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Programme Support Administrator
- Job Ref. No
- R3908
- Location
- London - Media Centre
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term
- Job Category:
- Commercial Ventures
- Closing date for applications
- 8 January 2012
Department
BBC Worldwide’s mission is to create, acquire, develop and exploit media content and brands around the world in order to maximise the value of the BBC's assets for the benefit of the UK licence payer. We’re now looking for a Programme Support Administrator to join our IT division working out of our Media Village, West London.
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The BBC showcases the best of British culture to a global audience and is the world’s most trusted provider of international news and information.The Technology function is critical to this mission and must provide world class systems and data to enable our company and our customers to have the highest quality technology experience and information.
Role
Focus will be on maintaining programme/project risk and issue logs and ensuring these have appropriate senior management visibility and are acted upon, along with monitoring project dependencies and assisting Programme and Project Managers in the production and maintenance of project plans.
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- Ensuring that Programme Board and Steering Group meetings, preparing agendas, taking minutes for Futureworks meetings and distributing the minutes thereafter.
- Monitoring project dependencies and proactively highlighting the status of impending dependencies, flagging any potential issues.
- Assisting Programme and Project Managers in the production and maintenance of project plans and their control and governance
- Advising and assisting project team members in the application of project procedures, disciplines and recording and reporting standards
Requirements
You’ll have substantial experience of working within a dedicated Programme Office function within a diverse technology organisation comprising multiple programmes and projects across a broad spectrum of business and technical needs along with a strong understanding of programme and project planning, estimating and budgeting.
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- Strong financial awareness and experience of working with budgets
- Experience of working with others in a matrix structure, holding others to account to deliver high quality outputs on time, on budget and in line with requirements
- Experience of building and sustaining productive relationships across multifunctional technology and business teams.
- Ability to develop and maintain a good understanding of BBC Worldwide’s business, its aims and objectives and to keep these in mind when undertaking own accountabilities
- Qualifications in project/programme management e.g. PRINCE2, MSP or APM would be beneficial
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