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Business Advisor - Creative Diversity

Job Requisition ID: 33466
Job Closing Date: 14/01/2026
Belfast, GBR, BT2 8HQ
| Glasgow, GBR, G511DA
JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC Creative Diversity
LOCATION: Scotland or Northern Ireland
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: up to 51,867 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application - though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
As part of the BBC's new Creative Diversity model a network of Business Advisors will deliver inclusion priorities across commissioning and production. You'll provide on-the-ground support, data insight, and project coordination to embed inclusive practices UK-wide.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
The BBC is transforming its Talent and Inclusion team to ensure we have the right structure, skills, and expertise to deliver for audiences and meet the demands of a fast-moving media market. This will be a hands-on, delivery focused role where you will work closely with production teams, support training and outreach, and help shape inclusive content across the BBC.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

• Project Coordination: Plan, track, and deliver assigned Creative Diversity projects (such as inclusion initiatives, production pilots, and supplier engagement activities) to agreed timelines and budgets, escalating risks and delays where appropriate.
• Inclusive Production Implementation: Support the roll-out of the BBC's Inclusive Production Principles by providing guidance, resources, and templates to production teams and suppliers.
• Training Delivery: Assist in the coordination and delivery of Creative Diversity training sessions, working closely with the Creative Diversity Editorial & Training Lead, including scheduling, materials preparation, participant communications, and feedback collection.
• Outreach & Engagement: Support the delivery of Creative Diversity outreach and engagement, working with the Audiences & Partnerships Lead, building connections with underrepresented audiences and producers, ensuring outreach is inclusive, impactful and aligned with wider engagement programmes.
• Data Management: Collect, validate, and maintain production and commissioning diversity data (including Diamond and other BBC reporting requirements e.g. 80m creative diversity commitment), ensuring accuracy and timely submission.
• Monitoring & Reporting: Track progress against operational plans and KPIs, working with 5050 divisional leads and producing status updates and reports for the Creative Diversity Operations Lead.
• Stakeholder Liaison: Build constructive working relationships with commissioning, production management, and independent production companies to support operational delivery of inclusion goals. Includes frequent visits to BBC sites, production sets and partner locations to provide on-the-ground support and ensure consistent application of Creative Diversity initiatives.
• Administration & Logistics: Manage documentation and budget records to support the work of the Creative Diversity Leads and Head of Creative Diversity.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Proven experience coordinating projects in TV commissioning or production, with strong understanding of end-to-end workflows and the flexibility to travel to production sites (2-3 days per week).
• Applied expertise in DEI across protected characteristics and underrepresented groups, with experience embedding innovation, new technologies and best practice into commissioning or production delivery.
• Strong project and budget management skills, with demonstrable experience managing multiple priorities, tracking delivery milestones and reconciling spend against forecasts.
• Advanced skills in data analysis and reporting, able to generate clear, accurate insights using industry DEI datasets (e.g. Diamond) to inform decision-making and monitor progress against KPIs.
• Experience coordinating DEI training, events or learning programmes for creative and production professionals, including providing operational and logistical support at scale.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to present insights to senior editorial, production and external partners and to work independently while escalating strategically when needed.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED

• Project management qualification.

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.
Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.
For any general queries, please contact:
Redeployment
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC 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.
Information at a Glance
This is your BBC
At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world's best loved content, and the BBC's mission to inform, educate and entertain.
Life at BBC
Here you will benefit from:

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis or on an orchestra conditions contract.
Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.
You belong
We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.
Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.
Disability confident
We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we'd be happy to discuss:
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