Assistant Project Manager - Extend (22411)
Assistant Project Manager - Extend (22411)
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Job Reference: 22411
Band: C
Contract type: Fixed Term Contract/Attachment until 31st March 2026
Salary: per annum depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Location: London Salford Glasgow or Cardiff
- Excellent career progression the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
- Unrivalled training and development opportunities our inhouse Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
- Benefits We offer a negotiable salary package a flexible 35hour working week for worklife balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days a defined pension scheme and discounted dental health care gym and much more.
This role is advertised as part of ourBBC Extend programmefor disabled people. To apply for this role you should identify as deaf disabled or neurodivergent and must meet either: thedefinition of disability in the Equality Act (2010) or the definition of disability in theDisability Discrimination Act (1995)if applying in Northern Ireland. Youre broadly defined as disabled under both acts if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and longterm negative or adverse effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. This definition includes both apparent and nonapparent 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. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the application process or have any questions about our Extend programmeplease contact the BBC Extend team via the shared mailbox.
The BBC are fully committed to providing workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers in the workplace 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.
If youd like more information on BBC Extendplease visit the BBC Extend webpage.
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Job Introduction
The BBC really has a proven record of reshaping itself over a whole century to stay relevant through major industry changes. From the birth of TV to the first steps into the digital world. From Ceefax BBC Micro (remember those) digital switchover DAB iPlayer. We have helped lead and shape change for public good.
Now we must transform ourselves again to increase relevance in a time of limitless choice and interactivity.
Tim Davie A BBC For The Future
Were looking for an Assistant Project Manager who will play a critical role in supporting the successful delivery of an initiative within the Future BBC transformation agenda. The initiative is focused on enabling a BBC that is fit for the future looking at increasing the pace of our delivery how we can leverage market innovation and better exploit our own innovation creating the environment for our capability to develop and scale to meet audience demands and increase the efficiency of our processes.
The Assistant Project Manager will work closely with the Programme Manager Head of Transformation and Head of Delivery and is a new role in the BBC Transformation Office.
The Transformation Office supports and drives transformation activities to make change happen across the BBC provides data driven visibility of transformation progress and builds the transformation capability and the change muscle of the organisation.
Main Responsibilities
The Transformation Office is at the heart of delivering major BBC transformation through the Sustainability Programme the DI&B Programme Across the UK the Enterprise Savings Portfolio and BBC Futures.
Working as part of the Transformation Office you will gain greater insight into the strategic transformation journey of the BBC deliver and ensure accountability for change across the BBC and help to build a strong culture aligned to our values.
What were looking for
The role holder will play a key part in delivering a complex programme delivering expected outcomes and meeting stakeholder expectations within the brief and constraints of time cost scope and quality; and will need to use appropriate approaches and techniques for the project and domain. This role will work closely with key leadership roles in the programme and will be responsible for supporting the production of a project management plan or equivalent document contribute to the business case ensure common clarity of scope good estimating solution development and management of risk identify track and manage progress risks issues assumptions dependencies interdependencies and changes. The Assistant Project Manager will work with stakeholders to establish scope critical success factors deliverables outcomes and benefits; and plan and complete change management activities (e.g. training communications) to ensure business adoption
Are you the right candidate
To be successful in this role you will have:
- Some experience of working on managing or leading projects successfully (including planning problem solving managing risk and budget or resource responsibility).
- Working knowledge of the project lifecycle products techniques and methodologies.
- Understanding of and ability to utilise good practice in all aspects of project management including the drivers of success and sources of risk for the project domain.
- Good and wellpracticed communication (spoken written listening) interpersonal and influencing skills with the ability to bridge specialism and business through userfriendly language.
- Ability to effectively deal with a range of stakeholders navigate changeable environments and achieve desired outcomes.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and procedures for the domain including procurement contract management environment and health and safety.
- Basic Microsoft Office skills including MS Project and experience manipulating data to make it meaningful for different audiences.
If you think you meet all or most of these criteria and you feel that working as part of the BBCs Transformation Office is for you we would love to hear from you.
About the BBC
We dont focus simply on what we do we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure youve read about our values and behaviours here.
Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individuals unique contribution enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC whether thats to contribute to our programming or our wide range of nonproduction roles. The more diverse our workforce the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age gender ethnicity disability sexual orientation gender identity socioeconomic background religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC please click here.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Contract
