Young People Manager

Want to do the best work of your life? Make your mark at Europe's leading entertainment brand. Our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work - a place where you can be yourself and let your skills shine.

As a member of Sky's Group Bigger Picture team within Corporate Affairs, you will play a critical role in inspiring people to think more positively about Sky, acting on the issues our customers and staff care about and play a part in making a difference to the communities where we live and work.

Our Sky Up area is a group-wide commitment, to provide opportunities to 250k individuals from all backgrounds to have a voice and build skills for the future through our various immersive experiences. Your role will be to support and develop our Young People initiatives, focusing on Sky Up Academy Studios at Elstree.

What you'll do:

- Be responsible for the operational management of the programmes including staffing and tech set-up
- Act as a lead contact for the scoping of different initiatives from project to BAU including managing and maintaining the relationships with agencies
- Collaborate with key internal stakeholders to ensure input to projects for successful delivery
- Report on progress and identified risks to senior management to keep projects on track
- Operational budget management
- Actively support key launch dates for new initiatives and PR related comms

What you'll bring:

- Proactive self-starter with excellent project management skills
- Creative, forward thinker who's not afraid to challenge the norm
- Confident collaborator with proven ability to work with stakeholders at all levels
- Strong communicator
- Ability to grasp new and complex issues quickly in a fast pace environment
- Proven experience of budget management
- Ability to form trusted relationships with external stakeholders and agencies
- Excellent team player

The Rewards:
There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

- Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
- A generous pension package
- Private healthcare
- Discounted mobile and broadband
- Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

How you'll work:
We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home.

We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.

Your office base: Elstree with travel to Osterley

Osterley:
Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There's also plenty of bike shelters and showers.

On campus, you'll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

Inclusion:
We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we've been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we've committed £30million to support the fight against racial injustice. We've also set ambitious targets for increasing ethnic diversity and representation throughout our organisation.

At Sky we don't just look at your CV. We're more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, So we're happy to discuss flexible working.

Why wait?

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.