Production management assistant, BBC Audio North - EXTEND

Closing date for applications: 6 October 2025

Salary: £25,200 - £30,200 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Location: Salford, GBR, M50 2QH

Contract type: Fixed-term contract/attachment, full-time (12 months)

Department: BBC Audio North (Dock House, MediaCityUK, Salford - this is on office-based role)

Job band: B

Interviews: Held on Teams on Friday 17th October 2025

Are you organised, enthusiastic, and passionate about radio and podcasts? Join a creative audio production team and play a key role in keeping everything running smoothly behind the scenes.

BBC Audio North is the single biggest supplier of BBC radio programmes and podcasts made outside of London. We love audio and make lots of it – a rich mix of content spanning multiple genres including consumer, investigations, documentaries, religion and arts for national BBC Radio, the World Service and Sounds.

BBC Audio is looking for a dynamic and engaged production management assistant (PMA) to support the production management community - covering a variety of tasks: including responsibility for the smooth running of production offices and being a key point of contact for the head of audio north, production managers and support to the production coordinators. Responsibilities

You will manage studio, workshop, and meeting room bookings, along with IT and phone assets, laptop and locker allocation, car parking, staff rotas, annual leave requests, sickness absence logging, and general database and IT support
Organise ID passes, greet visitors to the department, and coordinate hospitality for large meetings and events
Assist production coordinators with travel and accommodation bookings, event accreditation, visa requests, and production paperwork including music reporting in Proteus (or similar)
Liaise with facilities management, order office supplies, allocate production equipment, and act as the first point of contact for team queries
Maintain accurate records and reporting using BBC systems such as Proteus (or similar), ensuring compliance with internal processes and standards
Support and implement practical actions to reduce environmental impact throughout production activities

Knowledge, skills & experience

Enthusiasm for radio and podcasts - a genuine interest in audio content, with a proactive attitude and a passion for supporting creative teams
Demonstrable experience of dealing with a wide range of administrative skills such as managing facilities bookings and accreditation, with the ability to prioritise effectively
Demonstrable experience of working collaboratively with others as part of a team in a professional broadcast/production environment, as well as the ability to work independently
Well-developed written and verbal communication abilities, with confidence to liaise with a wide range of stakeholders across teams and departments
Experience using Microsoft Office 365, or a proven ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies, with a solid working knowledge of Excel (this will be assessed as part of the interview process)

This role is advertised as part of our BBC Extend programme for disabled people. To apply for this role you should identify as deaf, disabled or neurodivergent and must meet either the definition of disability in the Equality Act (2010), or the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) if applying in Northern Ireland. You’re broadly defined as disabled under both acts if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative or adverse effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. This definition includes both apparent and non-apparent conditions and impairments, and medical conditions such as Cancer, HIV or Multiple Sclerosis.
We are committed to making the process of applying for this role as accessible as possible. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the application process, or have any questions about our Extend programme, please get in contact. The BBC are fully committed to providing workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers in the workplace that disabled people face. To do this, we have our own dedicated BBC Access and Disability Service that provides assessments and support throughout employment with us. If you are successful in applying for this role and require workplace adjustments, we will work with you to get your adjustments in place. If you’d like more information on BBC Extend, please visit the BBC Extend webpage.

Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

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