sustainable production practices and initiatives that reduce environmental impact.

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.

We appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest, we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding.

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