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HR Business Partner

Job Requisition ID: 35344
Job Closing Date: 02 JANUARY 2026
Belfast, GBR, BT2 8HQ
| Birmingham, GBR, B1 1AY
| Cardiff, GBR, CF10 1FT
| Glasgow, GBR, G511DA
| London, GBR, W1A 1AA
| Salford, MAN, GBR, M50 2QH
JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: E
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent
DEPARTMENT: BBC HR
LOCATION: Glasgow, Belfast, Salford, Birmingham, Cardiff or London - Hybrid
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: 60,000 - 75,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application - though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
Responsible for leading the HR professional area, embedding evidence-based practice and addressing key people challenges within its remit. It supports organisational effectiveness by developing and implementing solutions aligned to strategic objectives, while championing the HR vision and role-modelling exceptional leadership. The position plays a critical role in ensuring the HR Operating Model is successfully embedded across the organisation. In addition, this role provides dedicated support to teams across the East and West Midlands, as well as the North West and North East regions.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
As a HR Business Partner, you'll play a pivotal role in a collaborative Leadership Team, supporting the BBC's mission through meaningful, high-impact work. You'll partner with senior leaders to tackle real-time challenges and shape long-term strategic change. From driving organisational transformation to enabling high-performing teams, your work will be varied and rewarding. We're looking for someone with strong relationship skills, strategic insight, and hands-on HR expertise to help shape the BBC's future.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• Contribute to, and where accountable, define policies and processes that support the BBC and divisional strategy and objectives.
• Use and understand BBC tools and policies, engaging with divisional clients effectively to ensure their use across the organisation.
• Motivate consistency of approach across the BBC in attracting, managing and developing talent to support current and future organisational needs.
• Work closely with all BBC HR colleagues to ensure that tools and policies are aligned, enhance employee engagement and ultimately improve performance.
• Use data and analytics to measure the effectiveness of tools and policies and understand the landscape for further improvement.
• Provide specialist input across a range of HR issues (generalist/specific expertise); Design and deliver effective solutions that meet the needs of the business.
• Coach and build the capability of senior managers to anticipate and pre-empt organisational issues.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Relevant HR experience (generalist or specialist) gained in large complex organisation(s) with multiple stakeholders (including matrix relationships), including specific experience in end-to-end transformation and complex ER case management.
• Knowledge of current thinking in HR issues and trends and evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
• Extensive experience of operating in a business partner model, working with local managers to create positive business outcomes.
• Able to take the initiative, originate action and be responsible for the decisions made.
• Communicates challenges and influences a variety of stakeholders effectively. Ability to present sound and well-reasoned arguments to convince others. Can draw from a range of strategies to persuade people in a way that results in agreement or behaviour change.
• Adapts and works effectively with a variety of situations, individuals or groups. Is able to understand and appreciate different perspectives on an issue, to adapt an approach as the requirements of a situation change, to change or easily accept changes in one's own organisation or job requirements.

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we'd love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.
Disclaimer
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.
Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.
For any general queries, please contact:
Redeployment
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.
Information at a Glance
This is your BBC
At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world's best loved content, and the BBC's mission to inform, educate and entertain.
Life at BBC
Here you will benefit from:

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis or on an orchestra conditions contract.
Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.
You belong
We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.
Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.
Disability confident
We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we'd be happy to discuss:
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