Senior Partnerships Manager

JOB BAND: E

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, full-time contract.

JOB TITLE: In-house title is currently Senior Policy Advisor.

DEPARTMENT: Group Partnerships, BBC Corporate Affairs Group.

LOCATION: can be based in London, Salford or Belfast, at least 3 days a week with hybrid working for the remainder. Note there will be some regular travel between these offices.

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £60,000 - £70,000pa, 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.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

To work as part of the central partnerships function to drive the contribution that partners make to our key Children’s & Education brands including CBeebies, Newsround and BBC Bitesize, supporting the delivery of the BBC’s strategy, helping us reach and provide value to opportunity audiences, and to increase the impact of the BBC’s world leading children’s content and educational resources on the next generation.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM
The BBC's Group Partnerships team drives strategic impact across the organisation, delivering value to audiences, partners and the BBC itself. A small, dynamic unit, it collaborates with Commissioning to develop partnership project opportunities, promotes best practice in partner relations, engages through events and other innovative stewardship opportunities, and evaluates partnership effectiveness and impact through audience insight. We’re seeking a Senior Partnerships Manager to join the team, ideal for someone energised by cross-BBC collaboration and working with a broad range of external partners and with an interest in supporting our youngest audiences.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:
• Align Children’s & Education partnerships with BBC’s overarching strategic goals.
• Lead development of new partnership opportunities, overseeing scoping, negotiation and delivery of MOUs, with a specific focus on CBeebies, BBC Bitesize and Newsround
• Collaborate with BBC leadership to design and trial innovative partnership models.
• Chair editorial boards and liaise across Editorial Policy, partners and independent production companies.
• Ensure timely delivery of partnership agreements, managing budgets and leading team members as required.
• Evaluate and report on partnership outcomes; drive partner account management and embed best practices.
• Provide strategic support, partner triage and partner integration opportunities across content priorities.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Proven experience in development and delivery of partnership strategy and managing high-level stakeholder relationships within a content commissioning context and a demonstrable knowledge of young audiences
• Skilled in negotiating partnerships and influencing outcomes across internal teams and external organisations.
• Demonstrated success in delivering complex, high-impact projects on time and within budget.
• Strong brand-building insight and commercial understanding to increase and enhance audience engagement through partner collaborations.
• Expertise in planning, budgeting, and evaluating performance using robust frameworks.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

• Knowledge of the content, brand and partner landscape for young audiences and families.

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.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment 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.

Note first interviews are anticipated to be held 1st October.

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Disclaimer

This 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.

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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.