Assistant Commissioner

CONTRACT TYPE: Full-time Attachment/Fixed Term Contract until 26th March 2027
DEPARTMENT: BBC Content, Content Commissioning
LOCATION: MediaCity UK, Salford. Hybrid
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £45,000 - £55,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Purpose of the Role

BBC Children's & Education uses YouTube to reach young audiences wherever they are, ensuring every child can gain value from the BBC. This year marks a major expansion of our YouTube strategy, with new channels, bold digital first commissions and a focus on truly platform authentic content designed to reach today's modern, sophisticated young viewers.

We're looking for an Assistant Commissioner with a passion for children's and family content for YouTube to help shape standout BBC YouTube content across CBeebies, CBBC, Blue Peter, Newsround and CBeebies Parenting. Working closely with the YouTube Commissioning Executive, you'll help identify new ideas, nurture emerging talent, and support the development of projects for children and family audiences across YouTube.

Why Join the Team

You'll be joining an innovative children's content team, home to global favourites such as Hey Duggee, Bluey, Super Happy Magic Forest, and YouTube first offerings such as CBeebies House Time to Play.

Working alongside the Commissioning Executive - YouTube, you'll gain hands on experience across a broad slate of projects. This is an opportunity to influence new commissioning pipelines, build genuine industry relationships, and contribute creatively to the BBC's ambition to grow YouTube content for children and families across the UK.

Your Key Responsibilities and Impact

• Stay immersed in BBC Children's content for CBeebies, CBBC / 7+ and CBeebies Parenting, and the wider children's and family media landscape, keeping on top of trends, talent and new innovations.
• Work with YouTube, Social and Media Planning, Audiences and Marketing colleagues to support performance reviews and ensure commissioned content meets audience needs.
• Support the YouTube Commissioning Executive and wider Commissioning team in reviewing pitches, developing ideas and assessing proposals with strong editorial judgement.
• Act as a first point of contact for new suppliers and be a touchpoint for the YouTube and Digital First Community, handling initial rejections sensitively and ensuring queries are dealt with promptly and professionally. Also help maintain and monitor the team's relationships with suppliers, ensuring proposals are submitted and tracked effectively.
• Apply a clear understanding of Children's editorial strategy, advising suppliers and ensuring diversity, creative ambition and strategic aims are met.
• Identify trends, themes and subject areas that resonate with today's audiences on YouTube.
• Ensure commissions meet expectations around cost, quality, delivery schedules, rights use and funding requirements.
• Support compliance processes and contribute to the delivery of low risk programming, including checks on publicity materials and online assets.
• Review content during development and production to ensure it meets BBC editorial standards.

Your Skills and Experience

• Experience working in YouTube media, particularly children's and family content, with a good grasp of audience behaviours and trends.
• Ability to assess pitch proposals confidently and provide clear, sensitive development notes.
• Strong knowledge of the YouTube platform, including discoverability and content strategy.
• Experience researching audience niches, channel outliers and using performance data and insight to guide development and iteration.
• Ability to identify and develop new talent, and a good understanding of the creator landscape.
• Ability to handle confidential information with professionalism and discretion.
• Experience collaborating with independent production companies or external suppliers.
• Interest in content creation and development.
• Understanding of industry funding models and rights.
• Familiarity with BBC workflows, including compliance and editorial guidelines.

Benefits

• 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.

Equal Opportunities and Diversity

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio economic background, religion and/or belief. The BBC is a disability confident employer. If you need adjustments or access requirements for the interview process or for the role, please contact .

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 recruitment 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.

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 that for those employees seeking redeployment, their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals who are not at risk.

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