Job Introduction

The role of the Quality, Risk & Assurance division is to help keep the BBC safe secure and relevant. The Risk & Regulatory Compliance function sits within Quality, Risk and Assurance and ensures that we perform and deliver on all risk management activities across the BBC, in line with the quality standards set. The team supports the wider business in doing this by providing subject matter experts, advice, tools, systems, processes and reporting. 

We are now looking for a Senior QRA Business Partner for Compliance to lead up with area of QRA. 

Role Responsibility

This role is responsible for developing and executing a Compliance programme across all of the BBC, providing expert policy and advisory services to the BBC and putting into place operational processes, systems and controls to ensure that we are not at risk, and providing regulatory technical support to the Group on monitoring and assurance arrangements as outlined in the relevant Compliance Monitoring Programme.

You will also provide any regulatory support required to the BBC, and monitor performance as activity grows, reporting where necessary. 

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for someone who has previous experience of working in a large complex organisation where you have developed and executed a compliance programme. Experience of providing effective compliance policy and advisory services is key as well as providing effective compliance policy and advisory services to the Group, including supporting appropriate integration to the firms operational processes, systems and controls. 

Finally, as with all of our roles the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of stakeholders is key, as we often need to take quite complex principles and break them down effectively to explain them to a variety of audiences verbally and in writing. 

A legal background is preferred although not essential. 

Package Description

Band: F 
Contract type: Permanent 
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 â€“ the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities â€“ 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.

The situation regarding the coronavirus outbreak is developing quickly and the BBC is keen to continue to ensure the safety and wellbeing of people across the BBC, while continuing to protect our services. To reduce the risk access to BBC buildings is limited to those essential to our broadcast output. From Wednesday 18th March until further notice all assessments and interviews will be conducted remotely. For more information go to https://www.bbc.co.uk/careers/

About the Company

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.

Closing Date10 October, 2022