This job is with BBC, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly. This role is advertised as part of our BBC Extend Programme for disabled people. To apply for this role you should identify as deaf, disabled or neurodivergent and must meet either: the definition of disability in the Equality Act (2010), or the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) if applying in Northern Ireland. You're broadly defined as disabled under both acts if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative or adverse effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. This definition includes both apparent and non-apparent conditions and impairments, and medical conditions such as Cancer, HIV or Multiple Sclerosis. We are committed to making the process of applying for this role as accessible as possible. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the application process, or have any questions about our Extend programme, please contact the BBC Extend team. The BBC are fully committed to providing workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers in the workface that disabled people face. To do this, we have our own dedicated BBC Access and Disability Service that provides assessments and support throughout employment with us. If you are successful in applying for this role and require workplace adjustments, we will work with you to get your adjustments in place. If you'd like more information on BBC Extend, please visit the BBC Extend webpage. Package Description Band: B Contract type: Permanent Job title In-house title is Commercial, Rights and Business Affairs Assistant Location: London Broadcasting House. This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working Salary: £29,000-£31,000 pa (plus London Weighting if London based £5,319pa), 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. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage. • Excellent career progression - the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation. • Unrivalled training and development opportunities - our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification. • Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym. You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to our candidate pack. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process please contact the reasonable.adjustmentsbbc.co.uk. For any general queries, please contact: bbchrbbc.co.uk. 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 here. 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. To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here. EX2324 Job Purpose We are looking for a Commercial Rights and Business Affairs Assistant to join the BBC Commercial, Rights and Business Affairs (CRBA) team. This is a permanent position. CRBA manages and connects the BBC's Intellectual Property, strategic and business interests through expert negotiation, contracting and commercial deal-making. It is comprised of multiple business teams: Production, Events & Talent; Commissioning; Distribution & Business Development; Commercial Development & Partnerships; BRBA News; CRBA News; Rights, Frameworks & Blankets. The teams share many common business activities key to the commissioning, production and distribution of the BBC's services and content (including Television, Radio & Music, Children's & Education, Sport). The teams also work with the BBC's professional services including Finance, HR, Legal, Editorial Policy and Strategy. CRBA's Rights, Frameworks and Blankets team is a multi-disciplinary group that manages key pan-BBC relationships and overarching negotiations with rightsholder unions, trade bodies and music collecting societies. The Music Reporting team are part of this group. This post is to support the BBC's responsibility to report music use on its platforms to the music collecting societies under the terms of blanket licences. Responsibilities will include supporting content producers to supply music reporting data via various technology platforms to the BBC's own Music Reporting System; analysing and cleansing data where necessary; running routine reporting for the team and other stakeholders; assist the Music Reporting Executive in testing improvements to the Music Reporting System and associated software. This is an exciting opportunity at a pivotal time for the BBC. You will be part of a team that is instrumental in supporting the BBC's aim to commission world class content to fulfil our mission to inform, educate and entertain. Although you may be assigned to a particular CRBA area and workload, from time to time you may be required to work in other areas of CRBA to broaden knowledge, skills and experience. All CRBA colleagues are 'agile workers' and our expectation is that they will work an average of 2-3 days per week in BBC buildings. Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities As a CRBA Assistant, you will be integral to the day-to-day output of commissioning activity across all BBC Public Service Platforms. You will work closely with a multi-disciplinary team of experts in rights, commercial, strategy, policy as well as legal professionals to provide accurate, timely, practical and commercially-focused legal, rights and business affairs support. Your role will primarily focus on providing business affairs support for content commissioning. It's an exciting and challenging time and you will be working with stakeholders across the BBC Group and externally. Additionally, the successful candidate will be • Be responsible for an allocation of TV Channels and Audio services to enable reporting of music use to the music collecting societies • Be a contact point with audio and audio visual producers/channels/radio stations to manage music reporting data • Assist the Music Reporting Executive in testing new improvements to Music Reporting software Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience To be successful in this role the following skills, knowledge and experience are essential: • You will be familiar and can demonstrate a working knowledge of BBC output across all platforms. • Good interpersonal skills and experience of developing good working relationships. • Excellent IT skills with experience of databases and administration systems. • Excellent organisation, coordination and time management skills. • Good attention to detail and the ability to examine and summarise complex data. • You have the ability to work independently and can demonstrate that you are an excellent communicator, with experience of developing and maintaining relationships with 3rd party organisations. • Demonstrable ability to analyse and review business information effectively to extract insights to inform business decisions. • A good understanding of Business Affairs for the television, radio and digital media industry and related BBC policy and strategy. An informed and broad interest in broadcasting and the media. ● Good interpersonal skills and experience of developing good working relationships. ● Excellent IT skills with experience of databases and administration systems. ● Excellent organisation, coordination and time management skills. ● Good attention to detail and the ability to examine and summarise complex data. ● An approach that encompasses proactivity, flexibility, resilience, passion and energy. LI-DNI