Senior Technical Operator X2 - BBC NI, Belfast

ENGINEERINGUK; Belfast; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 43,000; Full time

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Senior Technical Operator X2 - BBC NI, Belfast

Package Description

Job Reference: 22758
Band: C
Salary: £32,400 - £42,200 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract type: Permanent role - Full time
Location: Office Base is Belfast - BBC NI

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 negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

Job Introduction

We have a busy multi-media Newsroom, and various production departments, incorporating technical areas operated by a team of multi-skilled technical and operational people working across broadcast output seven days per week. We cover all genres of broadcast, News, Sport, Current Affairs, Documentaries, on all platforms of Television, Radio and Online.

This is the front line of content management, dealing with ingest from live feeds, satellites and circuits, including IP paths, as well as material from camera cards and file transfers and archive systems.
The role includes overseeing the integration of content with the various production and operations teams, using a range of technology, to deliver material on time and of the highest suitable quality.

Initially this role will have an intensive short-term training and familiarisation plan to enable people to become familiar with the complex technical and processes involved.

Therefore we are looking for someone who are good learners and able to take on new skills quickly.

Main Responsibilities

• Mainly working in the BBC NI Newsroom HUB position.
• Working across multiple shifts covering 7 days per week, from 07:00 to 24:00, with occasional hours earlier and later depending on business needs.
• Dealing with bookings and adhoc events, such as circuits and satellite feeds requiring content movement, baseband video, audio and IP material, by using a range of tools and processes including BNCS and Schedulink.
• Undertaking ingest activities from camera cards and live capture, including file access from other systems and archives.
• Occasionally undertaking playout of content, including for live transmission events.
• To provide supervision and oversight of other members of the team, especially Technical Operators and occasional temp staff.
• To work autonomously, and often working alone, to deal with complex and unplanned requirements.
• To be competent in the use of desktop editing systems especially Cinegy and Dalet, to a basic level of loading, reviewing and editing sequences from multiple original files.
• To create advanced or extensive technical documentation and guides on supported systems and equipment, and can liaise with production departments to ensure programme requirements are fully met, producing documentation where relevant.

Are you the right candidate?

• We are looking for people with enthusiasm and motivation to get the job done to the highest standards.
• You will have creativity to solve problems, be able to manage multiple activities simultaneously, prioritised for the business needs, and always behave with professionalism.
• You understand the complex technology involved in the role, and are able to overcome problems should they arise.
• You can supervise and train others, sharing technical and operational skills and knowledge to deliver a high-quality service focused on best practice.
• You can prioritise activities, and delegate tasks as required, including planning for the delivery of future events or urgent tasks.

Please note that you will only be asked to submit a CV by way of application for this vacancy, and this CV will be the sole basis on which we initially review your application. We would therefore encourage you to approach your CV as an application, and to tailor it to highlight the skills and experience which we've talked about in this advert. We'd love to know not only about your most relevant experience and responsibilities in previous roles, but also any achievements, transferable skills, or areas of personal or professional interest that highlight why you'd be a great candidate for this role.

About the BBC

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons 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.

We don't focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you've read about our values and behaviours here.

Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC - whether that's to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

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.