The Content Discovery Team is at the heart of BBC Sounds, working across teams to come up with data informed, creative tactics and strategies to grow and retain audiences for our radio shows, podcasts, and on-demand music offer on BBC Sounds. As the Head of Content Discovery for BBC Sounds, you will manage a small team helping to lead the digital transformation of audio. You\u2019ll lead projects, you\u2019ll lead teams, you\u2019ll come up with new ideas, you\u2019ll test them and you\u2019ll try again. This is a new and exciting job on the BBC\u2019s audio platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For this application we will be reviewing your CV and answer to this question “With reference to the job advert, please briefly explain how your skills, strengths and experience meet the requirements for this role.” Please note there is no need for you to provide the cover letter.Main Responsibilities<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Are you the Right Candidate?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n About The BBC<\/strong>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We don\u2019t focus simply on what we do \u2013 we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you\u2019ve read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 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 \u2013 whether that\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1327,"template":"","meta":{"_job_location":"Salford (UK)","_application":"https:\/\/careers.bbc.co.uk\/job\/Head-of-Content-Discovery%2C-BBC-Sounds\/772732802\/","_company_name":"","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job-categories":[75,97],"job-types":[16],"job_listing_salary":[93],"job_listing_working_environment":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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