Growth in job

How hang things with John Shield, the BBC Communications supremo ?   It's been an eventful year so far; he was moved up to Board level in January, and the package rose from £159k to £195k as he took extra responsibility for the entirely-different-to-PR 'Corporate Affairs' department.

He's spread his wings with PR conference appearances in Oslo and Zagreb; he's joined the Contemporary Arts Society as a Trustee; and now he's selecting a super-Executive PA. The list of responsibilities (highlights below) suggest there can't be much left for John to do...

• As part of the Business Unit, to support, manage, coordinate and deliver significant pan-divisional projects at Steering Group level on topics such as:- diversity; training & development programme and objectives; staff engagement and events; change management
• Collate and coordinate director's weekly newsletter to pan-BBC communications family
• Manage full end-to-end project activity of the Communications Trainee Programme; from coordinating recruitment with Resourcing team to graduation
• Support Business Unit to deliver financial savings targets, coordinating divisional financial activity including raising and tracking POs through process

Meanwhile, former BBC spinner Julian Payne, after a spell with former BBC money man John Smith at Burberry, has settled nicely into Clarence House, and is having a very successful 70th birthday run with The Man Who Would Be King.