Broadcasting Distribution Consultant

London
3 Month Contract, 2/3 days a week

About Ofcom
As the UK’s communications regulator, we’re delivering vital work that helps keep the UK connected and shapes the future of how we’ll stay connected with each other. Our work covers everything from phones and broadband, through to TV, radio, the postal service, and wireless devices. We have also taken on the challenge of making the online world a safer place. And we need people of all backgrounds, skill sets, and experiences to help us achieve our goal of making communications work for everyone.

About the team you’ll be part of
The Strategy and Policy team plays a pivotal role in setting Ofcom’s strategic direction and ensuring it has a clear pathway to deliver against its key priorities. We are also at the forefront of providing the organisation with the strategic insight and analysis needed to anticipate future challenges and opportunities that exist within this rapidly evolving space. Our work takes a broad range of forms, but key responsibilities include:

• Thought leadership on emerging policy issues – working collaboratively with other teams to decide Ofcom’s position on new or cross-cutting consumer, public policy and competition issues
• Horizon scanning and market/strategic insight – understanding how the communications sector may develop in future to inform our wider policy programme
• Delivering Ofcom’s strategic priorities – leading major projects that set the future direction of regulation in the sector
• Ofcom’s corporate strategy – working with senior management and the Board to set Ofcom’s strategy, define its priorities and assess their delivery

We have a clear focus upon supporting the development and well-being of all our colleagues. Our culture is underpinned by four important corporate values: excellence, agility, collaboration and empowerment.

The purpose and scope of the role
We are recruiting a highly skilled and knowledgeable broadcasting and media consultant with commercial experience of business strategy decisions around TV distribution to join our team. TV distribution is changing rapidly, and it’s important for audiences that we have an understanding of the latest commercial landscape for content distribution in the face of industry change. The ideal candidate will have experience working in or with the broadcasting sector with in-depth knowledge of the terrestrial and satellite markets. They will be responsible for analysing and advising on shifts in the market and the risks and opportunities that broadcasters are facing over the next decade. This role involves delivering high quality strategic analysis and leading engagement with external stakeholders. You will be expected to have a high degree of expertise and experience in strategic thinking and market analysis.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Strategic analysis and thought leadership
  Lead the analysis of commercial forces in the broadcasting market, risks and opportunities impacting commercial sustainability, business models and technological innovation over the next 5 years. Apply robust analytical approaches, looking at the impact on audiences and consumers of different policies and commercial strategies. Contribute proactively to debates about strategic and policy issues, providing thought leadership within the Strategy & Policy team, particularly where it comes to work on the future of TV distribution.
• Project management and delivery
  Manage a strategic workstream, under the guidance of more senior colleagues, including taking ownership of key day to day responsibilities (e.g. timelines, internal and external stakeholders engagement). Take an active role in leading and maintaining dialogue with external stakeholders. Exercise good judgement in proactively managing and mitigating risks. Independently lead the delivery of a high-quality and detailed analysis for internal consumption and presenting the results to internal stakeholders.

The skills, knowledge and experience you’ll need for success

Essential
You should have a demonstrable ability to…

• Lead, with minimal supervision, strategic analysis of the commercial forces at play in TV distribution.
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the UK broadcasting market, covering both terrestrial and satellite TV delivery, and show an interest in Ofcom’s mission to make communications work for everyone.
• Develop and deliver your own workplan, including decision-making, prioritisation, taking ownership of progress against deadlines, and production of deliverables.
• Build, lead, and maintain working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Apply analytical skills, including conducting research and analysis into complex issues to solve problems and find solutions.
• Utilise interpersonal and communication skills, including confidently presenting complex ideas to different audiences, including external stakeholders.
• Draft clear, concise documents for internal use or external publication.

At Ofcom we prioritise inclusive and diverse recruitment in order to truly reflect the society we represent. Where positions are listed as full time, we remain open to reduced hours, part-time arrangements, job shares and other flexible working options from day one of employment. We warmly welcome applications from candidates returning to work after a break – for whatever reason. As a disability confident employer, we offer interviews to any disabled applicant who meet essential criteria for advertised roles.

If you need information in an alternative format or have specific preferences, please contact our recruitment team at resourcing@ofcom.org.uk or call 0330 912 1378.