Project Manager- Engagement and Comms Project Manager- Engagement and Comms

Our mission, vision and contribution is to establish and implement digital transformation across the BBCs audience facing digital products; and your role will be key in supporting the successful Product delivery of our Digital First strategy. You'll be working closely with the Programme Manager, Lead Change Manager, Digital Transformation Lead and the CPO. The digital transformation project is a high profile project, which will be playing a key part in the Digital First Strategy. You will play a vital role, with real impact, managing the smooth progress of the transformation work within the PG Transformation team.

As the Project Manager that will be in charge of our engagement and comms for our new and special team you have the right approach and skill set. Ultimately your outlook is to solve problems for others and initiate solutions using your experience and skills to do so. The right person/people for our team will understand the nuance here.

Your work matters and you're really important to the success of our team. You will be responsible for coordinating and delivering engagement and communications within the Transformation project and out to the wider product group team and stakeholders.

• Produce and manage a communication plan to deliver clear, positive and transparent communication inline with BBC values to keep our teams informed and motivated.


• Help arrange and manage engagement sessions in Product Group that will help the team engage in the transformation work.


• Create and maintain a stakeholder matrix of those working and involved in the Transformation project in Product Group, to set the cadence of when and how these stakeholders are communicated to.


• Alongside the Change Manager create a communication strategy to support the leadership team to deliver clear, consistent and transparent communication.


• Tailor communication activities to individual groups working across the project and deliver those activities.


• Build relationships with team members to provide coaching/support .


• Produce a framework for project team members which aligns with the communications plan on how/when to provide internal communication to stakeholders
  
  Strong project management skills from either a digital or technology product environment


• Experience creating communications for a business or organisation unit going through a digital transformation


• Copywriting and editing skills using a range of tools to deliver great communication (Slack, Teams, email etc)


• Passionate about delivering great communication to support the employee experience


• Experience in a busy, fast paced complex organisational environment undertaking a large scale transformation project


• Ability to create and manage relationships at all levels


• Provide mentoring/coaching to other team members to support their own internal communications


• Ability to work with stakeholders at all levels and identify the right communication channel for their needs
  
  Today the BBC reaches nearly half a billion people weekly, a number that has been growing. We are the best known British cultural export - quite something when you consider the competition, from music to monarchy. We view our digital services as essential to our long-term future. We're in the thick of activating our "Digital First" strategy and along the journey you uncover and realise and anticipate further needs. Against the backdrop of a difficult media landscape our digital products are performing well against better-funded media organisations.


We're empowering our teams to transform and supercharge the BBC to fulfil our essential public service function and continue to inform, educate and entertain our vast audiences and welcome and entice some more.
We believe that focussing on this will ultimately enable our mission on the wider BBC value of providing best in class experience to our users/audiences which we achieve by building that one to one relationship with our users solidifying our place, in the heart of our users, as the number 1 trusted source for information, education and entertainment., The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

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 here.

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.

Salary: £45,000 - £55,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Our comprehensive benefits package includes:


• An employer pension contribution of up to 10%


• 26 days' annual leave (based on full time hours) + bank holidays and the option to buy/sell additional days


• Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and healthcare schemes


• Employee assistance and well-being programmes


• Learning and development tailored to your role - this could include industry recognised qualifications, coaching and mentoring


• An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join staff networks including: Women's Network, National Disability Networks and many more.


Family friendly flexible working arrangements, such as hybrid working, job sharing, flexi-time and compressed hours can be requested.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and especially welcome individuals from underrepresented groups.

We are interested in candidates currently operating at the advertised level but are also keen to help develop careers by offering opportunities where this is a step up based on current position.