Job Introduction

BBC News provides internationally-renowned news output 24 hours a day that helps people to understand and engage with the world around them. It has teams that operate in all corners of the world, delivering breaking news, editorial analysis and long-form journalism across television, radio and digital channels. All this has been made possible by the provision and resilience of our IT services. The continuing operation of our IT services, while ensuring that our processes offer value for money,  sustainability and resilience, is a mission critical objective within BBC News.

We are seeking  IT Asset Managers to manage the provision of core IT technology for a sub-division of BBC News, bringing sound IT knowledge and experience to the role. Responsible for controlling the IT spend across your designated business unit within BBC News you will be managing to ensuring compliance with BBC policy, appropriate application of exceptions where there is valid business justification and delivering savings across the range of commodities expenditure.

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.

Role Responsibility

The role is responsible the lifecycle management of IT assets and the operation of key controls in your designated business unit. You will be responsible for the operation of key controls in your area. You will be the escalation point for user’s IT problems and issues, which cannot be solved through the standard process. You will ensure compliance with pan-BBC and News Group policy, and ensure that exceptions received the appropriate level of authorisation.

• To be accountable for IT spend within your designated business unit as well as auditing, managing and tracking assets.
• To be responsible for communicating BBC IT strategy and policy within your business unit
• To work with senior stakeholders in forecasting the IT technology needs of your business unit
• To be the lead approver for IT spend in your business unit

The Ideal Candidate

Essential

• Sound understanding of IT, with extensive practical experience of asset management of IT equipment and systems.
• Ability to understand and translate business needs, and identify suitable IT technology to meet these.
• Ability to translate complex IT language into usable concepts for senior stakeholders.
• A sound understanding of the user administration and asset management processes.
• Works effectively with key stakeholders within the designated business unit, ensuring an awareness of specific software and hardware each area of the business require.
• Knowledge of a range of account issues experienced by users (e.g. large mailboxes, shared area access rights, shared folders, etc.)
• Experience of working in a large matrix organisation providing highly proactive support service, using defined business and administrative policies and procedures.
• Effective communication skills both orally and in writing and ability to target content for the audience.
• Able to deal with role-specific information quickly and accurately, identifying errors and investigating problems
• Able to communicate with confidence and able to respond to challenge with clear arguments
• Able to create a culture where processes and policies are understood and followed

Desirable

• A working knowledge of the BBC’s business and administrative policies and procedures.
• Recent project experience

Package Description

Band: C

Base: London

Contract:  6 month Fixed Term Contract

(Info for Internal staff Only: internal staff are eligible to apply for the role on an attachment basis. You need to be on a continuing (permanent).  You need to have worked for the BBC for more than one year and not have been on an attachment in the last 12 months. You will also need permission from your line manager.  You can find out more on our attachments page.)

Any offer of employment with the BBC will be conditional upon you having the right to work in the UK.

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 Ã¢â‚¬â€œ the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities Ã¢â‚¬â€œ our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
• Benefits- We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

Job Application Requirements:

• CV
• Questionnaire with opportunity to detail your experience

About the Company

Reinventing the BBC for the next Generation

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. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below.

Diversity matters at the BBC.  We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's 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 that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production 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, sexuality, social background, religion and/or belief.  And we promote flexible working opportunities where operational needs allow.  

Closing Date03 October, 2022