Rights/permissions Administrator

Position Title: Rights & Permissions Administrator, B2 (Higher Education, Australia) The role is based in India, Noida supporting Australia team.

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Rights and Permissions (R&P) Administrator, B2. (Higher Education, Australia)

As a member of the Rights and Permissions team you will support the rights clearance function which enables the use of photos, videos, and text assets within products for the Australian Higher Education line of business. Working with colleagues you will manage data processing and other systems-based tasks for multiple, concurrent projects; your manager will help you to prioritize in a way that enables you to achieve your goals of accuracy and effectiveness. There will be opportunities to learn beyond the immediate remit of this role and to set goals that expand your knowledge of rights and permissions.

**Purpose**:

- To work within systems that support the acquisition of third-party media rights: financial processing, entering/managing data relating to image/text/video assets and running reports (training and support will be provided)
- You will identify tasks within the systems that require escalation or enhancement (e.g., data inaccuracies, process blockers) and be responsible for re-opening and closing them
- With support from the rest of the team you will proactively address any backlog of clearance tasks as well as maintain new tasks
- A key aim of this role will be to work with the Assessment & Qualifications, Australia R&P team to support the completion (“closure”) of projects and to identify systems records that might need to be re-opened and remediated
- You will work closely with the rest of the Assessment & Qualifications, Australia R&P team and provide support for Project Managers in administrative tasks to meet project schedules
- R&P projects generate documentation (digital files), part of your role will be to manage these files to ensure they remain organized and discoverable

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Ensure project closure dates are met for all non-automated tasks
- Monitor project dates for work in progress and request extensions for any that are not completed but are approaching their end date
- Achieve clearance task targets to meet project deadlines
- Add assessment logs to data management system after project close out
- Download hi-res media assets (images/video) as required and upload to data management system
- Create content plans (detailed lists of assets for inclusion within products) for small/ad-hoc projects
- Process permission requests as appropriate to ensure that rights are acquired prior to publication / product release
- Manage the upload of data for new versions of existing projects
- Invoice management for clearance tasks that are cost-bearing
- Engage with rights initiatives within the wider R&P function
- Attend meetings across the line of business to communicate project status.

**Key Challenges**
- Attention to detail - accuracy is key
- Work across a variety of projects, simultaneously

**Competencies**
- Fluent English speaker
- Highly organized, excellent administrator
- General understanding of Microsoft Office, database management
- Eager to learn and achieve competency and mastery in bespoke systems
- Communication and team-working skills
- Content, media or publishing experience (or interested to learn)
- Knowledge of copyright (or interested to learn)

**Education, qualifications & training**

A good level of academic and/or vocational qualification.

Full training and ongoing support for bespoke systems and processes will be provided.

An interest in learning, education and digital technologies.

confidential and be stored securely. It will not be seen by those involved in making decisions as part of the recruitment process.

Pearson is focused on providing a flexible work environment to its employees, including the ability to work from home on a regular basis in most positions. We believe that flexibility in work/life balance is a critical part of our culture and employee satisfaction, and we are proud to provide to our employees the ability to work from anywhere, anytime.

In exchange, we require that employees have the appropriate means to work remotely, including adherence to our work at home policies regarding home office setup, including but not limited to privacy of records, technology standards, equipment standards and expectations.

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