Job Band
Salary: up to £30,000 (plus London Weighting) depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Location: London Broadcasting House
Contract: 6 month FTC
Job Introduction
We are seeking a Communications Officer to work on the BBC Programmes Desk, reporting into the Communications Manager. This is a 6-month fixed-term opportunity, based in London. You will work 9.30am-5.30pm Monday to Friday.
You'll be part of a small but efficient team of publicity staff helping to answer press questions about daytime TV and long running programmes on the BBC, via an email inbox. You'll be assisting the Communications Manager in generating proactive press and digital coverage, as well as assisting in the handling of media enquiries about BBC programmes.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
Reporting to the Communications Manager, you will work on the Programmes Desk inbox, handling press enquiries about a range of BBC TV programmes.
You will answer questions about the TV schedules, forthcoming programmes and take interview bids for BBC talent.
You will assist the Communications Manager on TV content issues and reputational matters. You'll help to prepare statements, briefings and press releases as well as support day-to-day administrative tasks.
You'll have a good news sense and ability to spot press opportunities for positive TV publicity stories. You will have an excellent understanding of the BBC and its core values.
Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience
We are looking for a professional with one to two years' experience in a similar working environment, with established creative communications skills, brilliant written and verbal communication skills, and you will be able to prioritise and manage tasks efficiently and be able to work well individually and in a team environment.
You will be passionate about the BBC, broadcasting and TV publicity.
Ideally you will have experience of proactive and reactive media relations.
About the BBC
The 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. 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.
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 in the document attached below.
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 want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC - whether that's to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
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.