# Resource Scheduler

**Company**: BBC
**Location**: London, GBR
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Job type**: Fixed Term Contract
**Salary**: From £25,100 p.a.
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Media

**Apply**: https://careers.bbc.co.uk/job/London-Resource-Schedulers%2C-BBC-News-W1A-1AA/1373850157/?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
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## Description

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

The role works across a wide range of content, digital and output teams, and you may be expected to move between teams so we can manage the work appropriately across our structure. With your broadcast and operational expertise, attention to detail, and ability to thrive under pressure in a 24/7/365 setting, you'll be a key driver in delivering agile staffing solutions and adapting to last-minute changes.

Your Key Responsibilities and Impact:

- Ensure that the business workload is met by suitably skilled and experienced staff and act as a point of contact for queries and requests from the teams you schedule and other stakeholders.

- Liaise closely with programme output teams, the business community, and 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.

- Use systems such as Allocate, Teampay, and Smartbook, including month-end overtime processes and financial administration relating to payments for staff and freelance effort.

- Forward plan schedules and respond to on-the-day changes to provide efficient staffing for required shifts, including contingency planning in line with programming strategy and priorities agreed with your Business Advisor.

Your Skills and Experience: Essential Criteria:

- Strong administration experience, including demonstrable experience of managing staff rotas, 24/7 staff scheduling, and other complex admin tasks.

- Proven ability and expertise in using staff scheduling and other BBC systems (e.g., Allocate, Teampay, Smartbook) and experience of adopting new workflows and carrying out business processes to a high standard.

- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to prioritise in fast-paced environments.

- Strong understanding of workforce wellbeing responsibilities in rota planning and Working Time Directive compliance.

- Builds positive relationships and communicates clearly, confidently, and professionally with stakeholders at all levels.

Desirable:

- Experience of working in a news environment and dealing with breaking news.

Benefits:

- 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 pension scheme.

- Discounted dental, health care, and gym.

## Skills

### Required
- administration
- staff scheduling
- Allocate
- Teampay
- Smartbook
- organisational skills
- attention to detail
- workforce wellbeing
- Working Time Directive compliance
- communication

### Nice to have
- news environment
- breaking news

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