Personal Assistant, BBC iPlayer

Job Description
Job Requisition ID: 43776
Job Closing Date: 5th of May 2026
London, GBR, W1A 1AA
JOB DETAILS


JOB BAND: B

CONTRACT TYPE: 10M Full-time / Fixed-term.

DEPARTMENT: BBC Content

LOCATION: London

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £30,000 – £40,000 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. 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.

JOB PURPOSE


We are looking for a Personal Assistant to join our team to provide diary and planning support for the Head of Channel Management and the General Manager, BBC iPlayer. This is an opportunity for someone with a passion for our brand, content and services to work within our scheduling and editorial teams to support the needs of the department


WHY JOIN THE TEAM

This is an exciting opportunity to join the BBC Channels and iPlayer team that is part of the BBC’s Content Division led by Kate Phillips. The team is focused on the strategy, planning and scheduling of the BBC’s linear TV channels as well as its streaming service, BBC iPlayer and works closely with a number of BBC departments spanning commissioning, marketing, product and distribution.


YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

  • Diary management
  • Arranging meetings including booking meeting rooms within a complex, large office environment
  • Event organisation – mostly large off-site staff meetings
  • Arranging travel and accommodation
  • Other admin tasks as and when required

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

  • Previous experience as a Personal Assistant or similar role to senior level managers is required
  • You must be a strong team player, a strong verbal and written communicator and be willing to involve yourself in the range of administrative needs of the department.
  • Ability to use own initiative; be proactive and manage own time and workload. Experience of organising multiple diaries, working to multiple people and balancing individual priorities.
  • High attention to detail
  • Experience of organising events including large staff meetings (eg locating suitable venue, liaising with event participants, managing the agenda, collating presentations, organising refreshments, attendee lists etc)

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

  • We expect PAs to work well within the team but also be good at building relationships with many other senior stakeholders and contributors from across the BBC and externally.
  • Evidence of ability to develop strong working relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation and externally.

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

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.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk

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.

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