Associate HR Business Partner

BBC; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media organization in the UK is seeking an Associate HR Business Partner to join their People Services team. You will support Divisional HR teams, act as a trusted advisor, and develop HR strategies to enhance organizational effectiveness. Key responsibilities include managing stakeholder relationships, providing HR solutions, and supporting continuous improvement within the company culture. The salary range is £42,500 - £45,000 depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in managing enabling change within an organization.
• Breadth of experience across pay, data, people practices, and development.
• Evidence of working with stakeholders and managing expectations.

Responsibilities

• Support HR Business Partner in developing people strategy solutions.
• Work closely with HR Business Partners to enhance employee engagement.
• Act as a point of escalation for complex queries.

Skills

Managing change activity

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Employee engagement

Continuous improvement

Job description

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: D

CONTRACT TYPE: 1 x Fixed Term until July 2027, 1 x Fixed Term until September 2026, 1 x Fixed Term until May 2026, 1 x Fixed Term until March 2026

DEPARTMENT: BBC HR

LOCATION: Salford, Birmingham, Cardiff or London with travel to London as required.

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £42,500 - £45,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

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.

You will partner one of the BBC’s divisions, working with them on their workplace culture plans to meet their immediate and long-term needs, and create a lasting legacy at a critical time in the BBC’s history.

Why Join the Team

The successful candidate will join the People Services as an Associate HR Business Partner. As an Associate HR Business Partner, you’ll work closely with a team of Divisional HR Business Partners in one of our four divisions; News, Nations, Content and Corporate Functions, where you will work in partnership to deliver our existing and ambitious agenda within the BBC.

Key Responsibilities And Impact

• 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).

Essential Criteria

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Previous experience of managing / enabling change activity within an organisation (restructuring and reorganisation)
• Breadth 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

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

Disclaimer and screening checks: 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. 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.

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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.