JOB DETAILS

This is a 12-month Fixed Term Contract.

Band: D
Department: Natural History Unit Business & Legal Affairs
Contract Type: 12 month - Fixed Term
Salary: £41,600 - £50,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Location: Bristol - Office base is Bridgewater House.

We are ideally looking for someone to be located in Bristol, or willing to commute to Bristol (at least 2 days per week subject to change) with home working.

WE ARE BBC STUDIOS

A globally renowned media company borne of the BBC. We make and distribute the world's most sought-after TV, audio and digital content.

Our ambition is to be the home of the most powerful, entertaining, and inspiring stories for people all around the world.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to join the Natural History Unit (NHU)'s Business and Legal Affairs team as a Senior Business and Legal Affairs Executive on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

The NHU is the best-known and most loved producer of natural history content in the world, responsible for some of the most globally successful factual content of the past 10 years. The NHU's programmes have come to represent the gold standard for natural history filmmaking, winning multiple awards and honours.

The NHU's BBC output includes everything from breath-taking landmarks (Blue Planet III; Planet Earth III; Frozen Planet II; Asia; Mammals; The Green Planet; Seven Worlds, One Planet; Dynasties II;), to returning series and technically challenging live shows (Springwatch; Blue Planet Live) and award-winning children's series (Andy's Safari Adventures). The NHU also has an increasingly diverse portfolio of content that we make for third parties, such as Prehistoric Planet for AppleTV+ Original series, The Americas for NBCU and OceanXplorers, a co-production with OceanX Media and James Cameron, for National Geographic Disney+. The NHU is now part of an exciting new Unscripted group within BBC Studios, which also includes the Factual production teams that make Religion, Science, Docs and other specialist Factual programming alongside Entertainment Productions.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

• Provide Senior Executive level business affairs drafting, negotiation and contract management for a wide range of production agreements, including but not limited to fixer, footage, stills and access agreements;
• Advise on more complex production issues including contract terms, foreign production shoots and employment of foreign artists, copyright clearance, framework agreements and contributor fees, ensuring compliance with applicable BBC policies;
• Ensure necessary rights are acquired for primary and secondary programme broadcast and exploitation as required;
• Work closely and collaboratively with the NHU production department and be a trusted go-to advisor to them;
• Build and manage effective and collaborative working relationships both internally within the BBC Group (including other legal and business affairs teams within BBC Public Service and BBC Studios) and externally (including locations, fixers, agents, commercial partners and rights-owning bodies) in alignment with BBC Values;
• Identify, manage, and mitigate commercial, financial, contractual, brand, reputational and intellectual property interests and risks;
• Use IT software and technology as required to manage and produce contractual documentation.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Proven experience in drafting, advising on and negotiating rights contracts, with a strong understanding of copyright and other key legal contractual and commercial terms;
• Knowledge of, and experience in, broadcast, production or digital media;
• A proven track record of managing and delivering projects to deadlines, and working independently, applying sound business judgement and pragmatism;
• Experience of analysing, evaluating and presenting complex information clearly and effectively.
  
  

DESIRED CRITERIA

• Business affairs experience in the television, radio and/or digital media industry would be an advantage;
• Legal education or qualifications are not essential but would be an advantage;
• A passion for broadcasting and media.

NEXT STEPS

We appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding.

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