Senior Policy Advisor

Policy & Strategy
- Permanent - Full Time
- London, GB, W1A 1AA
- BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST
- Job Closing Date: 29/01/25

**THE ROLE**:
**Job Introduction**:
The BBC’s Charter, which gives us our right to exist, is being reviewed. We’re recruiting a **Senior Policy Advisor** in our BBC Policy team to help lead and develop our policy priorities ahead of Charter Review. This role will report into the Head of Policy with the opportunity for 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 right 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, to promote the BBC’s interests at a time of rapid change in technology, consumer behaviour and regulation.

**Main Responsibilities**:
As **Senior Policy Advisor**, you’ll be responsible for managing and supporting BBC Charter and broader public policy activities. You will 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 responsibility for drafting high quality reports and submissions/response to UK Government, Ofcom and EU institutions as appropriate, and briefing documents for BBC senior management. Keeping on top of media and news sector related policy initiatives in the UK and EU, and advising the BBC on implications.

This is a role with profile and real impact, working with and influencing at the most senior levels of the organisation, co-ordinating BBC policy development and advocacy on all issues that span UK and international political bodies.

This is a high profile and exciting role, so we’re looking for someone with experience of working in a high-pressure environment and managing multiple priorities. Someone with a proven ability to evaluate complex issues and policy options who can find solutions to complex issues and situations, offering the right balance of creativity and pragmatism, with the confidence and resilience to challenge assumptions.

This role requires excellent written and spoken communication skills, with experience of establishing effective relationships and having impact and influence across senior internal and external stakeholders. Demonstrable experience of working effectively with organisations, government departments or regulators across a range of policy and regulatory issues will be key in this role, as will your depth of experience of advising at Board-level on a range of public policy matters.

**Package Description**:
Band: E
Contract type: Permanent

**Salary**: anticipated range £56,000 - £66,000pa (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.
- **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**:
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**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.