Production management assistant, Bitesize Careers Tour

Contract type: x3 Fixed-term Contracts, Full-time (8 September 2025 – 16 January 2026 / 15 September 2025 – 23 January 2026 / 15 September 2025 – 19 December 2025)

Proposed salary information: £25,200 - £31,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Want to help take BBC Bitesize on the road? Join the team delivering live careers inspiration to thousands of pupils across the UK.

BBC Children's and Education are looking for 3 x Production Management Assistants to join a team taking BBC Bitesize on the road to deliver careers advice and inspiration to 110,000 secondary school pupils. The tour will take place in schools across the UK and deliver 4 x hour long sessions in each school, hosted by BBC Talent, and will feature a panel of inspiring guests from a variety of industries who will change perceptions, inspire ambition and celebrate aspiration.

BBC Children's and Education is committed to offering the best cross-platform and on-demand service for all UK children, providing a trusted environment which is enriching, enabling and relevant to the under 16's and their parents and carers. Our content seeks to entertain, inform and empower children, adults and teachers, adding real value to their lives. BBC Children's and Education produce a wide range of award winning multiplatform content - from BBC Bitesize and Bitesize for Teachers, Cbeebies Bedtime Stories, to the Go Explore and Playtime Apps.

Your key responsibilities and impact

Working with the production team on location at various schools across the UK, you will assist the Production Coordinator and Production Manager from the ground to ensure the project runs smoothly.

• Helping with the transportation of Talent & Contributors on event days between various locations
• Liaising with Talent & Contributors regarding call times and schedules
• Raising purchase orders and processing payments
• Assisting with the creation and distribution of call sheets and schedules for Talent & Contributors
• Booking hire cars, trains and hotel accommodation via the BBC internal systems
• Ensuring costs on location are logged & reconciled with the PM team, including all Talent & Contributor expenses
• Arranging lunches and refreshments where necessary on location

Knowledge, skills and experience

Essential:

• Production & Administrative Experience: Experience of working in a busy production team or live event environment, with strong administrative and organisational skills
• Communication & Collaboration: Excellent communicator, able to work effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders whilst remaining calm
• Attention to Detail: High level of accuracy in creating call sheets and schedules, tracking expenditure, booking & amending travel and accommodation as required
• Adaptability & Pressure Handling: The ability to prioritise effectively whilst working under pressure with conflicting demands whilst remaining calm
• Positive & Flexible Attitude: Enthusiastic, proactive, and willing to be based in office and on location at the heart of the project

Desired but not required:

• Full UK driving license
• Experience of working on location
  

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.

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.

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