JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: B
CONTRACT TYPE: 12 month Fixed term contract/attachment - parental leave cover, Part time - ideally 4 days per week
DEPARTMENT: BBC Creative
LOCATION: London Broadcasting House – Hybrid (Tuesday and Thursday in the office)
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £35,000 - £40,000 (full time equivalent) depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
We are looking for a Personal Assistant to join BBC Creative, the BBC’s in-house creative agency who create branding and promotional content inspired by the BBC’s marketing strategy. This is a parental leave cover role which will start in early September 2025 and end at the end of August 2026.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
Our team works on a broad range of material, from simple audience communication to complex multi-platform brand campaigns. We are passionate about our work, examples of which can be seen here: https://www.bbccreative.co.uk/
Your Key Responsibilities And Impact
* A good communicator with knowledge of the managers or activities they assist, the PA will act as the first point of contact handling complex and confidential situations and requests in a timely and effective manner.
* Organise and co-ordinate events and meetings, including the booking of venues, travel and accommodation.
* Provide diary management services, including the management and scheduling of key calendar appointments ensuring effective use of managers’ time.
* Frequently liaise with various internal and external contacts, screening and prioritising all forms of incoming communications.
* Dealing with routine issues and co-ordinating more complex responses, ensuring that these are delivered in a timely and effective manner.
* PR - including co-ordinating awards entries.
Essential Criteria
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
* Recent experience of working as a PA to senior level managers and supporting senior staff at a large organisation.
* A keen interest in, or experience of, marketing and/or production.
* Confident communication skills.
* Ability to research, collate and present information - with strong attention to detail.
* Pro-activity and initiative - able to deal with queries as they arise, escalating as necessary.
If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.
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.
For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk
Redeployment
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 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr