HR Business Partner in London

JOB BAND: E

CONTRACT TYPE: 9 Month Fixed-Term Contract - Full-time

DEPARTMENT: HR

LOCATION: London Television Centre – Hybrid, or any UK Office Location

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: Up to £70,000 plus London Weighting (where applicable) and bonus, 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

Be part of a dynamic, collaborative HR community driving meaningful change across BBC Studios. You'll partner with influential leaders, shape divisional people strategies, and play a hands-on role in delivering an exceptional employee experience. This is a chance to influence transformation at scale while growing your expertise in a supportive, forward-thinking environment.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

This HRBP role supports leaders across Finance to deliver impactful people solutions aligned with divisional goals. You'll drive cultural and organisational change, advise leaders using data and best practice, and translate strategy into practical action. Reporting to the Head of HR, you'll help build an engaging, high-performance environment while ensuring a consistent, future-focused people experience.

Your Key Responsibilities And Impact:

• Partner with leaders across functions/divisions to deliver people plans aligned to wider organisational priorities.
• Work closely with the Head of HR on divisional people strategy and local implementation.
• Coach and advise leaders using insight, data, and tools from Centres of Expertise.
• Operate with autonomy to design effective, best-practice people solutions.
• Deliver an excellent people experience through projects and pan-BBC initiatives.
• Lead or support transformation, change, and continuous improvement activities.
• Develop and support the wider HR team, including coaching and task-managing junior colleagues.

Essential Criteria

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Significant experience leading organisational and cultural change, with a strong focus on talent, performance, or capability.
• Ability to balance long-term strategic thinking with hands-on operational delivery.
• Strong coaching skills and confidence partnering with senior leaders to develop talent and drive performance.
• Skilled in using data and insights to shape solutions across culture, talent, and organisational effectiveness.
• Experience working with unions and managing complex stakeholder environments.

Desired But Not Required:

• Direct HR partnering experience within corporate functions, ideally Finance.
• Exposure to the media, broadcasting, or creative industries.

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.