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Kantar is the world’s leading data, insights and consulting company and our Media colleagues are the experts in understanding the changing advertising landscape. Specialising in audience measurement, consumer targeting and in-depth intelligence into paid, owned and earned media, their global coverage and local expertise enable our clients to better understand media audiences and their relationships with brands.
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Kantar is the world’s leading data, insights, and consulting company. We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies. Kantar’s 25,000 people based in more than 100 countries help the world’s leading organisations succeed and grow. Nobody knows people better than Kantar. We provide insight and inspiration to help our clients, our people and society to create and flourish in an extraordinary world.
Our media colleagues are expert in understanding the changing media landscape. This includes audience measurement, consumer targeting and in-depth intelligence into paid, owned and earned media. Their global coverage and local expertise enable clients to better understand media audiences and their relationships with brands to optimise investment.
Job Title: Panel Administration Assistant
Location: London, Westgate
Salary: Competitive
Full time/FTC/Rota based/ Weekends
Role Description
It is an exciting time to join the team; with a renewal of the BARB contract till 2029, we will be looking to increase our team
So, what is BARB? The Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board is a key player in the UK television and advertising industry. Where they are the official provider of television audience viewing figures across all channels available to watch in the UK. Information on viewing behaviours and analytics is collated via GPRS from ‘Panel Homes’, a sample to represent the 24 + million UK home viewers. This allows BARB subscribers to access next day data on UK’s ratings, 365 days a year. BARB data is used in deciding the making and distribution of TV programmes by commercial TV stations, advertising agencies and advertisers to negotiate prices for commercial airtime and to plan TV advertising campaigns.
Everyday our team of over fifty field technicians carries out maintenance and installation calls to BARB panel homes and performs checks on the equipment used to capture information about the homes’ TV/PC/Tablet viewing. This information needs to be kept up to date and accurate as it’s used for data processing and to maintain a balanced panel. Information about the Panel homes can come from various sources, technical line sheets, incoming/outgoing telephone calls, email, questionnaires etc. The primary task of the Panel Admin Team is to ensure this information is input accurately into our main database called ‘Atria’.
We are looking for someone to join our panel administration team who act as the main point of contact for technicians working in the field as well as our panel members. This team are also responsible for booking appointments for technicians’ visit to panel member homes and for validating the accuracy of the maintenance work undertaken on meter equipment installed by technicians. Maintaining information about a home’s TV equipment and demographics is also an important aspect of this role. The successful candidate will be trained on a variety of systems and tools and will work closely with all teams within the BARB operation.
Job Role Requirements
- Liaising with technicians whilst in panel member homes to perform interactive tests and quality checks to prove that the metering is installed correctly.
- Capturing information from technicians about the equipment in the panel members homes and updating into a central database.
- Contacting panel members to book appointments for technician’s visits which could involve a first-time installation or revisit.
- Respond to incoming calls from panel members and record the outcome of calls in the contact history database.
- Make outgoing calls to panel members to follow up on potential compliance issues or technical faults with the metering.
- Provide support on ad hoc projects and initiatives.
- Conduct various validation checks to identify any issues with data held against a home that could have a detrimental impact on data processing.
- Perform all duties with an underlying objective of meeting of exceeding the divisions service level agreements
- Work collaboratively with all staff within the BARB team and other business units.
- Always consider the standards expected of the client when undertaking duties
- Ensure that daily targets set for routine activities are met and to standards expected.
Requirements for position
Service Orientated
- The desire to anticipate, recognize and meet other’s needs.
- Have a full understanding of the daily priorities and quality expectations
- Proactive collaboration with others
Communicator
- Confident communicating with both colleagues and panel members
- Be able to interpret detailed information and articulate in a way that clearly explains the status
Adaptability
- Be flexible to responding to business, stakeholder, and client needs
- Be versatile in your approach to issues
- Can adapt to changing priorities
- Previous experience of working in a helpdesk environment
- Any experience of working in an operations environment which have business critical deadlines
Cultivating a Growth Mindset
- Be open-minded; seek and act on feedback.
- Create improvements and put new ideas into practice.
Embrace purposeful collaboration
- Work proactively with your peers and others – in your team, across kantar and externally.
- Enjoy working as part of a team
- Collaborate with purpose, focusing on the desired outcome.
- Understand the bigger picture and goals (help others to be clear and motivated around a goal)
Help others to flourish
- Have a positive and pragmatic attitude taking ownership to overcome obstacles.
- Show respect to inclusivity and embrace the diversity we all bring to Kantar.
If you think you have the right skills, motivation, and drive to support our Panel Team, then don’t miss out on this opportunity and apply now!!
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At Kantar, the diversity of our employees provides a richer environment for our employees and broader depth and breadth of thinking for our clients. Kantar is committed to inclusion and diversity; therefore, we welcome applications from all sections of society and do not discriminate based on age, race, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status or any other legally protected characteristics.
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Why join Kantar?
We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies, nobody knows people better than Kantar.
And because we know people, we like to make sure our people are looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for our people is our highest priority and we encourage our people to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage our colleagues to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all, and we’re flexible in our approach to ensure people feel included and accepted. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, which is why we welcome applications from all background and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not a perfect fit, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.
KANTAR
https://www.kantar.com/careers
London, United Kingdom
Chris Jansen
Unknown / Non-Applicable
10000+ Employees
Company - Private
Research & Development
1993