• You will be ‘Front of House’ and the point of contact for Operational teams, Management teams, and other stakeholders such as Editorial teams.
• You will plan and manage the work schedule of the Operational team/s in accordance with their contracted hours and skills. You will be responsible for ensuring the operational workload is met by suitably skilled staff whilst the BBC Working policies and Teams and Conditions in a consistent manner and cost-efficient manner.
• You will work as part of the wider Planning and Delivery team to advise on additional bookings requests for adhoc bookings, breaking News and/or future events, and other staffing and resourcing queries.
• Following training, you will be proficient in business systems and scheduling tools such as Allocate/ScheduALL, Teampay, and other Freelancer bookings and systems to manage and report on sickness, leave, and other business and financial transactions.
• As part of the Planning and Delivery wider team, you will collaborate with other managers and stakeholders to plan staffing and resourcing across the craft and operational teams to share skills and use capacity in the most effective way.

Essential Criteria

• A proven and developed ability to analyse and interpret complex information and communicate it clearly and accurately to a range of people.
• Strong organisational and planning skills, with a track record of managing competing priorities while maintaining a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Demonstrable experience of working independently in an administrative role, consistently delivering high-quality outcomes and meeting deadlines.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively within a team and adapt effectively to changing priorities, managing a varied and unpredictable workload in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with a proactive and inquisitive approach to identifying improvements, adapting to new ways of working, and learning new systems and processes.

Desired

• Experience working as a staff scheduler.
• Experience of scheduling processes and/or systems.
• Knowledge of working time policies and how they are applied.
• Broadcast/Media environment experience.

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.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

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Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.