To effectively contract and schedule resources including staff, facilities and equipment in accordance with production and transmission requirements, conditions of service and objectives of the operational areas.,

• Contract and schedule resources in accordance with requirements, conditions of service and the objectives of the operational areas.
• Act as first point of contact for routine scheduling queries and escalate issues as appropriate.
• Monitor the utilisation of resources and reports to ensure effective and efficient scheduling.
• Liaise with scheduling colleagues and other project and production teams to ensure that forward scheduling meets future requirements.
• Produce schedules of work in advance.
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of standard rates, negotiating and engaging freelance effort as necessary to cover resourcing pressures at short notice.
• Be proactive in contributing towards the cost effective scheduling of resources and in particular the management of overtime, freelance and casual spend.
• Ensure that additional hours and days worked are recorded accurately on the scheduling system and have been sanctioned at the appropriate level.
• Ensure information in the system is updated within specified deadlines to allow for the production of accurate management and financial information.
• Assist management with the proactive control and scheduling of leave including annual, exceptional, additional, etc.
• Ensure all sickness is recorded appropriately and available for reporting.
• Run reports to ensure that information held on the system is accurate and complete, ensuring there is no missing data.
• Identify new users and arrange appropriate system access, provide training as required.
• Undertake any other duties that may reasonably be considered appropriate and must be willing to adopt a flex
  
  Have, or be able to acquire, an excellent knowledge of the BBC terms and conditions, policies and Working Time Directive to enable support of Resource Scheduling.
• Sound knowledge and experience of a scheduling system together with well-developed IT skills.
• Ability to assess programme and staffing priorities; to act with the minimum of supervision and deal with conflicting demands in a very busy environment.
• Has a high standard of accuracy and attention to detail.
• A good understanding of BBC output and programming requirements.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Experience of dealing with senior management and programme makers.
• The ability to deal assuredly , discreetly and tactfully with members of staff, ensuring that the BBC Respect at Work policy is adhered to at all times., Sound knowledge and experience of scheduling systems, together with well-developed IT skills and ability to quickly learn digital systems.
• Possess, or have the capacity to develop, a thorough understanding of the BBC's terms and conditions, policies, and the Working Time Directive to effectively support Resource Scheduling
• Demonstrate excellent communications skills and the ability to influence a range of stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong organisational skills with an ability to prioritise multiple requirements from various departments.
• Experience of related policy, practice, and procedures., 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.