Job Description

Communications
Permanent - Full Time
Salford, GB, M50 2QH Birmingham, GB, B1 1AY London, GB, W1A 1AA
BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST
Job Closing Date: 27/05/25

THE ROLE

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Job Introduction

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Internal Communications and Engagement (IC&E) sits at the heart of the BBC. It connects our workforce to our culture, the BBC's public purpose and mission, and our vision and strategy.





Reporting to Head of Leadership Communications, this

IC&E Lead

role is a key part of a team that makes sure our leadership communications and engagement is of the highest quality and that it supports our leaders and managers to perform at their very best.





This position can be based in either Birmingham, Salford or London with regular travel to other BBC bases.





Our Leadership Communications team is responsible for delivering our programme of leadership communications that equips and engages leaders across the BBC to deliver our priorities.

Main Responsibilities

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As IC&E lead you will be critical to the execution and delivery of world-class leadership communications; core leadership channels and leadership editorial and publishing plan; writing and delivering key group wide announcements, and building outstanding partnerships with key stakeholders in HR (e.g. People & Organisational Development, People Experience).





As I&CE lead your key duties are to:


Support the Head of Leadership Communications to help develop pan-BBC leadership communications strategy that support our priorities, transformation and key engagement activities. Help develop and deliver outstanding leadership communications, so leaders are brilliantly equipped and engaged to confidently and consistently share and reinforce the BBC's strategy, priorities and achievements with their teams. Work closely with Corporate Communications team to help deliver a suite of effective and efficient leadership comms channels and to build leadership support for BBC wide campaigns
Help with the delivery of engagement events for Senior Executive Group, Senior Leaders and People Managers.
Be well networked across the organisation and in tune with what's going on with IC colleagues across the divisions - so the team can react to and reflect current affairs and avoid duplication. Use insight and intelligence to develop our leadership communications approach and assist with measuring and evaluating activity to drive high performance. Act as an ambassador for the BBC's Values and behaviours to make sure our leadership communications reflect and role model these. Deputise for the Head of Leadership Communications as required.

Are you the right candidate?

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To be successful in this role, you will need:


Demonstrable experience of working a high performing internal communications & engagement team. Demonstrable experience of working with leaders and key stakeholders. Experience of working in an insight-driven environment. A first-class creative approach and application of effective communications techniques. Good planning skills and the ability to oversee multiple high-profile projects simultaneously, to tight deadlines.

Package Description

Band: D

Contract type: Permanent

Location: Office base can be any of the main Hubs (i.e. Birmingham, Salford or London). If based outside of London, will require regular travel to London. This is a hybrid role with office working (2 days a week) and home working for the remainder

Salary: anticipated range 45,000 to.55,000pa (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 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 negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym. You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to our candidate pack.




If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process please contact the reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk. For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk.

About the BBC

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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.

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

DISCLAIMER

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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.