Head of Communications (BBC Sport)
Communications
Permanent - Full Time
Salford, GB, M50 2QH
Job Closing Date: 06/04/2025
THE ROLE
Job ID: 022244
Band: E
Salary: £56,600 to £71,000 per annum, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Based in Salford with some hybrid working
We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application.
* 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 competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days annual leave (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.
Job Introduction
BBC Sport is one of our biggest and most recognisable brands. We’re looking for a senior communications leader who can proactively shape coverage of our content in a creative, impactful way while also promoting and protecting the reputation of BBC Sport and the wider BBC.
We’re looking for someone who can lead, develop and motivate a multi-disciplinary team of communications professionals, provide effective communications advice to senior editorial stakeholders, handle the most serious and sensitive reputational issues, collaborate with other teams across the business and generate positive coverage of our output.
You will devise and develop the communications strategies for BBC Sport. You’ll need to understand the changing media landscape, have a network of contacts across the media, and have proven experience in using digital channels in communications campaigns.
Main Responsibilities
As Head of Communications, you will:
* Develop and deliver the overarching communications strategies for BBC Sport while leading a talented team of multi-disciplinary communications specialists.
* Act as a communications adviser to the Director of BBC Sport, along with commissioners and senior heads across both genres.
* Handle a substantial volume of media issues and hold a range of relationships with key media and influencers.
* Work with third parties such as rights holders, governing bodies, and independent production companies.
* Work with senior colleagues across the BBC, including the wider Corporate Affairs department, Marketing and Audiences.
* Constantly look for new ways to reach audiences and deliver creative campaigns.
* Have a passion for our Sport output ranging from daily digital content to weekly outputs like Match of the Day, podcasts and documentaries.
Are you the right candidate?
We are looking for a creative leader who has significant experience of working in a busy press office in a high-profile organisation. You’ll have a proven track record of handling high profile reputational issues and working with numerous stakeholders. You will also oversee communications for sport on BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra and BBC Sport News.
You’ll need to be experienced in leading a successful team, operating under pressure in a complex organisation and know how to effectively provide senior-level counsel to stakeholders on programming, new initiatives, PR strategy and issues.
About the BBC
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC. 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.
Diversity matters at the BBC. We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC. 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.
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.
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