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Closing date for applications: 24th November 2025Location: MediaCityUK, Salford Looking to further your production career? Join the BBC Studios Productions talent pool and open the door to future roles working on exciting, purpose-driven documentaries.BBC Studios Productions is a global content powerhouse with a unique breadth and range, creating high-quality, award-winning, ambitious content across an extraordinary range of genres and specialisms. The BBC documentary unit&nbsp;is home to some of the UK’s most highly regarded talent, both on and off screen. Across our bases, we craft bold, distinctive content with purpose—entertaining and educating audiences through powerful authored storytelling, a strong sense of purpose and a breadth of specialist knowledge.We are proud of our culture of inclusion, where teams thrive on collaboration and production management colleagues support one another across locations and projects. Whether it’s the harrowing realities explored in&nbsp;Life and Death Row, the acclaimed access-driven series&nbsp;The Met, the sharp consumer journalism of&nbsp;Rip Off Britain, or the moving and urgent&nbsp;Sarah: The Search for Justice, The Documentary Unit prides itself on being the heart of true and impactful story telling.We’re opening up a production management assistant (PMA) talent pool as we are anticipating a number of PMA roles needed across our productions in 2026. Currently we are predicting PMA roles on The One Show and Rip Off Britain. These PMA roles are based in MediaCityUK, Salford and will be hybrid working 2/3 days a week in the office along with location and studio based filming when required. Other PMA roles may be appointed on other productions from this talent pool. How talent pools workThese talent pools are an opportunity for us to reach out and engage with experienced production management assistants who want to work with the documentary unit team. Unfortunately, being in the pool doesn't mean you'll be guaranteed to work with us, but it does mean you'll be considered when opportunities arise. These pools will form a database for us to refer to when opportunities come up. If we approach you and you are not available, don't worry! We understand that's the nature of freelance.&nbsp;Advantages of being in a talent pool:<ul><li>Applying now means you shouldn't need to go through an assessment process for future opportunities</li><li>You don't need to be available now to apply - this is about making sure you're considered for anything we have over the next 12 months</li><li>If you don't know our hiring managers, this is an excellent opportunity to start building relationships with them and show them your skills</li></ul> Knowledge, skills &amp; experience<ul><li>You must have at least one credit working as a production management assistant or production secretary within TV Broadcast production</li><li>A keen interest in the types of programmes that we produce, experience of working on factual output is an advantage</li><li>Have experience of providing administrative support in a busy production environment along with the ability to work in pressurised and challenging situations</li><li>Able to manage relationships effectively while working with a variety of people and work collaboratively within a diverse team</li><li>Demonstrate strong organisational skills and able to manage conflicting demands to meet deadlines</li><li>A good communicator, hold good attention to detail when working at pace</li><li>Initiative and problem-solving ability and have a can-do attitude</li><li>Confident Microsoft Word and Excel skills</li><li>A passion for driving sustainable practices across all of our productions</li><li>Experience of post production paperwork (Silvermouse)&nbsp;</li></ul> We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

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Production management assistant talent pool - the documentary unit

Closing date for applications: 17 November 2025Location: Bristol Help bring the world's most famous flower show to millions of viewers, coordinating crew, plans and logistics to keep the production running smoothly.BBC Studios is looking for a production coordinator (PC) to join its RHS Chelsea Flower Show team for the 2026 series. Working on the BBC’s coverage of the world’s most famous flower show, you will help set up and deliver programmes for BBC1, BBC2 and BBC daytime. Our production management team consists of a production manager (PM), two production coordinators (PC) and two production management assistants (PMA). This PC role is responsible for setting up the outside broadcast (OB) and coordinating access and accreditation, crew, accommodation and travel for the production, with over 200 people on location. You will be the first point of contact for logistics for the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), crew, presenters and other key stakeholders and suppliers and, alongside the rest of the production management team, you will be responsible for ensuring a smooth operation on location. This is a fantastic and exciting opportunity on a much-loved and well-respected production for someone who is looking to expand their OB experience and work towards stepping up to junior production manager (JPM). Responsibilities<ul><li>Setting up office systems in pre-production including IT onboarding for new starters.</li><li>Forecasting OB spend and managing costs (including supporting the OB PMA and production runner in managing their spend) and reporting back regularly on financial position to the PM.</li><li>Forming and maintaining positive relationships with external stakeholders. Liaising with the RHS and suppliers to plan and deliver a smooth setup and derig of the production base on location. Coordinating plans internally including with the OB directors, technical producer and series editor. Feeding back regularly and escalating issues to the PM.</li><li>Coordinating accreditation and vehicle access for all our team and suppliers for the rig, production week and de-rig</li><li>Coordinating travel, accommodation, dietary requirements and PPE for all presenters, onscreen guests, production team and crew for the OB.</li><li>Coordinating the tasks and workload of the OB PMA and Production Runner to support in setting up the OB.</li><li>In discussion with the camera and sound supervisors and the floor manager, booking all PSC crew and runners for the OB. Assisting PM in contracting all crew on Smartbook.</li><li>Assisting in ensuring compliance with BBC Studios H&amp;S policies and the RA. Ensuring supplier RAs and insurance documents are received and H&amp;S vetting is completed where required.</li><li>Completing Albert predicted footprint, Carbon Action Plan and final footprint for the production. Championing environmentally responsible practices and ensuring compliance with Albert certification.</li><li>Coordinating and completing the post-production paperwork for all episodes and international versions on Silvermouse alongside the other PC and PMAs</li><li>Overseeing the production runner in managing the production storage facility and inventory pre- and post-event.</li><li>Assisting in ensuring compliance with BBC policies, guidelines, legislative and regulatory requirements, in order to minimise the BBC’s exposure to risk.</li></ul> Knowledge, skills &amp; experience<ul><li>Proven production coordinator experience in broadcast television</li><li>Experience of coordinating an event or live output, including working on location</li><li>Have excellent logistical and organisational skills, anticipating issues before they arise and problem-solving calmly and effectively under pressure when things don’t go according to plan</li><li>Have proven experience in accurately managing and forecasting costs and negotiating with external suppliers</li><li>Be a great team collaborator including managing junior members of the team</li><li>Be an effective communicator, with the confidence to deal with senior stakeholders (both internal and external) and high-profile talent</li><li>Be ambitious in their approach to improving sustainability and efficiency on the production</li></ul> Additional information&nbsp;This role offers hybrid working (minimum three days per week in the Bristol office) and will be a (6 months) freelancer PAYE contract. You will need to be fully available to work in London for the week, rig and de-rig (2 weeks approx) 11th – 24th May 2026. The successful candidate will need to be available to start in early January 2026.To register your interest, please kindly upload your CV and also include a cover letter, that provides a brief summary of your background and highlights any relevant experience aligned with the role’s key responsibilities.&nbsp; BBC Studios is committed to having a diverse range of skills, experience and talent working on our programmes, and as such we’re keen for applicants from underrepresented groups to apply particularly those who are neurodivergent, have a disability, are from an ethnic minorities background and lower socio-economic groups to ensure we are representative of all. Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Production coordinator RHS Chelsea Flower Show

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