Total 17 PR / Media / Communications job vacancies in Peterborough, PE2 6EA

Lecturer in MediaSalary Point 24 - 26 Unqualified: £27,750 - £29,400 per annum (pro rata)
Point 27 - 32 Qualified: £30,274 - £35,033 per annum (pro rata) Hours 22 hours per week, all year round Contract Permanent Location Peterborough College
Shape the Future Media Storytellers! Are you a passionate media professional with a knack for inspiring learners? We're seeking a full-time Media and Journalism Lecturer to join our vibrant team. This role offers the opportunity to share your extensive industry knowledge and teaching expertise to shape the next generation of media professionals.
What you'll do: Captivate students: Deliver engaging and informative lessons across all levels, from introductory courses to Higher Education programs. Be an expert guide: Develop and implement a curriculum that blends journalistic principles with modern creative media skills. Empower individuals: Foster a supportive learning environment that promotes high student retention and achievement. Collaborate for success: Work closely with our dedicated faculty to create a dynamic learning experience for students.
What we're looking for: A seasoned pro: A degree (or HND) and recent industry experience in media (journalism and/or creative media). Teaching chops: A teaching qualification (PGCE/CertEd) is preferred, with willingness to pursue a Level 5 Diploma if needed (we'll support you!). Communication maestro: Excellent communication skills to effectively convey information and inspire engagement. Safeguarding champion: Proven commitment to safeguarding children, young people, and vulnerable adults. Team player: The ability to collaborate effectively and contribute to a positive team environment. Adaptable educator: Flexibility and a knack for tailoring your approach to diverse learner needs. Organisational whiz: Experience in organising, managing, and delivering high-quality media learning opportunities.
Ready to make a difference? We offer a competitive salary and a supportive work environment. Join us and ignite a passion for media in the next generation of storytellers!
This role is to start as soon as possible.
How to applyIEG is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and any vulnerable groups within the college community and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a thorough vetting process which includes, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. Candidates are reminded that if they are barred from working with Children it is a criminal offence to apply for this position.

Bauer Global Technology GmbH
The Focus of the Role:

Become a pivotal member of our team at Bauer, dedicated to elevating our content to its highest potential in terms of editorial quality, commercial success, and search engine visibility. As a Content Optimization Executive, you'll be part of a critical step for our published content, ensuring it meets our stringent standards across all fronts.

In this collaborative role, you will work hand-in-hand with our SEO, Content Commerce, and brand editorial teams to uphold and implement best practices in editorial, commercial, and production aspects. Your contributions will be essential for the seamless operation of our editorial, operational and SEO initiatives, offering valuable input and support that fosters the continuous enhancement of our content.

Furthermore, your efforts will support the Head of Operations in optimising our day-to-day activities, ensuring they align with our business objectives efficiently and effectively. If you're passionate about improving content quality and performance, join us in our mission to set new standards in the digital content space.

Our Team:

The Quality Assurance team is dedicated to improving the quality, commercial viability, and search engine performance of Bauer's online content. By working in close partnership with the SEO, Content Commerce, and editorial teams, our goal is to apply best practices throughout the editorial, commercial, and production processes. The QA team is crucial in upholding high content standards and facilitating the smooth execution of editorial, operational, and SEO strategies. Additionally, we focus on refining daily operations to efficiently meet business goals, ultimately aiming to establish new benchmarks in digital content quality and effectiveness.

Key Responsibilities:


- Responsible for the accuracy and efficiency of content interlinking for pivotal articles, including:

- Verification and modification of content links.
- Optimisation of link quantity per page.
- Enhancement of content according to the latest standards, such as SEO.
- Ensure the content layout adheres to industry best practices.
- Organise content strategies using Monday.com and assist the SEO team.
- Apply SEO best practices, including verification of image alt text and metadata descriptions.
- Optimise commercial links to ensure cleanliness and affiliation, particularly with high-performing merchants.




- Support Operational Tasks:

- Assisting with product development, such as feature updates, bug fixes, regular tasks, and testing.
- Assist various departments (e.g., Editorial, Commercial) with database and admin tasks.
- Offer operational assistance for ongoing and upcoming projects as needed.




- Develop and Maintain Relationships:

- Foster relationships within and outside the organisation to ensure efficient operation of key groups.




What You'll Bring:

- Basic knowledge of website architecture
- Proficient communication abilities, both verbal and written
- Exceptional at creating and maintaining documentation
- Proactive team player with a knack for giving constructive feedback
- Experienced with WordPress
- Driven by a keen interest in digital media and affiliate marketing
- Familiarity with SEO principles
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Monday.com
- Excellent interpersonal skills and confidence in communicating across various levels
- Preferably experienced in graphic editing software
- Preferably knowledgeable in major analytics tools, including Google Analytics

Personal Qualities:

- Outstanding attention to detail
- Adaptable and perseverant when handling tasks of a repetitive nature
- Eager and quick to learn new skills and concepts
- Maintains a positive and solution-oriented approach to challenges
- Capable of managing and prioritising various tasks and projects to meet deadlines
- Independent and motivated, with strong organisational skills to manage daily tasks


Closing Date: Sunday 16th June

Bauer Global Technology GmbH
The Focus of the Role:

Become a pivotal member of our team at Bauer, dedicated to elevating our content to its highest potential in terms of editorial quality, commercial success, and search engine visibility. As a Content Optimization Executive, you'll be part of a critical step for our published content, ensuring it meets our stringent standards across all fronts.

