JOB DETAILS
JOB TITLE: Production Coordinator
JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed-term Contract, Full-time / Attachment, Full-time (End date 20/06/2026)
DEPARTMENT: BBC Sport
LOCATION: Salford
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £29,500 - £39,500, 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 Sport is at the heart of the world’s major sporting events. Our teams make sure that every day, throughout the year our audiences are served with the sporting stories that matter as well as providing world class coverage of the events themselves. As a Production Co-ordinator in BBC Sport, you would play a key role providing logistical and co-ordination support in planning, the live gallery in studio and on OBs and in post-production.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
As a Production Coordinator, you will be part of a collaborative, innovative team that delivers the outstanding, distinctive, multi-platform content that BBC Sport is renowned for, by providing creative ways to realise editorial ambitions within operational and financial constraints. You'll have the opportunity to work with our Football team on live galleries for studio and/or OBs.
Your Key Responsibilities And Impact
- Perform the Gallery PA role on both timed and live event programmes
- Ensure that our weekly programme output (whether studio or OB) is efficiently and thoroughly planned and within budget
- Provide logistical and coordination support to a production team on one or more productions and platforms, ensuring delivery on time and within budget.
- Ensure compliance with BBC policies, guidelines, and regulatory requirements.
- Support initiatives to improve efficiency, promote diversity, and reduce environmental impact.
Essential Criteria
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Strong organisational and coordination skills within a production environment.
- Excellent attention to detail, ensuring accuracy in timings, post production paperwork, and logistical planning across live and recorded productions.
- Specialist live gallery PA skills on timed programmes and live event programmes
- Ability to liaise effectively with internal teams and external providers.
- An understanding of the content produced across our sport department
Desired But Not Required
- Familiarity with sustainability practices in production.
- Ability to mentor or support less experienced colleagues.
- Experience of working in Sport production
- Experience of working in OBs
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.
This role will initially be working across our Football output and will require weekend working.
Disclaimer
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.
Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.
For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk
Redeployment
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC 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.
