Senior Employee Relations Advisor

JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: 1 x 12 month Fixed Term contract/attachment Full-time
DEPARTMENT: HR Service Centre
LOCATION: Home based with regular weekly travel to BBC bases
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £32,000 - £39,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

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.

This role will be mapped on BBC Career Path Framework as Senior HR Advisor.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Join the BBC’s Manager Advice team as a Senior Employee Relations Advisor, where you’ll provide expert guidance to managers on a wide range of employee relations matters. You’ll play a key role in resolving complex cases and shaping positive outcomes across the organisation, helping ensure fair, consistent, and legally sound HR practices.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM
Be part of a supportive and specialist team that values collaboration, empathy, and expertise. You’ll work on meaningful cases that impact BBC teams across the UK, with opportunities to contribute to training, projects and policy development. This is a chance to grow professionally while making a real difference in how the BBC supports its people.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• Provide expert advice to BBC managers, including senior leaders, on a wide range of employee relations issues.
• Manage complex casework independently and collaboratively, including cases up to and including dismissal.
• Deliver training and presentations to managers and colleagues on HR policies and employment matters.
• Maintain accurate case records using internal systems to ensure a full audit trail.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across the BBC to support timely and effective resolution of issues.
• Travel regularly to BBC sites across the UK for meetings and casework support.
• Support the development of colleagues and contribute to a positive team culture.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Excellent, up-to-date knowledge of UK Employment Law, including Northern Ireland.
• Demonstrable experience managing a large and varied caseload, including complex cases up to and including dismissal.
• Experience delivering presentations and training on HR policies and employment-related topics.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders remotely and in person.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and experience using databases or case management systems, with a focus on accurate record-keeping and audit trails.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, including covering colleagues’ cases and supporting their development.
• Empathy, pragmatism and creativity in resolving sensitive issues within policy, law and precedent.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

• Fluency in written and oral Welsh is desirable but not essential.

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.

Disclaimer

This 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.

For any general queries, please contact: [email protected]

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.