Publicist London, England
Job description
BBC News Persian is one of the biggest language services of World Service, serving audiences in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and around the world. It provides high impact and engaging content on TV, radio, and digital platforms.
We are looking for a talented publicist to promote our award wining journalism, raise awareness about our impartiality and help protect our brand against social media attacks.
Main Responsibilities- Seek out publicity opportunities for BBC Persian to amplify the impact of our impartial journalism across global media
- Set up internal and external events so BBC Persian can raise awareness about the harassment it faces from various sources
- Support our editorial teams in making entries for awards
- Handle media queries about BBC Persian journalism in collaboration with the BBC News communication team and BBC’s Press Office
- Monitor, flag and help diffuse online attacks against BBC Persian and its staff
- Fluent in written and spoken Farsi and English.
- Experience of organising events
- Proven experience of managing internal and external stakeholders.
- Thorough understanding of BBC Social Media Policy
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 in the document attached below.
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.
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Package Description
Band: C
Contract type: Fixed Term Contract
Location: London
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 competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.
