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We’re looking for a Scheduling Assistant for BBC One Wales and BBC Two Wales.

As part of the Marketing and Audiences team based in the BBC’s broadcast centre in Cardiff, you’ll be assisting the Scheduling Manager in planning a wide range of TV programmes to make our channels as relevant as possible to audiences in Wales.

From news to live sport and from UK-wide drama to documentaries, these programmes are part of the wider BBC One and BBC Two schedules, and contingency planning for always keeping our channels running smoothly will also be an important part of your role.

To enter and maintain information in systems and databases accurately and efficiently, providing reports where required.

Help maintain ‘off schedule’ plans, providing assistance to production teams delivering content.

Make recommendations as part of teamwork with Scheduling Manager, taking into account compliance and suitability for our audience.

Contribute ideas on own initiative and maintain a current knowledge of trends.

Good IT skills with an understanding of Microsoft Excel and system databases.

Interpersonal and communication skills sufficient to establish and maintain effective relations with a wide range of internal and external contacts.

Highly motivated, organised and flexible with the ability to deal with last minute changes.

Time management, planning and prioritising skills and the ability to meet fixed deadlines under pressure

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. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here

Band: B

Contract: Permanent Full Time

Location: Cardiff

You are eligible to apply for an internal role if you are either on a BBC Continuing (Permanent) contract, a BBC Fixed Term contract, a casual contract or freelance contract and you have worked continuously for 6 months.

Only internal staff are eligible to apply for the role on an attachment basis. You need to be on a continuing (permanent) or fixed-term contract. You need to have worked for the BBC for more than one year and will also need permission from your line manager. You can find out more on our attachments page.

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 competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days holiday with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

Please note that the application process will require you to upload a CV and complete the online questionnaire(s). There is no requirement to attach a covering letter or complete the additional careers hub fields (Personal Statement/Skills/Portfolio sections).

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Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English. / Mae modd cyflwyno ceisiadau yn Gymraeg, ac ni fydd cais a gyflwynir yn Gymraeg yn cael ei drin yn llai ffafriol na chais a gyflwynir yn Saesneg.

The BBC is keen to continue to ensure the safety and wellbeing of people across our sites. Until further notice, all assessments and interviews will be conducted remotely. For more information go to https://www.bbc.co.uk/careers/

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