In this collaborative role, you will work hand-in-hand with our SEO, Content Commerce, and brand editorial teams to uphold and implement best practices in editorial, commercial, and production aspects. Your contributions will be essential for the seamless operation of our editorial, operational and SEO initiatives, offering valuable input and support that fosters the continuous enhancement of our content.

Furthermore, your efforts will support the Head of Operations in optimising our day-to-day activities, ensuring they align with our business objectives efficiently and effectively. If you're passionate about improving content quality and performance, join us in our mission to set new standards in the digital content space.

Our Team:

The Quality Assurance team is dedicated to improving the quality, commercial viability, and search engine performance of Bauer's online content. By working in close partnership with the SEO, Content Commerce, and editorial teams, our goal is to apply best practices throughout the editorial, commercial, and production processes. The QA team is crucial in upholding high content standards and facilitating the smooth execution of editorial, operational, and SEO strategies. Additionally, we focus on refining daily operations to efficiently meet business goals, ultimately aiming to establish new benchmarks in digital content quality and effectiveness.

Key Responsibilities:


- Responsible for the accuracy and efficiency of content interlinking for pivotal articles, including:

- Verification and modification of content links.
- Optimisation of link quantity per page.
- Enhancement of content according to the latest standards, such as SEO.
- Ensure the content layout adheres to industry best practices.
- Organise content strategies using Monday.com and assist the SEO team.
- Apply SEO best practices, including verification of image alt text and metadata descriptions.
- Optimise commercial links to ensure cleanliness and affiliation, particularly with high-performing merchants.




- Support Operational Tasks:

- Assisting with product development, such as feature updates, bug fixes, regular tasks, and testing.
- Assist various departments (e.g., Editorial, Commercial) with database and admin tasks.
- Offer operational assistance for ongoing and upcoming projects as needed.




- Develop and Maintain Relationships:

- Foster relationships within and outside the organisation to ensure efficient operation of key groups.




What You'll Bring:

- Basic knowledge of website architecture
- Proficient communication abilities, both verbal and written
- Exceptional at creating and maintaining documentation
- Proactive team player with a knack for giving constructive feedback
- Experienced with WordPress
- Driven by a keen interest in digital media and affiliate marketing
- Familiarity with SEO principles
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Monday.com
- Excellent interpersonal skills and confidence in communicating across various levels
- Preferably experienced in graphic editing software
- Preferably knowledgeable in major analytics tools, including Google Analytics

Personal Qualities:

- Outstanding attention to detail
- Adaptable and perseverant when handling tasks of a repetitive nature
- Eager and quick to learn new skills and concepts
- Maintains a positive and solution-oriented approach to challenges
- Capable of managing and prioritising various tasks and projects to meet deadlines
- Independent and motivated, with strong organisational skills to manage daily tasks


Closing Date: Sunday 16th June

Bauer Media Group UK
Our Team:

The Bauer Ad Operations team is a forward-thinking, award-winning group of individuals with a passion for digital advertising. With responsibility for digital advertising across the whole Bauer UK portfolio, we use our knowledge, creativity and flexibility to deliver campaigns to our audiences whilst looking for innovative ways to bring something new to the market.

The Focus of the Role:

As a Digital Enablement Executive you will work closely with a Campaign Manager and the Automotive sales teams to support them in selling and delivering our digital products, from forecasting the availability of complex campaigns to checking, reconciling and booking agency IOs. Our advertising clients are absolutely central to everything we do. This role plays a key part of delivering the digital advertising campaigns, both by using existing processes to forecast and book digital advertising activity, and by helping to evolve our processes to ensure they’re efficient and accurate.

Key Responsibilities:


- Working with sales to complete briefs and provide accurate availability forecasting.
- Using your knowledge of processes and systems to help improve the forecasting process.
- Checking, reconciling and booking agency IOs on to our platforms.
- Screengrabs of live campaigns.

You will also be trained on our trafficking processes as there will be opportunities to work on campaigns and projects across our portfolio.
The role is not exclusive to the above responsibilities; Digital Advertising is constantly changing ecosystem and the role will evolve to reflect this.

What You'll Bring:


- Great teamwork skills and can build solid relationships both internally and with external clients.
- Self-motivated with a can-do attitude.
- Enjoys problem-solving and can use their inquisitive mind to find ways to deal with the unexpected.
- Numerically literate.
- Flexible in their approach to work and is willing to learn and grow within their role.
- Organised, with good time management skills and can prioritise their tasks.


Closing Date: Sunday 19th May

Bauer Media Group UK
Our Team:

The Bauer Ad Operations team is a forward-thinking, award-winning group of individuals with a passion for digital advertising. With responsibility for digital advertising across the whole Bauer UK portfolio, we use our knowledge, creativity and flexibility to deliver campaigns to our audiences whilst looking for innovative ways to bring something new to the market.

The Focus of the Role:

As a Digital Enablement Executive you will work closely with a Campaign Manager and the Automotive sales teams to support them in selling and delivering our digital products, from forecasting the availability of complex campaigns to checking, reconciling and booking agency IOs. Our advertising clients are absolutely central to everything we do. This role plays a key part of delivering the digital advertising campaigns, both by using existing processes to forecast and book digital advertising activity, and by helping to evolve our processes to ensure they’re efficient and accurate.

Key Responsibilities:


- Working with sales to complete briefs and provide accurate availability forecasting.
- Using your knowledge of processes and systems to help improve the forecasting process.
- Checking, reconciling and booking agency IOs on to our platforms.
- Screengrabs of live campaigns.

You will also be trained on our trafficking processes as there will be opportunities to work on campaigns and projects across our portfolio.
The role is not exclusive to the above responsibilities; Digital Advertising is constantly changing ecosystem and the role will evolve to reflect this.

