Content editor, BBC Audio Scotland & NI

Closing date for applications: 14 September 2025

Salary: £55,300 - £66,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge, and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights

Location: Glasgow – hybrid

Contract type: Permanent, full-time

Department: BBC Audio

Job band: E

Take the lead on production at BBC Audio Scotland & NI and shape compelling content across radio, podcasts, music and arts programming, while working with some of the biggest names in the industry.

BBC Audio Scotland and Northern Ireland is seeking a dynamic and creative content editor to lead production across a growing slate of speech and music programming. Based in Glasgow, with regular travel to Edinburgh and Belfast, this leadership role will oversee editorial direction, team management, and content delivery across a diverse portfolio of programmes and podcasts including Front Row, Loose Ends, Pick of the Week, Jazz Record Requests, Radio 1 Dance with Connor Coates, Sound of Cinema, The Artificial Human, Book of the Week, Radio 3 In Concert and Classical Live. The successful candidate is likely to have a passion for the arts in their broadest sense.

BBC Audio Scotland and Northern Ireland is a vibrant and fast-growing production hub, established in 2024 with bases in Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Belfast. As part of BBC Audio, which delivers over 90 hours of original audio daily, you'll be joining a team that works with some of the biggest names in music, entertainment, and journalism. Our content reaches audiences across the UK and around the world, and we pride ourselves on creating impactful, inclusive, and high-quality programming. This is a terrific opportunity to help shape the future of audio production in the Nations as part of a creative and supportive team that values innovation and diversity.


Responsibilities

• Lead and line manage a team of programme makers across multiple productions
• Provide editorial leadership for a wide range of content including speech, music, arts, and narrative podcasts
• Oversee delivery of content on time and within budget, ensuring high editorial standards
• Drive innovation and pitch new formats to commissioners across BBC networks
• Champion diversity in staffing and content creation
• Support staff development and foster a positive, inclusive team culture
• Ensure compliance with BBC Editorial and Health & Safety policies, including sustainability targets

Knowledge, skills and experience

Essential

• Extensive experience in speech and/or music content production with a strong editorial vision
• Proven ability to lead and motivate creative teams, offering constructive feedback
• Confident decision-maker with deep understanding of editorial compliance
• Skilled in working with on-air talent and performers
• Excellent communicator with experience building relationships across internal and external stakeholders

Desirable

• Experience pitching and developing content
• Familiarity with multi-part narrative podcast production
• Knowledge of BBC corporate objectives and ability to align team goals accordingly
• Experience managing location productions and outside broadcasts (OB's)
• Understanding of sustainability practices in media production

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.


Additional information

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.

In-person interviews will take place on Friday 26th September in Pacific Quay, Glasgow.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity. We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

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