Resource Scheduler, Central Scheduling - BBC News

BBC Group and Public Services; London; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

The BBC is looking for a Resource Scheduler for its Central Scheduling team within BBC News. This hybrid role involves managing staff schedules, ensuring workload balance among teams, and liaising with various stakeholders to ensure best practices are followed. Ideal candidates will have strong administrative experience and exceptional organisational skills.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

25 days annual leave with the option to buy 5 more

Defined pension scheme

Discounted health care and gym

Qualifications

• Experience in an administration role.
• Exceptional organisation and planning skills.
• Ability to adopt new system workflows.
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day and forward planning of schedules for BBC News staff.
• Point of contact for team queries and scheduling best practices.
• Administer documentation related to scheduling processes.

Skills

Organisational skills

Planning skills

Attention to detail

Flexibility

Job description

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Language Log in to Profile BBC Employee Login CREATE JOB ALERT Resource Scheduler, Central Scheduling - BBC News Job Description Job Requisition ID: 24636 Job Closing Date: 22 June 2025

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: B
CONTRACT TYPE: 12 months Fixed Term Contract or Attachment, Full time
DEPARTMENT: BBC News - Central Scheduling
LOCATION: London – This is a hybrid role with an expectation that you would work from BBC London Broadcasting House regularly each week.
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: From £24,600 p.a. plus London Weighting - depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

Interviews are expected to take place in the first week of July 2025.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Working within a centralised team of Resource Schedulers you’ll look after the day-to-day and the forward planning of schedules for staff in a wide range of teams within BBC News.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM
This role works across a range of journalistic teams within BBC News & Current Affairs and across teams with a range of skills and ways of working. As a member of a team of Schedulers, you will be expected to move around the structure to help support your colleagues and allow for the work to be managed fairly across the wider team and according to skills and experience.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• Responsible for ensuring that the business workload is met by suitably skilled and experienced staff.
• Point of contact for queries and requests from the teams you schedule and other stakeholders.
• Liaising closely with the programme output teams, the business community and with your Senior Resource Scheduler and/or Business Advisor to ensure scheduling best practice is followed at all times in accordance with BBC Terms and Conditions and HR Policies and responsible for administering and managing all documentation associated with this process.
• Use systems such as Allocate, Teampay and Smartbook, which includes month end overtime processes, and some financial duties relating to payments for staff and freelance effort.
• Forward plan schedules and react to on-the-day changes to provide efficient staffing for required shifts, this may include contingency planning in line with programming strategy and priorities as determined with your Business Advisor.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Experience in an administration role.
• Exceptional organisation and planning skills with a high level of attention to detail.
• Experience of adopting new system workflows and carrying out business processes to a high standard.
• Experience of working flexibly in a fast paced and demanding environment and be able to respond to situations quickly to accommodate changing needs, at very short notice.
• Evidence of ability to deliver complex information in an accessible way, to a range of people.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

• Experience of working in a 24/7/365 environment.

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

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.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

For any general queries, please contact: [e-mail]

Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC 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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Here you will benefit from:

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pensionscheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis.

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