What You'll Bring:


- Great teamwork skills and can build solid relationships both internally and with external clients.
- Self-motivated with a can-do attitude.
- Enjoys problem-solving and can use their inquisitive mind to find ways to deal with the unexpected.
- Numerically literate.
- Flexible in their approach to work and is willing to learn and grow within their role.
- Organised, with good time management skills and can prioritise their tasks.


Closing Date: Sunday 19th May

About Bauer Media Group

Bauer Media UK is part of the wider Bauer Media Group and is the No.1 UK Publisher and the No.1 Digital Commercial Audio broadcaster. We reach 25 million consumers across our Radio and Publishing brands such as Greatest Hits, KISS, Grazia, Today's Golfer, Absolute, TV Choice, Scala, Country Walking, Hits Radio, CAR, Magic, MCN, Jazz FM, Puzzles and many more!

Bauer Media Group has remained one of the world’s most successful media companies for nearly 150 years through our commitment to continuous innovation and consumer obsession. Founded in Hamburg in 1875 and now in our fifth generation of family ownership, our multi-national company operates in 13 countries across Europe, reaching 200 million consumers.

We are looking for an Expenses Analyst to join our finance team in Peterborough.

In this role you will be supporting queries that relate to employee expense claims submitted through SAP concur. You will establish and maintain relationships with employees and stakeholders in the Business. You will liaise with business users and ensure that employee expense claims are validated within the set SLA.

Our Team

You will be joining our dynamic Accounts Payable Team, as a key member of our collaborative team you will have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a fast-paced environment. Join our team of dedicated professionals and be part of a rewarding journey where your skills will be valued, and your contributions recognized.

This is a hybrid position you will be working from home and our office location in Peterborough.


What you will do


- Validation and Processing of daily employee claims
- Ensure the alignment with budget allocations and identify areas for cost saving, anomalies.
- Ensure that spending adheres to company policies and compliance regulations.
- Manage incoming email/requests via shared mailbox.
- Reconcile existing company credit card claims.
- Process claims in line with Service Level Agreement.
- Prepare Monthly KPI reporting for Management.
- Interact with the Business when required.
- Provide necessary expenditure data and support on any queries related to internal and external audit.
- Support with queries on travel via clarity when required.
- Support with the monthly purchasing card process.
- Actively support on additional tasks within the Accounts Payable team if needed.


What you will bring

Essential


- Very good knowledge of Excel.
- Ability to manage and organise varied workload and deadlines.
- Ability to use own initiative and be adaptable.
- Proactive attitude with team oriented, collaborative working style.
- Ability to explain complex data to non-financial stakeholders and collaborate with various areas.


Desirable


- SAP concur experience.
- Experience of working within Accounts Payable.
- Experience of working with a Travel & Management tool.


Expiry Date 5th May 2024

Package Description

Rewards packages at Bauer Media offer a range of salary sacrifice Benefits, such as our pension scheme and flexible holidays, as well as exclusive Perks like great deals and discounts for everyday life.

- 25 days holiday + bank holidays + 2 volunteer days
- Internal Bauer Academy – Wide range of learning opportunities to support with your Career Development
- Opportunity to buy additional holiday
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme, tech loan scheme and groups discounts for healthcare insurance
- Discounted subscriptions on Bauer publications (50%)
- Thrive initiatives – Wellbeing at Bauer
- Opportunities to contribute to our Belonging@Bauer and Sustainability initiatives
- Discounted high street vouchers

Bauer Global Technology GmbH
The Focus of the Role:

This is a pivotal role working across all teams in the B2B department, supporting multiple workstreams, change projects and business as usual goals. It is integral to the success of the Fleet News, Automotive Management (AM) and RAIL brands.

You’ll be supporting the CRM & Marketing Manager in the planning and execution of efficient and effective marketing campaigns; analysis, segmentation, and reporting, in line with marketing strategies across the portfolio of brands, which may include magazines, digital offerings and events, with a specific focus on driving revenue, acquisition and retention of customer audiences.

You will help manage activities to generate engagement of our audiences via targeted and integrated multichannel marketing, and drive the integrity of the B2B data, ensuring it is collated and maintained to be able to produce accurate analysis, reporting and segmentation. You will be responsible for ensuring that data capture points are consistent and compliant, meeting the needs of the business.

You will support our relationships with the third parties who provide services responsible for marketing and data management. Suppliers include data management, Email Service Provider (Adestra), website / CMS and data enrichment agencies. Ensuring that data protection and governance is maintained and follows GDPR / Data Protection compliance rules.

Key Responsibilities:

- Administer the Email Service Provider (Adestra) new starters, advising on Email Marketing best practice; ensuring importing / data mapping and data table management rules are clear, and support on queries that need to be raised via the Adestra Account Manager
- As a brand ambassador, manage changes to the email marketing templates, ensuring that all users remain compliant and on-brand
- Deliver campaign tactics for customer-led multichannel marketing plans for engagement and acquisition and retention; from segmentation of audience, building campaigns and reporting of campaign success metrics that support Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
- Actively seek out resolutions where missing data, discrepancies and errors exist and use judgment on whether to resolve the issue independently or raise with CRM & Marketing Manager/suppliers
- Managing data imports and list management, to drive data strategy in achieving completeness, uniqueness, consistency and accurate database values
- Respond to data requests from internal and external stakeholders, providing segmentation and insight on behaviours, demographics, and preferences
- Attend regular meetings and work closely with the Editorial, Events and Commercial Teams to ensure we all continually strive to maximise acquisition and retention opportunities across our brands and offerings
- As a GDPR and Data Protection champion, you will support the CRM Marketing Manager and the B2B department in best practice and data processing aligned to Bauer rules
- Promote and drive the upkeep of the Marketing Campaign Calendar, ensuring successful scheduling of all email campaigns via staff and external agencies
- Coordinate inbound marketing queries and leads, ensuring systems are processed compliantly
- Attend selected B2B events, which will require some travel within the UK


