Reward Specialist

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time

DEPARTMENT: HR

LOCATION: London / Any UK Office – Hybrid

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £45,000 - £55,000 plus London Weighting where applicable, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

WE ARE BBC STUDIOS A globally renowned media company borne of the BBC. We make and distribute the world’s most sought-after TV, audio and digital content. Our ambition is to be the home of the most powerful, entertaining, and inspiring stories for people all around the world.

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, the annual pay review process and, within our commercial entities, the annual bonus cycle.

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 review and bonus cycles, 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.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• 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; international experience is advantageous.
• 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.

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 as soon as possible. We appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding.

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.

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.

Diversity, inclusion & belonging strategy: We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio‑economic background, religion and/or belief. 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.

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: reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk

Benefits: A flexible 35‑hour working week with 26 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and the option to buy an extra five days. Defined pension (up to 10% employer contributions). Caring and parenting support, 24/7 remote GP access, life assurance and accident benefit. BBC Studios is a world leader in operating sustainably both on and off screen. Find out more about BBC Group’s science‑based Net Zero targets here. Career development in a values‑led purpose‑driven culture. Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis.