Editorial Compliance Advisor (FTC) Editorial Compliance Advisor (FTC)

The Compliance Advisor will comply editorial content for BBC Studios (including UKTV) to meet BBC, UK and global broadcast and VOD codes upholding the highest standards on all platforms to maintain the reputation of the BBC.,

• Comply and, when necessary, edit content for BBCS and UKTV channel and platform portfolio.
• Ensure content complies to with the Ofcom Broadcasting Code On-Demand Programme Service Rules as well as the BBC Editorial Guidelines, and other regulatory guidelines for global territories such as the TV Parental Guidelines (US), NICAM (the Netherlands) the BCCSA and FPB (South Africa), MDA (Singapore), The Malaysian Content Code and ACMA (Australia).
• Make log notes about the programme content.
• Identify content which requires continuity guidance.
• Make sound editorial decisions when editing content to specific time-slots, ensuring that there is continuity in the editorial and that edited content continues to be engaging to our viewers.
• Decide how to reversion programme content including making significant edits for time whilst maintaining the editorial integrity of the programme.
• Maintain an audit trail of any referred compliance decisions.
• Review content after edit to ensure that all requested edits have been completed.
  
  A detailed understanding of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code and On-Demand Programme Service Rules.
• Working knowledge of implementing BBC Editorial Guidelines and the BBC's values in accuracy and impartiality.
• An understanding and awareness of different cultures and audience sensitivities with a global perspective.
• Experience in making editorial decisions.
• Ability to work on own initiative to defined processes and tight deadlines as well as part of a team.
Desirable
• Experience of complying content for US audiences.
  
  BBC Studios is a world-renowned content studio and channels & streaming business, powered by British creativity, with a reach that touches audiences in every corner of the globe.
We work with outstanding creative talent who are responsible for platform-defining shows from Strictly Come Dancing to Bluey, Prehistoric Planet to Planet Earth III. The range and quality of our content is unsurpassed, creating critical and commercial successes and global phenomena. From BAFTAs to RTS Awards, BBC Studios is Britain's most awarded production company and the only producer with three of the top ten shows on IMDB; we're the home of bbc.com, the widest-read English language news website in the world; and the UK's largest distributor of British content.


• We offer a competitive salary package
• Flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance
• 26 days holiday (plus an additional day 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
• Excellent career progression - access to courses, webinars, workshops and the opportunity to work in different areas of the organisation