What You'll Bring:

- Attention to detail, accuracy, analysis, and the ability to interrogate is your superpower.
- Intermediate Microsoft Office understanding, especially Excel, with proven success using v-lookups (required).
- Experience of working with CRM / database management systems and processes (required).
- Able to use your own initiative, working autonomously, but also collaborating and communicating exceptionally within a team (required).
- Proficient understanding of GDPR legislation (required).
- Able to continually re-prioritize numerous workstreams, working at pace in a complex and fast changing environment (required).
- Comfortable collaborating and liaising with various stakeholders (required).
- Experience of working with Email Service Providers (desirable).
- Previous experience of working with analytical tools/platforms (desirable).
- Ability to create accurate, single point of truth data, in an environment where data comes from various sources (desirable).
- Ability to identify better ways of working, problem-solve and put forward pragmatic solutions in a diplomatic manner (desirable).


Closing Date: Sunday 21st April

About Bauer Media Group

Bauer Media UK is part of the wider Bauer Media Group and is the No.1 UK Publisher and the No.1 Digital Commercial Audio broadcaster. We reach 25 million consumers across our Radio and Publishing brands such as Greatest Hits, KISS, Grazia, Today's Golfer, Absolute, TV Choice, Scala, Country Walking, Hits Radio, CAR, Magic, MCN, Jazz FM, Puzzles and many more!

Bauer Media Group has remained one of the world’s most successful media companies for nearly 150 years through our commitment to continuous innovation and consumer obsession. Founded in Hamburg in 1875 and now in our fifth generation of family ownership, our multi-national company operates in 13 countries across Europe, reaching 200 million consumers.

We are looking for four accountants to join our growing Finance team in Peterborough.

You will have overall responsibility for assigned accounting operations as well as associated analysis and report activities. To be successful you will demonstrate strong financial accounting skills.

Our Team

You will be a valued member of our accounting team, you'll play a pivotal role in executing daily accounting tasks, statutory reporting and the reporting to our Headquarters in Germany for the external consolidation for all UK entities. Additionally, you'll be instrumental in generating the foundation for our monthly internal management reports. Come be a part of a supportive environment where your skills are valued and where you'll have the opportunity to make a significant impact on our organisation's success!


This is a hybrid position you will be working from home and our office location in Peterborough.


What will you be doing


- Execute efficient and comprehensive accounting processes within their designated scope of work.
- Collaborate closely with team members to ensure adherence to statutory and German GAAP requirements, serving as the foundation for management and other reporting needs.
- Adapt to changes within the accounting environment, including the implementation of new systems and organizational structures.
- Serve as a key point of contact for internal teams such as transactional accounting and FP&A, as well as external stakeholders like auditors and tax advisors.
- Identify opportunities for process enhancement and workload optimization.


What will you bring

Essential


- Extensive financial accounting experience
- Degree in business, finance or accounting; or equivalent hands on work experience.
- Advanced Excel ability required
- Ability to work with sensitive information and maintain confidentially
- Proactive attitude with team oriented, collaborative working style
- Ability to work with different expectations and ambiguity


Desirable


- S/4 Hana experience
- Work experience in a shared service centre


Expiry Date 2nd April 2024



Package Description

Rewards packages at Bauer Media offer a range of salary sacrifice Benefits, such as our pension scheme and flexible holidays, as well as exclusive Perks like great deals and discounts for everyday life.

- 25 days holiday + bank holidays + 2 volunteer days
- Internal Bauer Academy – Wide range of learning opportunities to support with your Career Development
- Opportunity to buy additional holiday
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme, tech loan scheme and groups discounts for healthcare insurance
- Discounted subscriptions on Bauer publications (50%)
- Thrive initiatives – Wellbeing at Bauer
- Opportunities to contribute to our Belonging@Bauer and Sustainability initiatives
- Discounted high street vouchers

About Bauer Media Group

Bauer Media UK is part of the wider Bauer Media Group and is the No.1 UK Publisher and the No.1 Digital Commercial Audio broadcaster. We reach 25 million consumers across our Radio and Publishing brands such as Greatest Hits, KISS, Grazia, Today's Golfer, Absolute, TV Choice, Scala, Country Walking, Hits Radio, CAR, Magic, MCN, Jazz FM, Puzzles and many more!

Bauer Media Group has remained one of the world’s most successful media companies for nearly 150 years through our commitment to continuous innovation and consumer obsession. Founded in Hamburg in 1875 and now in our fifth generation of family ownership, our multi-national company operates in 13 countries across Europe, reaching 200 million consumers.

We are looking for an Assistant office Administrator to join our Finance team in Peterborough.

Your focus in this role will be to offer administrative support within our Finance and Technology departments. Supporting our dedicated EA for finance and Technology you will assist making sure all tasks are carried out efficiently and effectively.

Our Team

You will be joining our dynamic Accounts Payable Team, as a key administrative member of our collaborative team you will have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a fast-paced environment.

