Reward Specialist

Birmingham, G , B1 1AY

| London, G , 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.

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