Permanent - Full Time
Location: London, GB, W1A 1AA
Job Closing Date: 29/01/25
THE ROLE
The BBC’s Charter is being reviewed. We’re recruiting a Policy Advisor in our BBC Policy team to help lead and develop our policy priorities ahead of Charter Review. This role will report into a senior policy advisor and have the opportunity to work on exciting projects with real impact and influence over senior level decision making.
Our team is the guardian of the BBC’s understanding of its regulatory and public policy environment. It manages the BBC’s relationship with key external stakeholders and leads the development of public policy positions. The Policy team forms part of the Managing Director’s group and sits at the heart of the BBC. The Policy team provides high-level policy support to key BBC projects and supports the development of the BBC’s policies and strategies, promoting the BBC’s interests during rapid changes in technology, consumer behavior, and regulation.
Main Responsibilities
As a Policy Advisor, you’ll support the BBC’s Charter and broader public policy activities. You will help ensure the BBC Board, Executive Committee, and Senior Leaders are properly informed on key policy issues as they prepare for Charter Review and start engagement with DCMS and wider stakeholders. This includes drafting high-quality reports and submissions/responses to UK Government, Ofcom, and EU institutions as appropriate, and briefing documents for BBC senior management. You will keep up with media and news sector-related policy initiatives in the UK and EU, advising the BBC on implications.
This role has real impact, working with and influencing at the most senior levels of the organization, coordinating BBC policy development and advocacy on all issues that span UK and international political bodies.
Are you the right candidate?
This is an exciting role, so we’re looking for someone with experience in a similar or related field within industry, government, or professional consultancy. You should have a proven ability to evaluate complex policy options and propose effective solutions, balancing creativity and pragmatism, with the confidence and resilience to challenge assumptions.
This role requires the ability to communicate ideas and information clearly, succinctly, and with self-assurance to both internal and external contacts at senior levels, both verbally and in writing. You will build effective relationships and have impact and influence across senior internal and external stakeholders. A strong interest in and understanding of social, economic, and regulatory issues affecting the media and communications sector is essential.
Package Description
Band: D
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Office base for this role is London (London Broadcasting House). This is a hybrid role, and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working.
Salary: anticipated range £40,000 - £50,000pa (plus London Weighting £5,319pa if London-based), 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 the offer stage.
* Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organization.
* 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, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme, and discounted dental, health care, and gym.
If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, please contact reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk. For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.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. 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 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.
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.
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.
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