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.
Extend
This role is advertised as part of our BBC Extend programme for disabled people. To apply for this role you should identify as deaf, disabled or neurodivergent and must meet either: the definition of disability in the Equality Act (2010), or the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) if applying in Northern Ireland. You’re broadly defined as disabled under both acts if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative or adverse effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. This definition includes both apparent and non-apparent conditions and impairments, and medical conditions such as Cancer, HIV or Multiple Sclerosis.
We are committed to making the process of applying for this role as accessible as possible.
The BBC are fully committed to providing workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers in the workface that disabled people face. To do this, we have our own dedicated BBC Access and Disability Service that provides assessments and support throughout employment with us. If you are successful in applying for this role and require workplace adjustments, we will work with you to get your adjustments in place.
About studios product group
Studios Product Group is a growing function dedicated to crafting and delivering exceptional, customer-centric products. Our collective drive fuels growth and operational excellence at BBC Studios. United in our commitment to quality, we relentlessly strive to surpass customer expectations, adapt to and lead change, and help shape the future of our business.
Our portfolio is diverse and fully focused on supporting our global business, whether that be direct to consumer offerings or tools that support our teams internally. Our products include a number of marquee brands including BBC.COM, Top Gear and Bluey.
You will join a team where everyone - including you – strives to better understand our customers and improve our products daily. As a team we are adaptable, supportive, highly business focused and continually looking to improve.
The role
We are on an exciting journey of expanding our BBC content offerings on the bbc.com and international app to our monthly ~120m global audiences, and we are looking for a Junior Delivery Manager, keen to start your career path towards IT delivery management, to help shape and deliver this programme of work. In this role you will work closely with the Lead Delivery Manager supporting with coordination, reporting and financial forecasting and monitoring. You will become part of a strong delivery team where individual contribution and accountability is as highly valued as collaboration and creativity.
Key responsibilities
- Overseeing and managing a wide range of administrative tasks
- Providing support in the delivery processes of products and services to achieve targeted outcomes.
- Acting as the point of contact for external suppliers and contractors and colleagues across Studios departments
- Updating financial forecasts based on information from finance and managing finance trackers, maintaining forecasts and updating actuals
- Document writing and maintenance.
- Keeping time logging system up to date
- Supporting on onboarding and offboarding of new team members
- Updating and sharing status reports with the team
- Coordinating and gathering other stakeholders’ input for reporting
- Coordinating onboarding meetings for new employees and team introductions.
- Facilitating system and tool access for new starters.
- Monitoring and recording monthly working hours.
- Reviewing project Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies register and sharing updates/reminders with contributors
- Maintain delivery momentum and makes visible blockers, risks and impediments to progress
- Managing the risk register and sending out reminders.
- Onboarding external suppliers.
- Collecting input from stakeholders on product performance.
- Conducting health check-ins.
- Creating purchase orders and processing invoices.
What does it take?
Key criteria
- Extensive administrative experience required, with a strong track record of managing complex tasks and projects.
- Experience working with digital platforms or IT
- Strong experience in planning and working to tight deadlines
- Proven experience collaborating with stakeholders, monitoring delivery progress, and addressing challenges.
- Understanding of delivery methods and an interest in learning different agile practices and approaches to team working
- Awareness of the financial impact and able to act as a point of contact for contracted suppliers
Desirable
Experience working in the media, digital or IT industry
