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BBC Studios is the commercial arm of the BBC. We are a global creative powerhouse for the development, production and distribution of bold, British, content. With a turnover of around £1.6 billion, we aim to bring customers and audiences across the world distinctive and high quality content covering a range of specialisms, through a unique combination of BBC editorial values, cutting edge craft, and access to diverse talent across all markets.

We’re looking for a Resourcing & Talent Advisor to join our best-in-class Resourcing and Talent team in BBC Studios to drive forward our aim of increasing diversity of talent in innovative ways.

Our Resourcing and Talent Advisor leads on the delivery of the full resourcing life-cycle and will collaborate with the wider specialist teams to manage and deliver more complex resourcing projects for some of our most popular TV productions such as Eastenders, Doctors, Antiques Roadshow, Countryfile and high profile BBC Studios Science and Documentary programmes.

The Resourcing & Talent Advisor will undertake recruitment and manage an end to end pro-active resourcing service. The role exists to deliver specialist resourcing advice and delivery of recruitment services to the BBC Studios workforce, and to employees at all levels. The role advises Hiring Managers based on information received and knowledge of policy and process, whilst also understanding issues and problems and managing those accordingly.

This role will also be required to create and maintain talent pools for entry level roles and support fast paced hiring of other positions across a variety of genres in Production.

Our Resourcing and Talent Advisor will be required to provide advice and recommendations to hiring managers on recruitment policy, approaches and sourcing options in order to attract the best candidates for the BBC. You’ll prepare job adverts, sift applications, advise on selection/assessment processes and advertise copy that will appeal to the identified audience and accurately informs about BBC as an ‘Employer of Choice’. In addition, you’ll participate in candidate evaluation and selection process, including initial screening & shortlisting.

You will also ensure interviewers are guided in the chosen interview approach and BBC policy. Data plays a big part of what we do and this role will ensure the global recruitment systems and data processes are fully utilised and all records are kept up to date and are accurate, whilst also ensuring confidentiality.

A key part of this role will be to maintain a smooth flow of admin throughout the recruitment process e.g. communication to stakeholders, candidates, HR, payroll etc. You’ll work closely with the HR Service Centre to ensure timelines and quality of all related recruitment correspondence including all offers of employment and staff contracts.

The Resourcing and Talent Advisor will have excellent attention to detail, contribute to a culture of service excellence and support continuous improvement by bringing insights into the organisation to identify opportunities, risks and priorities.

Essential

• Experience in TV / Media Production, ideally within recruitment / crewing up team
• Up-to-date knowledge of best practice, approaches and thought leadership within Resourcing
• Knowledge of Employment Law in relation to talent & resourcing
• Highly credible with experience of building relationships with relevant stakeholders
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy; ensuring facts are correct, complete and consistent
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal and confident in dealing with the full range of business users, both in-house and external, via multiple communication channels
• Proven knowledge of GDPR processes ensuring confidentiality across all areas of the recruitment process

Desirable

• Prior experience of working within an in-house recruitment team
• ATS, CRM or candidate database experience
• Sourcing skills using social media either LinkedIn, Facebook or specific production databases
• A passion for a variety of genres and a basic understanding of TV production processes

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, sexuality, social 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

For this role / Ar gyfer y swydd yma:

Welsh language skills are not necessary / Nid yw sgiliau yn yr iaith Gymraeg yn angenrheidiol

Contract: Continuing Contract

Band: B

Location: Flexible - BBC Roath Lock Studios, Cardiff Bay or BBC TVC, London

Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English. / Mae modd cyflwyno ceisiadau yn Gymraeg, ac ni fydd cais a gyflwynir yn Gymraeg yn cael ei drin yn llai ffafriol na chais a gyflwynir yn Saesneg.

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 holiday with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.