What you will do


- Co-ordinate meetings and diaries.
- Action taking when required.
- Support organisation of events and external venues when required.
- Support collating documentation/presentations.
- Organise travel/hotel accommodation for Finance & Technology teams, using Clarity (UK travel provider).
- Organise new suppliers to be set up on SAP S/4 Hana.
- Raise Purchase Order Requisitions.
- Support other UK based PAs with invoices/queries.
- Assist with the saving of company secretary electronic filing in appropriate directories.
- Input payments in authorisers’ diaries.
- Update Organisation Charts for Finance and Technology.
- Maintain sickness and length of service data for the department monthly.
- Assist with general comms and social events for both departments.
- Support PAs in the business with finance queries.
- Audit assistance as required.
- Keep all email distribution lists and Departmental Team Channels up to date.


What you will bring


- Experience in using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and TEAMS)
- Team Player
- Excellent communication skills (written, verbal)
- Able to work alone and as a team.
- Reliable
- Ability to use own initiative and be adaptable.
- Able to take ownership of tasks.
- Ability to manage, organise and prioritize varied workload and deadlines.
- Excellent accuracy and attention to detail.
- Previous administrative experience is desirable but not essential.


Expiry Date 24th March 2024



Package Description

Rewards packages at Bauer Media offer a range of salary sacrifice Benefits, such as our pension scheme and flexible holidays, as well as exclusive Perks like great deals and discounts for everyday life.

- 25 days holiday + bank holidays + 2 volunteer days
- Internal Bauer Academy – Wide range of learning opportunities to support with your Career Development
- Opportunity to buy additional holiday
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme, tech loan scheme and groups discounts for healthcare insurance
- Discounted subscriptions on Bauer publications (50%)
- Thrive initiatives – Wellbeing at Bauer
- Opportunities to contribute to our Belonging@Bauer and Sustainability initiatives
- Discounted high street vouchers

About Bauer Media Group

Bauer Media UK is part of the wider Bauer Media Group and is the No.1 UK Publisher and the No.1 Digital Commercial Audio broadcaster. We reach 25 million consumers across our Radio and Publishing brands such as Greatest Hits, KISS, Grazia, Today's Golfer, Absolute, TV Choice, Scala, Country Walking, Hits Radio, CAR, Magic, MCN, Jazz FM, Puzzles and many more!

Bauer Media Group has remained one of the world’s most successful media companies for nearly 150 years through our commitment to continuous innovation and consumer obsession. Founded in Hamburg in 1875 and now in our fifth generation of family ownership, our multi-national company operates in 13 countries across Europe, reaching 200 million consumers.


We are looking for a Reporting Accountant to join our team in Peterborough.

In this role you will be supporting the reporting manager and our Audio team.


Our Team

The Audio Accounting Team is part of the Bauer Shared Service Centre, who provide expert in-house accounting services to the Bauer UK Audio Business. The Team ensures that our Management Accounts are produced timely and accurately and ensures they support the needs of the Business and the requirement of our Group Head Office in Hamburg.


This role is a full-time hybrid position covering maternity leave, we would like you to work from home and our office location in Peterborough. But we want to make sure that we find the right people to work at Bauer, and we know that the traditional 9-5, five days a week doesn’t suit everyone. So, we’d love to hear from you if you feel you’re a great fit for this role and would like to work flexibly. If you are the right person for this role, we’ll find the right working approach for you.


What you will do


- Production of Management Accounts the relevant area and liaising with the relevant Business Analyst
- Reconciliation of Balance sheets
- Ad hoc tasks to ensure the Month End deadlines are met


What you will bring

Essential


- An accounting qualification or qualified by experience.


- Advanced Excel Knowledge
- The ability to manage a busy workload during the month end accounting cycle
- Good Communication skills
- Self-motivation and the ability to multitask to manage deadlines
- Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy


Desirable


- Experience of S/4 Hana would be an advantage but not essential



Expiry Date 3rd March 2024




Package Description

Rewards packages at Bauer Media offer a range of salary sacrifice Benefits, such as our pension scheme and flexible holidays, as well as exclusive Perks like great deals and discounts for everyday life.

- 25 days holiday + bank holidays + 2 volunteer days
- Car Allowance
- Commission Scheme
- Internal Bauer Academy – Wide range of learning opportunities to support with your Career Development
- Opportunity to buy additional holiday
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme, tech loan scheme and groups discounts for healthcare insurance
- Discounted subscriptions on Bauer publications (50%)
- Thrive initiatives – Wellbeing at Bauer
- Opportunities to contribute to our Belonging@Bauer and Sustainability initiatives
- Discounted high street vouchers

About Bauer Media Group

Bauer Media UK is part of the wider Bauer Media Group and is the No.1 UK Publisher and the No.1 Digital Commercial Audio broadcaster. We reach 25 million consumers across our Radio and Publishing brands such as Greatest Hits, KISS, Grazia, Today's Golfer, Absolute, TV Choice, Scala, Country Walking, Hits Radio, CAR, Magic, MCN, Jazz FM, Puzzles and many more!

Bauer Media Group has remained one of the world’s most successful media companies for nearly 150 years through our commitment to continuous innovation and consumer obsession. Founded in Hamburg in 1875 and now in our fifth generation of family ownership, our multi-national company operates in 13 countries across Europe, reaching 200 million consumers.

We are looking for a head of commercial performance development to join our commercial team in the UK.

Working closely with the Director of Commercial Performance Development, the Commercial team and Bauer’s commercial leaders you will be responsible for tailor-made commercial training, including both long-term and short term face-to-face, online, and blended learning.


Our Team

The Commercial Performance Development team are responsible for the creation, delivery and reporting of Bauer’s Strategic Development Plan.

