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We are looking for a visionary Executive Producer to lead teams producing original, high quality longform digital and TV documentaries and investigations. The Executive Producer will lead and manage a team of series producers and journalists to commission and develop content and will work closely with World Service teams and freelancers, to ensuring they are carried out safely, on budget, and in line with the BBC’s editorial compliance standards.
Job Responsibility:
Commission and deliver distinctive, significant investigations, which achieve high levels of impact and engagement with our target audiences
Guide our investigative journalists from the development of ideas, through the creative process of gathering material, to the editing and delivery of outstanding content
Contribute new lines to big, moving stories
Develop collaborative relationships within the BBC, and with external partners, very occasionally including engaging independent production companies
Provide vision, strategic direction, and confident leadership by setting challenging objectives, and provide regular and clear feedback to teams
Work collaboratively with all relevant areas of BBC News to nurture talent, widen investigative expertise across the division, and ensure content reaches the highest level of impact and reach
Requirements:
A track record of overseeing long form investigations across multiple platforms, and an appetite to innovate with formats
Proven experience in leading teams in complex investigations, and a wide network of contacts among experts in the field
Demonstrable experience of commissioning and managing long form, digital first investigative documentaries
Substantial experience of different investigative approaches including OSINT, undercover reporting, whistle-blower relationships
Outstanding experience in leading teams located in different parts of the world, especially in hostile environments
Superb knowledge of BBC’s procedures for managing legal and high-risk challenges, including undercover productions
Experience of managing programme budgets, financial planning and achieving efficiencies
Proven experience in managing high level stake holders, both inside and outside the BBC
Nice to have:
Specific experience, including ideally language expertise, of overseeing investigations in priority parts of the world for World Service
What we offer:
A flexible 35-hour working week
25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days