Chair for Women in Tech Employee Resource Group: responsible for a thriving employee resource network where women can connect and make News UK Tech the optimal environment for women to enjoy and grow their careers. Responsible for managing and recruiting members of the steering group, setting the strategy, identifying priorities, running events and ensuring objectives are met.Culture Lead: designing and leading on all major internal and externally-facing staff events, managing staffing, budgets and marketing, as well as projects to increase engagement and promote social connection.Corporate Social Responsibility Lead: identifying and leading on projects to position News UK as a responsible employer through philanthropic, environmental, social and other initiatives, monitoring and reporting on each.Supplier Relationship and Vendor Management: owning large vendor accounts, ensuring we avoid service credits and contractual obligations are achieved, initiating RFP and other procurement processes.Communications Lead: copywriting, blogging and managing social media accounts for News UK Technology to make sure we can attract and retain talent. I also identify and submit award applications as part of this remit.Executive Coaching: part of the internal coaching cohort supporting colleagues development. European Quality Award (EQA) Practitioner level accredited by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC).

Responsible for the delivery of Strategically-critcal People Plan projects on behalf of the CTO OfficeMember of BBC’s Design and Technology Business Management Unit HQ Team with a pan-divisional focus providing a critical projects/operations and delivery role to the wider 3400+ strong business unit;Typical duties: engaging withexternal and internal level stakeholders, directing and influencing on project direction in capacity as a SME on business operations, project management frameworks, processes and solutions, and instituting governance frameworks e.g TORs, compliance, roles and responsibilities, risk reporting and communication plans;Technology Diversity Representative: promoting change in Technology to increase diversity and inclusionDivisional Induction Trainer: delivering face-to-face and online training new entrants to the divisions (all grades) on divisional design, strategic objectives and BBC values

Stakeholder Management: building effective networks through positive ongoing engagement with a focus on providing pre-emptive information and support where possible;Contributing to monthly and quarterly management performance packs/dashboards ensuring accurate data on PIRs (Post-Investment Reviews), with supporting analysis and commentary; Minute-taking at Board level maintaining high degree of accuracy and a professional standard required for external auditing;Providing subject-matter expertise to project portfolio managers in all aspects of governance and reporting deliverables;Liaising with project managers to inform forward agenda based on major project milestones, project lifecycle data, and high-level technology initiative; Reviewing and challenging business case submissions to ensure editorial consistency across board papers and working with project community to close off investment board actions applying relevant priority according to project criticality;

• Supporting the Project Manager in all aspects of Rights Work Stream in planning, governance, management and delivery for BBC Store (key major BBC project deliverable for 2015, ‘bigger’ than the iPlayer)• Responsible for ongoing benefits review, budget tracking and business handover, document accountabilities• Responsible for formulating stakeholder engagement strategies to build commitment and create sustainable future states – implement and monitor the strategies.

• Key member of the Technology Business Management Unit that is forecasted to invest c£100m on technology projects in 14/15.• Stakeholder Management: building effective networks through positive ongoing engagement with a focus on providing pre-emptive information and support where possible.• Coordinating monthly and quarterly management performance packs/dashboards ensuring accurate data on project RAG status, contractor spend and quarterly PIRs (Post-Investment Reviews), with supporting analysis and commentary, optimising the graphical representation of such data with PowerPoint or Excel as appropriate.. • Minute-taking at Board level maintaining high degree of accuracy and a professional standard required for external auditing.• Evidencing comparative progress across all major projects on data-sensitive reports for circulation to senior stakeholders.• Providing subject-matter expertise to project portfolio managers in all aspects of governance and reporting deliverables.• Liaising with project managers to inform forward agenda based on major project milestones, project lifecycle data, and high-level technology initiatives.• Reviewing and challenging business case submissions to ensure editorial consistency across board papers and working with project community to close off investment board actions applying relevant priority according to project criticality.• Responsible for the upkeep of processes, procedures and business case templates.• Technology Diversity Representative: leading on promoting change in Technology to increase representation from BAME (Black and Minority Ethnic) groups, as well as supporting the promotion of accessibility across Technology.• SAP super-user trained on advanced functions of SAP .

• Engagement with a range of stakeholders responsible for delivering the DQF (Delivering Quality First) and BBC Simplicity projects to stimulate a greater level of staff awareness and buy-in.• Monitoring the expectations of key stakeholder groups and individuals, implementing measures to manage expectations and reporting on progress.• Frequent communications with project teams holding formal reviews on progress, using reporting and analysis as necessary.• Creating MS PowerPoint presentations used for weekly status updates and adapt for use in senior management meetings.• Responsible for end-to-end process for production of monthly dashboards.• Bespoke Reporting with MS Access, MS Project and MS Excel and GANTT chart analysis.• Key proponent of BBC’s Simplicity project with a mission to ignite a complete culture change throughout the BBC.

• Recording high-quality succinct and accurate minutes at the BBC Finance Committee attended by the BBC’s most senior directors including the BBC Director General. • Day-to-day engagement with the senior management of the BBC on all matters pertaining to governance.• Providing expert advice to BBC project community to inform specific information required in critical business cases >£5m, contentious business cases or cases that could potentially put BBC reputation at risk. Responsible for the strict control of business cases relating to highly confidential BBC Sport Rights and BBC Talent contract negotiations.• Maintaining an orderly and accessible filing system of the current and historic Finance Committee business cases, protecting confidentiality by restricting access where necessary.• Responsible for the recruitment and management of administrative support, ensuring they delivered consistently high standards of support towards my office and the extended team as required.• Event Management: active fundraiser for BBC Children in Need organising events that attracted c200 participants 3 years running

Responsible for timely resolution of technology issues within Technicolor Supply Chain Management that affected their largest client, Buena Vista (Disney), liaising with IT department on an ongoing basis.Leading weekly focus group conference calls updating on priority IT issues with Disney representatives across Europe.Providing high standard of support to divisional director, deputising at meetings, providing timely and accurate data justifying disparities/anomalies in data or statistics.Maintenance and upkeep of Departmental process documentation, communicating business-wide of major changes as appropriate.

Resolving IT Problems on the telephone within defined SLAs.Customer careInducting new starters on the IT platformsTroubleshooting and resolving IT problemsShadowing 2nd line support staff