This role can be worked out of a Bauer office location, hybrid or from your home. This role comes with a company car as travel across the UK is needed.


Key Responsibilities


- Implement the vision for the current and future commercial development of the Bauer Audio sales teams at individual/organisational level.
- Implementation of the strategy, operational plans, and services in line with Bauer’s overall commercial strategic framework.
- Support the development of Bauer’s regional training by working closely with regional leaders and staff to develop strategic relationships with relevant stakeholders and to identify and deliver innovative training.
- Identify and support the development of new training course subjects.
- Create, manage, deliver, and evaluate commercial training as requested by leaders, ranging from short-term training workshops to longer-term training, facilitation, and support.
- Create, manage, and deliver regular onboarding that support commercial leaders in the induction of new staff.



What we’re looking for

The ideal candidate will have strong experience of delivering and evaluating face-to-face, online, and blended training for commercial teams. They will be passionate about learning and development to empower commercial teams to increase revenue, product mix and commercial sales ability. They will be committed to a client-centred approach and must be a team player, keen to work to develop innovative ways of further developing and expanding Bauer’s commercial training offering to provide a range of high quality, relevant, trackable training to our commercial teams.

Experience


- Experience in the delivery and evaluation of commercial training in support of teams and individuals.
- A background of commercial selling, favourably direct to an SME market
- Prior experience working within the media industry would be an advantage.
- Previous experience of managing sales teams with a lean towards individual and team development.



Expiry Date 14th January 2024



Package Description

Rewards packages at Bauer Media offer a range of salary sacrifice Benefits, such as our pension scheme and flexible holidays, as well as exclusive Perks like great deals and discounts for everyday life.

- 25 days holiday + bank holidays + 2 volunteer days
- Company Car
- Internal Bauer Academy – Wide range of learning opportunities to support with your Career Development
- Opportunity to buy additional holiday
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme, tech loan scheme and groups discounts for healthcare insurance
- Discounted subscriptions on Bauer publications (50%)
- Thrive initiatives – Wellbeing at Bauer
- Opportunities to contribute to our Belonging@Bauer and Sustainability initiatives
- Discounted high street vouchers

About Bauer Media Group

Bauer Media UK is part of the wider Bauer Media Group and is the No.1 UK Publisher and the No.1 Digital Commercial Audio broadcaster. We reach 25 million consumers across our Radio and Publishing brands such as Greatest Hits, KISS, Grazia, Today's Golfer, Absolute, TV Choice, Scala, Country Walking, Hits Radio, CAR, Magic, MCN, Jazz FM, Puzzles and many more!

Bauer Media Group has remained one of the world’s most successful media companies for nearly 150 years through our commitment to continuous innovation and consumer obsession. Founded in Hamburg in 1875 and now in our fifth generation of family ownership, our multi-national company operates in 13 countries across Europe, reaching 200 million consumers.

We are looking for an IT Service desk Analyst to join our team in Peterborough.

As part of the IT Service Desk you will be responsible for the proactive provision of IT help and support across a full range of technologies, enabling your Bauer colleagues to effectively and efficiently utilise the services provided by IT.

This is a phone-based role, you will be the first point of contact between the Bauer Businesses and IT.

Our Team

We are a team of 6 IT Service Desk support analysts reporting to the Service desk Manager. Teamwork means a lot to us especially in high priorty incidents when we all work together. We are based in our Peterborough Office operating a hybrid model of 3 days in the office and 2 days at home.


Key Tasks


- To provide a first-class IT support service via telephone and ticketing system.
- Log/handle customer incidents and requests, resolving 85% at the point of entry in line with agreed Service Level targets.
- Investigate, diagnose, and resolve technical incidents and service requests, escalating to 3rd line support where necessary.
- Handle High Priority Incidents.
- Liaise with external providers for Hardware Support.
- Keeping Knowledge base updated.
- Handling escalations of Security Incidents.
- Support Business specific Application for Audio and Publishing Sectors


What you will bring


- Experience in working in an IT Service Desk technical role.
- Extensive PC and Mac Technical Knowledge.
- Excellent communication skills and strong customer focus, patience being key.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with excellent attention to detail.
- Self-motivated with excellent organisational and prioritisation skills.
- Ability to multi-task and handle pressure
- Knowledge of ITIL processes and procedures.
- A Team Player.
- ServiceNow Experience.
- Good Understanding of Microsoft Technologies (Office 365 / Azure / Exchange / AD / SharePoint / OneDrive)



Expiry Date 7th January 2024

Package Description

Rewards packages at Bauer Media offer a range of salary sacrifice Benefits, such as our pension scheme and flexible holidays, as well as exclusive Perks like great deals and discounts for everyday life.

- 25 days holiday + bank holidays + 2 volunteer days
- Internal Bauer Academy – Wide range of learning opportunities to support with your Career Development
- Opportunity to buy additional holiday
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme, tech loan scheme and groups discounts for healthcare insurance
- Discounted subscriptions on Bauer publications (50%)
- Thrive initiatives – Wellbeing at Bauer
- Opportunities to contribute to our Belonging@Bauer and Sustainability initiatives
- Discounted high street vouchers

About Bauer Media Group

Bauer Media UK is part of the wider Bauer Media Group and is the No.1 UK Publisher and the No.1 Digital Commercial Audio broadcaster. We reach 25 million consumers across our Radio and Publishing brands such as Greatest Hits, KISS, Grazia, Today's Golfer, Absolute, TV Choice, Scala, Country Walking, Hits Radio, CAR, Magic, MCN, Jazz FM, Puzzles and many more!

