Production Coordinator

Job Description

ITV News - Tyne Tees & Border, GatesheadPart-Time: 21 hours per week across 3 full days. Work Days to include a Friday ideally and non work days not consecutive.Potential work pattern:Monday/Wednesday/FridayTuesday/Wednesday/FridayWe are looking for a Production Coordinator to join our award-winning news team in Tyne Tees and Border in a permanent, part-time position.As our part time Production Coordinator, working alongside our full time Production Coordinator, you will provide administrativesupport to the Head of News, Operations Manager, Managing Editor and management team, helping to ensure the smooth running of our busy newsrooms, offices and news vehicles. Both Production Coordinators will have separate or specific tasks but will also workalongside each other as a team, sharing workload, responsibility and providing cover for each others rolesWorking closely with the Operations Manager, you will provide a site services function for our main buildings in Gateshead and Carlisle and our news bureaux in Billingham, Selkirk and Edinburgh. You will process local invoices and help coordinate routinebuilding and health and safety inspections. In addition you will help manage any incoming and outgoing post and goods and be a point of contact for visitors to the Gateshead site.The Production Coordinator is also at the heart of supporting our editorial and production specialist staff, booking travel, accommodation and facilities on a daily basis. There will also be the requirement to support or lead the organisation of staff events.You will have proven administrative skills, including strong word processing skills, gained in a busy office environment. Most importantly, you will possess excellent organisational skills, be able to work accurately under pressure and to tight deadlinesand have an interest in local news and current affairs. A confident communicator with the ability to build relationships, you will be able to juggle multiple tasks whilst maintaining excellent attention to detail. You will be able to demonstrate confidentiality,tact and diplomacy at all times, be self-motivated, flexible and adapt and prioritise at short notice.To be considered for this opportunity you will need to demonstrate the following skills:Minimum role criteria:

• Strong word processing skills with the ability to write correspondence as well as create forms, surveys & presentations.
• Exceptional organisational skills and demonstrate the ability to multi-task and prioritise and delegate as appropriate.
• A self starter demonstrating the ability to use initiative and judgement to deal with sometimes complex questions and issues as they occur.

ITV strongly encourages applications for this role from candidates with a disability and as a Disability Confident Leader if you meet the minimum criteria for a role and you have declared that you have a disability, well guarantee youll get to the nextstage*.The Key role criteria is as follows:

• Can be trusted to be discreet with highly sensitive information.
• Ability to get the best out of people and to work as part of a successful multi-skilled team.
• Willingness and aptitude to learn new skills and adopt new ways of working.
• Confident, calm & friendly manner maintaining a positive attitude, whilst working under pressure to tight deadlines

Were happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during our application process as part of our reasonable adjustments approach. So we encourage you to get in touch with us if you require anything via the talkingcareers email on ITVJobs.So, if youre a confident communicator with proven administrative skill and a real desire to work for ITV, we want to hear from you.Closing date for applications: Friday 22nd of July

Keyskills :
Administrative SupportOrganisational Skills