Junior Production Manager - BBC Studios Natural History Unit
Description
Junior Production Manager – Children’s Series (CBeebies) - BBC Studios Natural History Unit
Dates - June – December 2026
Contract - Full-time PAYE contract
Location - Bristol & UK Location Filming required – Full time in the Bristol office in the run up to filming and a minimum 3 days per week in the Bristol office following filming.
We’re looking for a motivated and organised Junior Production Manager to join the team on an exciting new children’s series for CBeebies.
Working closely with the Production Manager and editorial team, you’ll support the smooth running of the production across pre-production, filming and post-production. The role includes coordinating shoots, managing schedules and budgets, identifying copyright issues, supporting with archive clearances, processing production paperwork, and ensuring productions run safely and efficiently.
Key Requirements
• Experience as a Senior Production Coordinator, Junior Production Manager or similar
• Experience of coordinating quick turnaround UK shoots, logistics, managing budgets and post production paperwork
• A solid understanding and experience of copyright and archive clearances (BBC and 3rd party) and overseeing post-production schedules.
• Calm, solutions-focused approach in a deadline-driven environment
• Experience of filming with children or working in children’s programming is desirable
Filming Availability
Applicants must be available for:
• 17–21 August 2026 (+ travel 15 & 22 August)
• 11–14 September 2026 (+ possible travel 10 & 15 September)
• 26–30 October 2026 (+ travel 25 & 31 October)Company Name
Location
Bristol
Posted on
18th May 2026
Apply by
22nd May 2026
BBC Studios has indicated that people from lower socio-economic backgrounds are underrepresented in their organisations so they welcome especially applications from this group.
BBC Studios may use the Equal Merit provision when recruiting for this vacancy only. This means that if we consider two or more candidates to be of equal merit, priority may be given to a candidate for the purpose of increasing diversity, specifically with respect to protected characteristics of Disability, Gender. We will use the provision based on data declared by candidates.