Bauer Media Group has remained one of the world’s most successful media companies for nearly 150 years through our commitment to continuous innovation and consumer obsession. Founded in Hamburg in 1875 and now in our fifth generation of family ownership, our multi-national company operates in 13 countries across Europe, reaching 200 million consumers.

We are looking for a Functional Skills Tutor to join our Bauer Academy team in the UK.

The main focus of this role is to support learners through their Functional Skills maths and English qualifications (at level 2). You will need to have a range of strategies to support learners in the manner that best works for them.

Our Team

In this role you will be part of the Functional Skills & Support Team which is part of the larger Bauer Academy team. At Bauer Academy We are passionate about empowering individuals and cultivating high performance with impactful learning solutions. We create environments where everyone can reach their potential and where teams can connect, collaborate, and thrive.


Key Responsibilities


- Checking outcomes from initial and diagnostic assessments.
- Reviewing outcomes from Additional Learning Needs screener.
- Setting up suitable cohorts of learners in both subject areas.
- Planning delivery.
- Creating and updating supportive resources.
- Monitoring progress and maintaining records on Smart Assessor.
- Liaising with Programme Leads to keep them on top of learner progress.
- Amending delivery or resources as required to meet learning needs.
- Highlighting any issues as they arise and setting suitable strategies to overcome them.
- Providing support to other departments as needed.

What we’re looking for

The suitable candidate must have a teaching qualification and have experience in delivering maths and English Functional Skills to level 2. An awareness of learning support methods and strategies would be helpful. An understanding of the demands of the role from a quality assurance and inspectorate perspective would be a bonus.

Package Description

Rewards packages at Bauer Media offer a range of salary sacrifice Benefits, such as our pension scheme and flexible holidays, as well as exclusive Perks like great deals and discounts for everyday life.

- 25 days holiday + bank holidays + 2 volunteer days
- Internal Bauer Academy – Wide range of learning opportunities to support with your Career Development
- Opportunity to buy additional holiday
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme, tech loan scheme and groups discounts for healthcare insurance
- Discounted subscriptions on Bauer publications (50%)
- Thrive initiatives – Wellbeing at Bauer
- Opportunities to contribute to our Belonging@Bauer and Sustainability initiatives
- Discounted high street vouchers

About Bauer Media Group

Bauer Media UK is part of the wider Bauer Media Group and is the No.1 UK Publisher and the No.1 Digital Commercial Audio broadcaster. We reach 25 million consumers across our Radio and Publishing brands such as Greatest Hits, KISS, Grazia, Today's Golfer, Absolute, TV Choice, Scala, Country Walking, Hits Radio, CAR, Magic, MCN, Jazz FM, Puzzles and many more!

Bauer Media Group has remained one of the world’s most successful media companies for nearly 150 years through our commitment to continuous innovation and consumer obsession. Founded in Hamburg in 1875 and now in our fifth generation of family ownership, our multi-national company operates in 13 countries across Europe, reaching 200 million consumers.

Our Platform team is growing and we are looking for a Infrastructure Specialist – Microsoft Platform to join us in the UK.

The role is to provide day to day support to work with your colleagues in the Platforms team and in other IT teams (e.g. Data Centre, Database and End user compute) and the various brand teams in our Audio and Publishing businesses, to keep things running and at the same time getting involved in projects to improve the provision and security of our current services as well as piloting and implementing new ones to help the business to succeed.


Our Team

The Platform team is comprised of two groups of people, one supporting Microsoft platforms and the other Linux. The team is made up of members based in the UK but with close relationships to equivalent teams in Germany and over the coming months more colleagues from other Bauer businesses through Europe and beyond. Both groups have a friendly/family atmosphere of people who are fun to work with and who will always dive in to help each other when needed, for example where there is a major incident to resolve or there are decisions to be made or knowledge to be shared.


What you'll do

The role is to provide day to day support to our IT colleagues and brand businesses to keep things running smoothly while striving for continual improvement such as striving to automate tasks and ensure consistency.

In particular you will:


- Be responsible to handling a broad range of IT service desk tickets relating to Microsoft infrastructure/server related technologies, services and products on premise and in the cloud. From Active Directory, to Microsoft365 support and working with monitoring and configuration management tools along the way.
- Assist where required the separate Cloud Enablement team who focus on delivering new cloud-based technologies around Bauer globally before handing them to the Platforms team for ongoing support.
- Work with the cloud transformation project to help the migration/re-architecture of a number of on premise systems into the cloud (Azure and/or AWS)
- Work with the other members of the team to develop new skills and bring onboard new technologies as we strive to work efficiently and consistently across our business around the world.
- Work with other teams across IT in the UK and elsewhere to manage operational tasks and share knowledge as appropriate.




What you'll bring

You should already have experience working within a Microsoft server/infrastructure level support or engineering team and be able to demonstrate flexibility and adaptability, as well as excellent organisational, methodical thinking and problem-solving capabilities. Sometimes under pressure of high priority tickets or tight deadlines.You will need to be able to confident in taking on at least some areas of support of the technologies (For example Active Directory administration (inc. DFSR, DHCP, GPO, DNS), Microsoft365 administration (inc. Teams and Enterprise Apps), PowerShell development (e.g. automation)) from the start and have the desire and drive to learn and adopt new technologies along the way, both by learning from other team members or other sources.

You should be a good communicator, able to talk to anyone from business users with limited technical knowledge, to IT colleagues with deep knowledge, to senior management. Both verbally and written. Always keeping customer service in mind as you work.

