Head of Strategic Planning & Delivery

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Job introduction

The World Service is the BBC's international public service, offering multi platform content around the world. The World Service is the BBC's international public service, offering multi platform content around the world. The World Service is on of the largest international newsgathering teams globally, with global coverage from over 72 locations, provided in 42 languages, we are trusted to deliver impartial, fact-based journalism, reporting without fear or favour. We are a true international multimedia broadcaster reaching 450 million people around the world each week, and delivering a wide range of news language and regional services on radio, TV and online. The World Service reaches into peoples' lives, clarifying and adding context and giving them a wider perspective on what matters to them. World Service is led by BBC News Global Director, Jonathan Munro and employs more than 2,000 people worldwide.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the leadership team within World Service News. Reporting into the BBC News Global Director, the Head of Strategic Planning and Delivery will be accountable for the oversight and direction of a strategic, financial and governance activities needed to plan and deliver the global strategy for the World Service group. Creating opportunities with other parts of the BBC like BBC Studios, to maximise the impact of BBC News globally.

Main Responsibilities

• Identify and align the activities and change initiatives required to achieve the World Service group strategic objectives specifically reach and revenue goals. Recommend routes to market and monitor in response to changes in progress, strategic objectives, financial constraints, timelines, and changing organisational circumstances.
• Oversee and contribute to the development and delivery of pitch material to support funding and Charter contributions for the group, incorporating the potential need for iterative re-planning and cost-effective measurement mechanisms.
• Ensure appropriate corporate governance and assurance across the Group in order to safeguard realisation of benefits, delivery of strategic projects ensuring alignment with both World Service Group and the BBC's strategic objectives.
• Provide integrated business performance insight and monitoring for the World Service, to support timely decisions that optimise the successful achievement of strategic goals.
• Working with subject matter experts on the interpretation of data and the best ways of tracking performance when reporting to stakeholders.
• Follow the BBC project management approach and lead the professional job family.
• Promote value, define competency and provide opportunities to enhance professional capability and wider business literacy in project delivery and sponsorship.
• Work with key stakeholders and strategic partners including the News and Current Affairs Transformation Director, the News COO leadership team and leadership teams in BBC Studios, CCOG and Strategy, to ensure that key initiatives and activities receive expert support during shaping and execution to improve the chances of success.
• Provide inspirational leadership and support career development and talent retention.
• Contribute to the wider development and leadership of the division, promoting and championing collaboration, creativity and diversity.

Are You The Right Candidate

Essential
• As an expert in their field, they will provide professional leadership and act as role model to their teams and colleagues.
• Adept at managing numerous, diverse senior and executive level stakeholders, often operating under tight timescales and managing numerous competing priorities.
• Experience of operating at a senior level in the public sector and/or dealing with external/governmental stakeholders.
• A convincing and persuasive communicator, required to modify beliefs and opinions of teams, as well as senior stakeholders, able to establish effective and collaborative relations across BBC departments, and external agencies/stakeholders where required.
• Act as the conduit to effective communication and influence across the management team.
• Possesses a strong understanding of the media sector and BBC competitors, and the relevant in-depth knowledge of current industry trends and issues relating to their functional area.
• A deep functional/technical expert with broad and comprehensive understanding of theories, systems and practices relevant to their functional area.
• Strong awareness of the way in which programmes are commissioned, financed and produced.
• Broad and comprehensive understanding of all BBC regulatory and contractual obligations as they pertain to their functional area.
• Extensive experience in managing significant budgets and understanding key financial drivers.

About The BBC

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https://performancemanager.successfactors.eu/S001190811T2/Our_BBC_Values.pdf

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, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic 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 visit https://www.bbc.co.uk/diversity/

Package Description

Band: SL

Contract: Continuing

Location: London

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 (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.

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Location: London, GB

Posted Date: 11/5/2024