Associate HR Business Partner

BBC Group and Public Services; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in broadcasting seeks an Associate HR Business Partner to support the HR team in delivering strategic people initiatives. The role involves collaborating with various stakeholders, managing HR projects, and enhancing employee engagement. Ideal candidates will have HR generalist experience and a proactive approach to problem-solving. This position offers opportunities for career development and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

25 days annual leave

Defined pension scheme

Discounted health care

Gym membership

Qualifications

• Experience in HR generalist role at Specialist or Senior Advisor level.
• Evidence of managing change activities within an organisation.

Responsibilities

• Support HR Business Partner in implementing solutions aligned to people strategy.
• Act as a point of escalation for complex queries and requests.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Change Management

Education

HR Generalist Experience

Tools

HR Technology

Job description

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Associate HR Business Partner

Human Resources

Fixed Term - Full Time

Birmingham, GB, B1 1AY

BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST

Job Closing Date: 23/05/2025

THE ROLE

Job Reference:23986

Band: D
Salary:£40,600 - £44,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract:1 X FTC June 2025 to August 2026
Locations: Birmingham & Salford - This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working. London Weighting may be applicable.

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym. You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to ourcandidate pack .

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Job Introduction

We’re looking for a proactive HR professional with a can do attitude and a real drive to help colleagues thrive at work.

The successful candidate will join the People Services team as an Associate HR Business Partner. As an Associate HR Business Partner, you’ll work closely with Divisional HR Business Partners within our Content Division, specifically the team supporting TV and Radio, to deliver our exciting and ambitious people agenda within the BBC.

Working as part of a centralised People Services team you’ll be embedded within a Divisional HR team, where you will gain an understanding of the challenges and priorities of the Division, and provide support which enables them to deliver world class content to our audiences.You will act as a trusted advisor to your business area, understanding and supporting delivery of the people strategy, but also supporting on a wide range of day to day HR issues and projects.You’ll manage stakeholder relationships, not only with the business areas but also across the wider HR function drawing on the specialist advice and support from teams such as Reward, HR Systems and Data Analytics. This role is an amazing opportunity to develop a wide range of HR skills to grow your career.

Main Responsibilities

• Support the HR Business Partner in developing and implementing solutions aligned to the people strategy to improve organisation effectiveness
• Work closely with the HR Business Partners to ensure that tools and policies are aligned, enhance employee engagement and ultimately improve performance.
• To ensure collaboration across Specialist Teams/People Services Teams to deliver services and promote a culture of continuous improvement
• To act as a point of escalation for complex queries and requests received by the team, ensuring they are either resolved or managed appropriately
• Participate in projects, leading and promoting, as appropriate (divisional and/or pan-BBC), the BBC’s reputation as a global organisation and employer of choice.
• Be an ambassador for the function and represent the BBC HR internally and externally (as appropriate).

Are you the right Candidate?

You will have previous experience in a HR generalist role, either at Specialist or Senior Advisor level. You will be confident to work in a matrix organisation and excel at collaborative working in a complex environment. You will be a great communicator that can build relationships at all levels, and be pro-active to take initiative with problem solving. This role offers scope for development and improvement of your existing skills as an HR generalist. Experience in an HR Technology role would be advantageous.

You will demonstrate:

• Previous experience of managing / enabling change activity within an organisation (restructuring and reorganisation)
• Breath of experience across areas such as pay, data, people practices, and development
• Evidence of working with stakeholders (with client groups, contracting for work and a focus on managing expectations)
• Evidence of working with data (ie employee dates / financial information / engagement results), and ability to draw insight and data stories
• Examples of supporting continuous improvement, and demonstrating curiosity of approach
• Evidence of a focus on people experience
• Role model the BBC values

About the BBC

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons 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.

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Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

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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.

BBC Group and Public Services, Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, United Kingdom, W1A 1AA. BBC Studios Distribution Limited, company no: 01420028, registered address: 1 Television Centre, 101 Wood Lane, London, United Kingdom W12 7FA.