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Producer (Journalist) - English Language TeachingJournalism Permanent - Full Time London, GB, W1A 1AA BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST Job Closing Date: 8.05.25 THE ROLEPackage DescriptionJob Reference: 22856 Band: C Salary:£27,300 - £32,300 + London Weighting depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. Contract type: 1 x Permanent Location: Office Base is London Broadcasting House. This is a hybrid role. We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage. Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation. Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification. Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym. Job IntroductionBBC Learning English is the award-winning, English language teaching arm of BBC World Service. The department primarily creates digital content for English language learners on its web, app and social media platforms and via podcasts. It also syndicates content to partner networks which includes social media, web and to a lesser extent radio and TV. We are now aiming to increase reach to our young, underserved audiences by broadening our English language teaching offer to our China partners and Mandarin speaking audiences in general. Main ResponsibilitiesThis is an English language teaching role, not a news journalism role. To support the delivery of BBC Learning English’s digital-first strategy to help audiences learn English. To work as part of a team of Mandarin-speaking, experienced English language teaching professionals to originate, create, present and publish English language teaching audio, video, text and image-based content for our Chinese English language learners. To collaborate with the other departmental teams to ensure all products achieve high levels of valued reach among audiences. To participate in and work across other areas of BBC Learning English’s output as required. Are you the right person?Native knowledge of Mandarin (simplified) in all forms Excellent working knowledge of English in all forms with first-class translations skills from one language to the other Recent experience in the creation of and delivery of English language teaching materials for a Mandarin audience learning within a school environment and also for Mandarin audiences who self-study via different media platforms. Enthusiasm and curiosity for and an in-depth understanding of digital production and content, particularly in relation to English language teaching Experience of creating English language teaching content for various Chinese social media platforms Strong technical knowledge – particularly the use Photoshop and Final Cut Pro for image, audio and video editing. About the BBCThe 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. We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours. 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 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. DISCLAIMERThis 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.#J-18808-Ljbffr