JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent
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.
We are looking for a senior HR professional to form part of a dynamic job-share with one of our team. 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 team as an Associate HR Business Partner. As an Associate HR Business Partner, you'll work closely with Divisional HR Business Partners within our News Division, specifically the team supporting TV and Radio, to deliver our exciting and ambitious people agenda within the BBC.
Your 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)
* 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
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
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.
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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.