Birmingham, GBR, B1 1AY
| London, GBR, W1A 1AA
JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC HR
LOCATION: London or Birmingham – Hybrid
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £45,000 - £55,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. London Weighting allowance included for London base.
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
The Reward HR Specialist plays a key role within the Reward Centre of Expertise and forms part of the wider BBC People team. Working closely with other Centres of Expertise, our in‑house shared service centre, and divisional HR Business Partners, you will support a broad range of reward activities. These include job evaluation, pay benchmarking, data analysis, reward governance and the annual pay review process.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
This is an excellent opportunity to develop specialist reward expertise within one of the UK’s most iconic organisations. You’ll join a collaborative, supportive team that is passionate about delivering fair, transparent and well‑governed reward practices that help make the BBC a great place to work
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:
* Provide guidance and insight to Reward Operations and divisional HR teams on day‑to‑day reward matters, helping inform strategic and operational decision‑making.
* Support key reward projects, including the annual pay reviews, pay governance processes, job evaluations and pay benchmarking.
* Proactively contribute to wider BBC People initiatives, taking ownership and demonstrating curiosity, initiative and a passion for continuous improvement.
* Build strong relationships with internal colleagues and external partners, monitoring emerging trends, legislation and best practice to help shape reward solutions.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
We’re looking for someone who is passionate about delivering effective reward solutions and creating a great employee experience. You will bring:
* Proven analytical and data management skills within reward or compensation.
* Experience in job evaluation and pay benchmarking.
* Strong understanding of reward practices in large and complex UK organisations.
* Excellent relationship‑building and stakeholder‑management skills.
* The ability to clearly translate reward data, policies and concepts to non‑specialist audiences.
* Experience of supporting complex reward projects and annual cyclical processes
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.
Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment 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.
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
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Life at BBC
* 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.
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.
Diversity, inclusion & belonging strategy
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: reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk
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