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Company:  BBC
Industry:  Cool Jobs
Broadcasting / Radio
Film / TV / Modeling
Media / Journalism / Publishing
Job Type:  Full Time
Country:  United Kingdom
State/Province:  Any
City:  All Cities
04/26/2024 09:08 PM
Package Description

Band: E

Contract type: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract / Attachment

Location: Flexible (with travel to BBC Bases)

Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 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 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.


Freelancers are eligible to apply for an internal role if they are on a Worker Contract and they have worked continuously for 6 months.

If they have worked for less than 6 months continuously or have a break of 3 weeks or more between engagements, they must seek Divisional HR approval to apply for an internal role prior to submitting an application.
If they are unsure which contract they are on, they can speak to their booker or the HR BP, however if it helps - both a PAYE freelance or Modus Gross contract is considered a Worker contract and covered by the Worker terms found here .

**This role will be mapped as a HR Business Partner**

Job Introduction

Freelancers are an integral part of the overall workforce at the BBC in on air, off air and business support capacities, enabling the creation of world class content.

We have an exciting opportunity to join an enterprise - wide programme, working collaboratively with business teams across the BBC as well as Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in specialist teams such as Business Affairs, HR and Tax to optimise our engagement with freelancers, review our ways of working and manage risk effectively.

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are passionate about driving positive change, this role is for you.

Main Responsibilities

In this key role, you'll be responsible for:

• Collaborating with relevant SMEs to assess current policies and processes related to freelancers, identifying areas for improvement and streamlining our approach.
• Reviewing data insights to proactively identify risks, and then work closely with divisional teams and relevant SMEs to mitigate and manage these
• Advocating our policies; partnering with business areas and relevant SMEs to enforce and help them understand the "why"
• Leveraging business insights to help drive the programme strategy and direction
• Partnering with the operations team to gain a deep understanding of our business areas, ensuring seamless alignment between strategy and execution
• Designing and delivering engaging training across all elements of the engagement lifecycle, empowering stakeholders with the knowledge they need
• Working collaboratively with key stakeholders and other enterprise programmes to ensure all changes meet future organisational and legislative requirements

Are you the right candidate?

We want to hear from you if you have:

• Strong knowledge of people and finance processes relating to freelancers in the media industry
• Strong knowledge of key policies and risks as pertaining to freelancers media industry
• Experience of driving change and implementing agreed strategies in a complex environment
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate complex concepts into actionable strategies
• Up-to-date knowledge of the content/content making processes and trends in the media industry
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for effectively engaging with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• The ability to present sound and well-reasoned arguments to convince others at all levels, and can draw from a range of strategies to persuade people in a way that results in agreement

• Experience of process discovery and consolidation in a complex, matrix environment
• Partnering with key stakeholders to help shape a comprehensive freelance operating model

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.
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