Head Of Strategic Priorities And Planning

Description:

We also acknowledge the unique contribution that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples make to our society and our workplace through their enduring and continued connection to land, sea, sky and community.

About Us

SBS is one of the world's most unique and innovative media organisations, producing trusted, meaningful and engaging content that exists for all Australians to inspire, support and celebrate the diversity of our multicultural society.

Our purpose, for the last 40 years, has reflected and explored the evolving diversity of Australia, investing in initiatives to deepen its connections with communities, sharing their stories and giving a voice to those often unheard, with the aim of increasing understanding and respect of the differences that make up Australia.

SBS is a truly distinctive network, showcasing multicultural, multilingual and First Nations stories otherwise untold in the Australian media.

The Department

The SBS Television and Online Content Division is responsible for the development, commissioning, acquisition, programming and curation of distinctive content for our many diverse audiences across a portfolio of free-to-air television channels including SBS, NITV, SBS Viceland, SBS Food and SBS World Movies as well as SBS OnDemand and our online website offerings such as SBS Voices. The division is also responsible for the continuous development of SBS On Demand to ensure a world class offering to its growing audiences.

Reporting into the Director of Television and as a senior member of the SBS TVOC team, it is required to work with other members of the TVOC and broader SBS team to support the planning and delivery of the TVOC Division’s goals including audience growth across Television, Streaming and Online platform and the production and acquisition of a range of distinctive Australian and overseas content.

This role will include and not be limited to the following responsibilities

• Providing support on strategic and business unit priority planning to the Director of Television
• Supporting the team in the delivery of channel and On Demand strategies, and lead the compilation of channel strategy documents
• Leading the forecasting of audience performance analysis as part of the annual budget cycle, supported by the Audience Data & Insights and SBS On Demand analytics teams
• Working collaboratively with the Content Leadership Team, in particular Head of Network Programming and Commissioning to support them in identifying and targeting audience opportunities, programming options, release strategies, product/marketing effectiveness, and digital transition
• Providing ad hoc analysis which will require an ability to analyse audience and financial information as well as having an ability to take into account more nuanced inputs such as editorial sensibility and company charter

It is a requirement of this role that incumbents are fully vaccinated with an approved Covid-19 vaccination in line with the ATAGI guidelines which include booster shots. We do however have a medical exemption process and we would be happy to discuss your application should this be applicable to you.