CRBA Assistant

BBC Group and Public Services; Salford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a motivated CRBA Assistant to join their dynamic Sports Rights team. This permanent position offers an exciting opportunity to engage with the intricacies of sports rights and business affairs. You will play a vital role in delivering exceptional administrative support and ensuring the smooth operation of the Sports Rights Enquiries service. With excellent career progression and unrivalled training opportunities, this role is perfect for those looking to develop their skills in a collaborative environment. If you have a passion for sports and a keen eye for detail, this is the opportunity for you!

Benefits

Flexible working hours

25 days annual leave

Defined pension scheme

Discounted dental care

Health care benefits

Gym membership

Qualifications

• Excellent organisation and coordination skills are essential.
• Proficiency in IT, especially MS Office and Teams, is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to the Sports Rights team.
• Assist with the Sports Rights Enquiries service and maintain the Sports Rights Database.

Skills

Organisation

Time Management

Interpersonal Skills

Attention to Detail

IT Skills

Education

Business Affairs Experience

Understanding of Intellectual Property Rights

Tools

ACON

OnAir

SAP

Sports Rights Database

MS Office

MS Teams

Job description

CRBA Assistant

Legal & Rights Management

Permanent - Full Time

Location: Salford

Salary: £25,000-£35,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.

THE ROLE

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 negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.

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Job Purpose

We are looking for a Commercial, Rights and Business Affairs Assistant to join BBC Commercial, Rights and Business Affairs (CRBA), initially in the BBC Sports Rights team. This is a permanent role based in Salford.

CRBA manages and connects the BBC’s Intellectual Property, strategic and business interests through expert negotiation, contracting and commercial deal-making. It is comprised of multiple business teams embedded in Content (including Television, Radio & Music, Children’s & Education, Sport), News, Technology & Product, the Nations, plus a central CRBA team.

The Sports Rights Team is a multi-disciplinary team, responsible for acquiring and contracting sports rights held by the BBC, and for ensuring BBC output is consistent with those rights held, as well as for developing and maintaining the BBC’s relationships with sports rights holders.

This is an exciting opportunity at a pivotal time for the BBC. You will be instrumental in helping the BBC to continue to provide award-winning and innovative sports output to unrivalled audiences.

All CRBA colleagues are ‘agile workers’ and our expectation is that they will work an average of 2-3 days per week in BBC buildings.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

As a CRBA Assistant, reporting to the Senior CRBA Manager, BBC Sport, you will deliver first-class business affairs, negotiation, legal and contracting support in relation to BBC Sport and its ancillary activities. Your primary responsibilities will be providing administrative support to the Sports Rights team, and supporting the delivery of our Sports Rights Enquiries service to programme makers and schedulers.

You will:

1. Provide support to the Sports Rights team including diary management, arrangement of travel and accommodation, attendance at meetings and note taking, and delivery of other administrative tasks as directed by team members.
2. Assist with delivery of the Sports Rights Enquiries service as required, including responding to queries, ensuring sports rights are cleared for use in BBC programming, and administering any rights-related payments.
3. Ensure the Sports Rights Database remains up to date and a useful resource for the Sports Rights Team, by adding and updating details as contracts are finalised.
4. Act as a point of contact and maintain relationships with various stakeholders.
5. Use ACON, OnAir, SAP, the Sports Rights Database and other systems to keep information up to date, produce contractual documentation and raise sales and purchase orders.

Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience

In addition to the Job Description, to be successful in this role the following skills, knowledge, and experience are essential:

1. Excellent organisation, coordination and time management skills, including the ability to prioritise workloads and good attention to detail.
2. Excellent IT skills including proficiency in MS Office and Teams, along with experience of databases and administration systems.
3. Good interpersonal skills and the ability to forge strong working relationships quickly with internal and external stakeholders.

In addition to the Job Description, the following are desirable:

1. Some business affairs experience, and in particular knowledge of intellectual property rights.
2. An understanding of production and the needs and motivations of programme makers, particularly with respect to sports broadcasting.
3. Experience of sports rights and/or rights contracting processes.

DISCLAIMER

This job description 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.