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Job Package
EX2324
Band : D
Salary : £38,100 - £44,400 per annum depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract :
1 Permanent Role
1 Fixed Term Contract / Attachment (12 Months)
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. 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, please contact the BBC Extend team via the shared mailbox.
Job Purpose
The Business Advisor role reports into the Head of Production in BBC Wales and sits in the Business Management Production team. The team is responsible for providing a wide range of support across the production business, including production management, budgeting, procurement advice, risk management, innovation, projects, strategic advice and support.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
The role works closely with senior production leaders and is responsible for maintaining high quality information to support good decision making in the business. Main duties include:
* Fully manage the funding plan to deliver the business area content strategy.
* Put in place effective control and monitoring to manage production spend.
* Establish good risk mitigations to minimise the impact of risks.
* Ensure department monitoring is timely and accurate.
* Provide effective business advice to the senior management teams.
* Report progress on compliance for spend, sustainability and content hours.
* Key stakeholder for all support functions: Finance, HR, Procurement, Projects, Technology, Operations.
* Discuss and agree effective responsibility lines between production support teams.
* Provide clarity to production teams - turning complex workflows, terminology, controls and activity into meaningful information and plans.
* Explore and help develop new opportunities that add value in the production area.
Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience
The successful candidate will work in a very busy and often demanding production environment. The role suits someone good at planning and organising but prepared to be flexible and change their plans at short notice. You will need to remember and apply an extensive range of business, administrative and production management knowledge. Collaboration and close working relationships with the production teams is a must for this role. Home working is possible, but you should expect to be in the office for 3 to 4 days every week.
The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate the following key skills and attributes:
* Excellent data management and analysis skills
* Awareness and implementation of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging elements
* Ability to spot and minimise risks in the business model
* Ability to present business analysis to a wide range of stakeholders
* Experience of production management and/or managing a portfolio of productions
* Knowledge of end-to-end production and multi-platform workflows
* Ability to influence and drive the most efficient use of production resources
* Take an interest in sustainability and be prepared to challenge negative environmental behaviours
* Experience of driving change in a complex and changing environment
* Up-to-date knowledge of the BBC Content, BBC Vision and trends in the wider industry
About the BBC
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC. We don't focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Diversity matters at the BBC. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. #J-18808-Ljbffr