Assistant Project Manager

BBC Group and Public Services; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media organization is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to facilitate the implementation of Descript within its audio production teams. This role is pivotal for enhancing workflows and ensuring successful project outcomes through effective management strategies. Applicants should possess strong project management, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills, along with a working knowledge of AI technologies. The position presents opportunities for flexible working arrangements and professional growth in a dynamic media environment.

Benefits

Excellent career progression

Flexible working arrangements

25 days annual leave plus the option to buy more

Defined pension scheme

Discounted healthcare and gym memberships

Qualifications

• Experience of working on, managing or leading projects successfully.
• Understanding of good practice in all aspects of project management.
• Ability to effectively deal with a range of stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support the rollout of Descript across BBC Audio by developing a project management plan.
• Track progress and manage risks, issues, and changes associated with the project.
• Ensure training is delivered on time and is relevant for the project.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Stakeholder management

AI knowledge

Basic Microsoft Office skills

Tools

MS Project

JIRA

Job description

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Salary: £30,000 - £40,000 per annum, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Contract type: 6 month Fixed Term Contract / Attachment

Location: Cardiff (or any major UK hub)

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

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 in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.

Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life 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 .

Job Introduction

BBC Audio specialises in audio content. We're made up of 450+ colleagues who produce over 80 hours of content every single day. We supply programmes, podcasts and music for almost all of the BBC's radio networks and BBC Sounds.

Our creative teams produce 20,500 shows and make an extraordinary range of content.

In Speech production,our Topical Production team in London makes live and pre-recorded programmes and podcasts. On Radio 4, programmes include Woman’s Hour, Front Row, Start the Week, The Media Show and a range of English language programme for World Service including Outlook, Lives Less Ordinary, The Fifth Floor, World Questions and In the Studio. The Wales & West production team produces a range of output across music and speech. Teams include the BBC Audio Science Unit, Food and Farming and programmes include Saturday Live on Radio 4, We have a Drama, Books and Arts team in Scotland and Northern Ireland and BBC Audio North is the produces a rich mix of content spanning multiple genres including religion, consumer, investigations, documentaries, music and arts.

In Music production, our BBC Audio teams underpin Radio 1, 1Xtra, Radio 2, Radio 3, Asian Network and 6 Music. We also support on some of the UK’s largest music festivals and events including the BBC Proms, Radio 2 in the Park, Radio 1's Big Weekend, Reading & Leeds and Glastonbury.

We are looking for an assistant project manager to support a pilot rolling out Descript across BBC Audio. Powered by AI, Descript has the potential to transform BBC Audio's workflows by streamlining audio production, enabling non-technical roles to produce high-quality content, and supporting innovative approaches to social media, remote recording, and operational efficiency.

Main Responsibilities

The pilot aims to assess ‘Descript's’ value across four key use cases. We want to be sure that we test Descript robustly, the correct training is delivered on time and is relevant, and collect feedback to be in a position to analyse pilot data against baseline metrics. The project wants to develop insights into successes, challenges, and areas for improvement and produce a final report with recommendations.

The Project Manager will work with the Project Sponsor and lead to support the production of a project management plan, contribute to the regular meetings and forums, identify, track and manage progress, risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, interdependencies and changes. The PM will support in the communication to key stakeholders, and ensure all expenditure is accounted for. As well as ensuring adherence to relevant BBC policies and standards.

This role will mean working with stakeholders to establish scope, critical success factors, deliverables, outcomes and benefits building relationships with the stakeholders.

Are you the right candidate?

• 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.
• Experience of AI or technology roll-outs would be an advantage
• 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 well-practiced communication (spoken, written, listening), inter-personal and influencing skills, with the ability to bridge specialism and business through user-friendly 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, JIRA and Register, and experience manipulating data to make it meaningful for different audiences.

About the BBC

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons 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.

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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.

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