Technology Systems & Delivery
Permanent - Full Time
London, GB, W1A 1AA Salford, GB, M50 2QH

PACKAGE DESCRIPTION

Job Reference: 22571
Band: D
Salary: Up to £60,000
Contract type: Permanent role
Location: Office Base is London - New Broadcasting House /Salford - Dock House.
Closing Date: 24th of April 2025
This role is advertised as part of our BBC Extend programme for disabled people. To apply for this role you should identify as deaf, disabled or neuro-divergent and must meet either: the definition of disability in the Equality Act (2010), the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) if applying in Northern Ireland. You’re broadly defined as disabled under both acts if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative or adverse effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. This definition includes both apparent and non-apparent conditions and impairments, and medical conditions such as Cancer, HIV or Multiple Sclerosis.
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The BBC are fully committed to providing workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers in the workplace that disabled people face. To do this, we have our own dedicated BBC Access and Disability Service that provides assessments and support throughout employment with us. If you are successful in applying for this role and require workplace adjustments, we will work with you to get your adjustments in place.
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DISCLAIMER

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for the Service Transition and Change Management functions operated in Technology Operations
• Responsible for setting clear boundaries around service acceptance, holding delivery teams to account, whist working with and influencing stakeholders to address business risk. Applying a pragmatic approach to help deliver the needs of the business into operational support
• A point of escalation for Service Transition and Change related operational queries
• Required to be a leader and set the goals, agenda and behaviours for the team
• Will manage multiple Senior Service Managers / Service Managers
• Responsible for distributing Service Transition project work across the team and undertake this work yourself alongside the team, maintaining and delivering your own portfolio of transition projects
• Responsible for growing and maintaining skills resilience within the team to ensure day-to-day operational Change Management tasks can always be covered
• Liaise with other Technology & Media Operations and Digital Product teams as and when required to ensure the successful delivery of services into Technology Operations
• Responsible for auditing transition and change processes to assure consistent standards and regular reviews by the accountable owners for accuracy, relevance, and appropriate use
• Promotes and champions the culture for automation and process efficiency and seeks to apply appropriately
• Monitors and reacts to relevant end user feedback in relation to Service Transition and Change Management processes
• Responsible for process governance function in the management of Change and Transition tickets
• Must work closely with interfacing processes to ensure smooth process handover with no/minimal duplication of effort
• Responsible for compiling ad-hoc reports
• Instigate and engage wider stakeholder groups regarding process related continual service improvement initiatives
• Positive approach to achieving business solutions, with the ability to develop a positive outcome from complex problems.
• Proactively drive improvements to Service Acceptance Criteria and change processes, including capturing and acting on stakeholder feedback, and planning and implementing technical and non-technical enhancements