You must be able to work alone and get things done where the work demands, be comfortable asking for help from other team members where the work moves outside of your core skills or to share your knowledge with others where you are more advanced than them. You must also be able to work as part of a team or project group where a larger piece of work or project requires it.



This role will be home based but occasional travel to London or Peterborough may be required. The common language in use between the global businesses is English. Some travel may occasionally be required to various Bauer locations including some in country and some international travel. Some out-of-hours work will be required for example where an office hours outage is not possible to arrange.

Package Description

Rewards packages at Bauer Media offer a range of salary sacrifice Benefits, such as our pension scheme and flexible holidays, as well as exclusive Perks like great deals and discounts for everyday life.

- 25 days holiday + bank holidays + 2 volunteer days
- Internal Bauer Academy – Wide range of learning opportunities to support with your Career Development
- Opportunity to buy additional holiday
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme, tech loan scheme and groups discounts for healthcare insurance
- Discounted subscriptions on Bauer publications (50%)
- Thrive initiatives – Wellbeing at Bauer
- Opportunities to contribute to our Belonging@Bauer and Sustainability initiatives
- Discounted high street vouchers

About Bauer Media Group

Bauer Media UK is part of the wider Bauer Media Group and is the No.1 UK Publisher and the No.1 Digital Commercial Audio broadcaster. We reach 25 million consumers across our Radio and Publishing brands such as Greatest Hits, KISS, Grazia, Today's Golfer, Absolute, TV Choice, Scala, Country Walking, Hits Radio, CAR, Magic, MCN, Jazz FM, Puzzles and many more!

Bauer Media Group has remained one of the world’s most successful media companies for nearly 150 years through our commitment to continuous innovation and consumer obsession. Founded in Hamburg in 1875 and now in our fifth generation of family ownership, our multi-national company operates in 13 countries across Europe, reaching 200 million consumers.

We are looking for a Platform Testing Engineer to join our Digital team in the UK.

As a Platform Testing Engineer, you will be at the forefront of ensuring the robustness, performance, and security of our server-side applications. You will specialise in backend testing, load testing, and penetration testing, contributing significantly to the reliability and security of our products.

Working closely with our Backend Developers, DevOps, and Product Owners, you will implement detailed testing strategies to deliver reliable and secure software in a timely and efficient manner.

This position offers a fantastic opportunity to lead testing operations within a rapidly growing development team, working on advanced platforms and products.


Key Responsibilities and tasks


- Design, develop, and execute automated and manual test cases for the platform's backend systems, focusing on APIs, database-related components, and ensuring compatibility with tools like Gatling, Terraform, and Stoplight.io.
- Collaborate closely with Backend Developers to craft testable solutions, adhering to the highest standards of quality and technical specifications.
- Possess a working knowledge of DevOps tools, methodologies, and practices, ensuring seamless integration and collaboration within the Platform Team.
- Conduct load and stress testing using Gatling with Scala, ensuring our applications maintain performance under diverse conditions.
- Actively participate in defining and refining the Quality Assurance (QA) processes with the QA manager, emphasizing test plan creation and execution across functional and non-functional aspects.
- Lead API testing using a range of specified tools to assess functionality, reliability, and integration compliance.
- Establish a comprehensive QA governance protocol for full-spectrum test coverage throughout the development cycle.
- Utilize Stoplight.io for mocking API setups, ensuring efficient documentation and simulation.
- Work with Infrastructure as Code tools, notably Terraform, for consistent and reliable infrastructure management aligning with test and deployment needs.
- Employ virtualization tools to manage test environments, guaranteeing software efficacy across various systems and configurations.
- Keep abreast of the latest technology trends and security practices, incorporating them into our product development.
- Continuously refine test scripts and tools to align with platform changes and enhancements.
- Spearhead security and performance initiatives for backend systems, aligning with broader business objectives and user expectations.



The Ideal Candidate

Years of experience are less important to us, we are not looking to tick boxes with this role, and we are open to looking at candidates from all backgrounds. It would be great if you had some of the below:


- Demonstrates exceptional skill in creating and executing detailed test plans, identifying bugs, and working collaboratively with development teams to ensure software excellence.
- Has experience with load testing tools, particularly Gatling with Scala, to simulate high-traffic conditions and maintain consistent performance.
- Is proficient in API testing, familiar with tools that ensure robustness, compatibility, and security in backend services.
- Can effectively utilize cloud services for performance monitoring and issue diagnosis, ensuring high standards of service uptime and reliability.
- Has a solid understanding of relational databases, particularly Mysql/MariaDB + Postgres, and can apply this knowledge in testing scenarios.
- Is familiar with Stoplight.io for API mocking and possesses an understanding of Agile methodologies, with practical experience in Agile scrum teams.
- Has experience in creating reporting dashboards and utilizing log searching tools like ElasticSearch.
- Understands the principles of event-driven architectures and how they apply to modern software development and testing.


Expiry Date 28th January 2023

Package Description

Rewards packages at Bauer Media offer a range of salary sacrifice Benefits, such as our pension scheme and flexible holidays, as well as exclusive Perks like great deals and discounts for everyday life.

- 25 days holiday + bank holidays + 2 volunteer days
- Internal Bauer Academy – Wide range of learning opportunities to support with your Career Development
- Opportunity to buy additional holiday
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme, tech loan scheme and groups discounts for healthcare insurance
- Discounted subscriptions on Bauer publications (50%)
- Thrive initiatives – Wellbeing at Bauer
- Opportunities to contribute to our Belonging@Bauer and Sustainability initiatives
- Discounted high street vouchers