Overview
Personal Assistant, Factual Commissioning Support, Documentaries Jobs in London, England, United Kingdom at BBC
Title: Personal Assistant, Factual Commissioning Support, Documentaries
Company: BBC
Location: London, England, United Kingdom
Job Package
Band: B
Contract type: Permanent
Location: London
Salary: £25,240 – £33,715 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
It is anticipated that interviews will be held 21st and 22nd March 2024
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 competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (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
We are looking for a Personal Assistant to join our admin team and provide diary support for the Documentary Commissioning Editors. This is an opportunity for someone with a passion for our content to work alongside our Commissioning Coordinators and other PA’s as a crucial part of our team.
Main Responsibilities
PA’s must be proactive and flexible to support every aspect of the Commissioning process. You will have a rigorous attention to detail and be willing to turn your hand to any administrative challenge.
PA’s also need to develop a good understanding of where the Commissioning teams sit within BBC Content and develop strong working relationships with external suppliers and internal departments.
We expect PA’s to work well in a team and be willing to support other PA and CC colleagues both within the genre and more widely in the department.
Are you the right candidate?
Experience of Personal Assistant, Diary Management or similar role to senior level managers
Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to liaise effectively with people at various levels.
Evidence of ability to develop strong working relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation and externally including working within a team of PA’s.
Ability to use own initiative; be proactive and manage own time and workload.
Experience of organising multiple diaries, working to multiple people balancing individual priorities
High attention to detail and significant practical experience of gathering, analysing, collating complex and confidential information. Including managing sensitive information.
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.
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