Job Purpose
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the management team for the national English language radio station for Wales - BBC Radio Wales. An ideal role for someone looking for leadership and editorial progression, this position as Senior Content Producer will be the technical lead across the BBC Radio Wales output.

BBC Radio Wales produces 140 hours of output a week, from production bases across Wales, with a broad range of content - including News, Politics, Sport, Entertainment, Comedy and Music. The Senior Content Producer (Technical) is a management role driving the station's creativity, improving production processes, utilising technology to increase efficiency and helping to contribute to BBC Sounds growth in Wales.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
At BBC Radio Wales, we're passionate about creating radio which sits at the heart of Welsh life. We entertain our listeners while informing and educating them - but we want to go further than that: we'll surprise our audience, delight them - not just sometimes, but every day. We're the home of a diverse range of presenters including Jason Mohammad, Wynne Evans, Behnaz Akhgar and Bronwen Lewis. We're warm, we're welcoming, and hearing from and interacting with our listeners is an essential part of our daily output - because BBC Radio Wales is somewhere our audience calls home.

This role will work closely with productions to problem solve and create new ways of working. You will be part of a strong management team leading on station and BBC Sounds strategy. You'll be the immediate point of technical contact for all independent productions and schedule strands, podcasts and documentaries through the year. You will also work closely with the BBC Sounds teams across the UK to ensure the Wales Sounds team are across all technical and product developments.

Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience
You'll be an experienced radio professional, with extensive knowledge of the industry on air and technically. As well as strong knowledge of BBC Radio Wales audiences, programmes and presenters, you'll also need to demonstrate an understanding of the wider technical developments across the radio and audio industry.

You'll have sound creative and editorial judgement and have experience complying live and pre-recorded programmes for broadcast. Working closely with Managing Editor and the Production Manager, you'll lead on special flagship projects in line with station editorial priorities and the BBC's policies and guidelines.

You'll have the ability to engage and inspire programme-making teams, providing leadership and technical guidance. Well organised and a strong communicator and planner, you'll be confident leading change and delivering efficiency.

The successful candidate will join the BBC Radio Wales Management Team to support the wider operation of the station and keep the team across BBC Sounds strategy and developments as well as wider Central Square and pan-BBC technical updates. You will also line manage roles working across scheduling, music and trail and social media production and assist with managing workloads across these core functions.