Job Summary

Job Band: C

Contract type: Fixed Term Contract / Attachment until April 2027, Full-time

Department: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Location: BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff - Hybrid possible

Proposed salary range: £35,000 - £42,000, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

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 are BBC Studios

A globally renowned media company borne of the BBC. We make and distribute the world’s most sought-after TV, audio and digital content. We are the home of the most powerful, entertaining, and inspiring stories for people all around the world.

BBC Extend

This role is advertised as part of our BBC Extend programme for disabled people.

To apply for this role you should identify as deaf, disabled or neurodivergent and must meet either the definition of disability in the Equality Act (2010), or the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) if applying in Northern Ireland. You’re broadly defined as disabled under both acts if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative or adverse effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. This definition includes both apparent and non-apparent conditions and impairments, and medical conditions such as Cancer, HIV or Multiple Sclerosis.

We are committed to making the process of applying for this role as accessible as possible. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the application process, or have any questions about our Extend programme, please contact [email protected].

The BBC are fully committed to providing workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers in the workplace that disabled people face. To do this, we have our own dedicated BBC Access and Disability Service that provides assessments and support throughout employment with us. If you are successful in applying for this role and require workplace adjustments, we will work with you to get your adjustments in place.

If you’d like more information on BBC Extend, please visit the BBC Extend webpage.

Details and purpose of the role

Join the BBC National Orchestra of Wales (BBC NOW) to lead delivery of the BBC NOW Connect programme, enabling the Orchestra to enrich lives across Wales through inclusive access to orchestral music. You will be key in supporting engagement in communities with limited access to the arts. Combining music education expertise, project management and interpersonal skills, the role designs and delivers learning activity, builds partnerships, and supports arts & health, education and talent development as one of two education producers.

Why join the team

Join a team dedicated to making orchestral music accessible, relevant and impactful across Wales. You’ll collaborate with passionate musicians, partners and communities to create meaningful cultural experiences that broaden access, support young talent and improve wellbeing. This is a role with real purpose, offering opportunities to shape innovative programmes, build lasting partnerships and develop your skills in a supportive, creative environment with national reach and social impact at its core.

Your key responsibilities and impact

• Lead the planning, delivery and evaluation of BBC NOW Connect activity across regional hubs and national programmes, aligned to strategic priorities.
• Design and deliver high-quality, inclusive learning and engagement projects, both live and digital, that broaden access to orchestral music.
• Build and sustain strong partnerships with communities, education, arts and health organisations across Wales.
• Support the development of young people and progression routes into music, contributing to the talent pipeline in Wales.
• Collaborate with musicians to co-create community-led activity, including residency models and long-term engagement programmes.
• Manage project budgets, resources, safeguarding, logistics and stakeholders to ensure activity is delivered on time, on budget and to BBC standards.
• Embed effective monitoring and evaluation, using insight to demonstrate impact and continuously improve programme delivery.

Your skills and experience

Essential criteria

• Experience designing and delivering high-quality learning or engagement activity in an arts, cultural or education setting.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to plan, prioritise and deliver complex programmes on time and within budget.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage, influence and collaborate with diverse groups.
• Experience of building and maintaining effective partnerships with a wide range of stakeholders and communities.
• A strong commitment to broadening access, inclusion and diversity, with understanding of how to reduce barriers to participation

Desired but not required:

• Experience working with orchestras, musicians or within the classical music sector.
• Knowledge of the education landscape in Wales, including music services and curriculum developments.
• Experience delivering projects in arts & health or wellbeing settings.
• Experience developing digital learning content or working across digital platforms.
• Experience of monitoring and evaluating projects to demonstrate impact and inform future development.

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply. 

This is your BBC

At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world’s best loved content, and the BBC’s mission to inform, educate and entertain.

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Life at the BBC

Here you will benefit from:

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary  package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on a fixed term or orchestra contract.

Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.

You belong

We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging at the BBC.

Disability confident

We are a disability confident employer. 

If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we’d be happy to discuss: [email protected].  

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory. 

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

For any general queries, please contact: [email protected]. 

We are unable to accept applications via CV and only applications made online will be considered. Please click on the APPLY NOW button to proceed with your application.

Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC 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.