BBC Media Action Team Assistant, Asia

Company:        BBC Media Action

Job title:          Team Assistant, Asia

Salary:             £Competitive + Excellent Benefits 

Location:         London

 

BBC Media Action is the BBC’s international development charity which uses media and communications to tackle poverty and contribute to long-term change in some of the world’s poorest places. We do this through implementing governance, health and resilience projects in partnership with civil society, local media and governments. We are largely funded by external grants, mainly from the UK's Department for International Development (DFID), the European Union, UN agencies and charitable foundations. 

 

About the Role

 

As Team Assistant for our busy Asia regional team, you’ll provide excellent administrative, financial, logistical and production support to Asia projects and staff. Working with one other Team Assistant and reporting to the Senior Projects Manager, you will be the first point of contact for enquiries to the Asia team. Your duties will also be required to provide PA support to the Regional Director including travel booking, diary management and note-taking. You’ll be expected to obtain resources, including ordering and shipping production equipment and stationary for the Asia team both in London and country offices. Importantly, you’ll also coordinate both London based and international recruitment, sourcing job descriptions, arranging interviews and assisting with contracting consultants.

 

About you

 

You’ll bring a wealth of organisational and administrative skills from a busy and demanding office environment, including experience of working with staff in remote locations. You’ll have a proven track record of diary management and preparing meeting papers and taking minutes, in addition to this you’ll be expected to have dealt with financial information such as expenses or budgets. Supplementing this will be your experience of working in a fast paced and highly productive operational environment. Naturally, you’ll have outstanding communication skills and the ability to deal confidently with staff at all levels along with being able to prioritise work in order to meet deadlines and coordinate projects. Importantly, you will also show a strong interest in Asia.

 

About the benefits

 

We care about our people, and take our responsibilities towards them very seriously. As well as fair terms and conditions, we also offer really impressive benefits – including twenty-five days annual leave, a defined contribution pension scheme, life assurance, accident benefit, and interest-free season ticket loans. We also offer world-class opportunities to learn and develop inside the BBC.

 

About us

 

Our Asia team currently has offices in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, India and Nepal; projects in Pakistan and a pan-Asia research project, Climate Asia 

 

To apply

 

To find out more and apply, please click on the Apply button to be redirected to the BBC website.