Divisional Head of Performance, Leadership, Talent & Inclusion

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JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: F

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time

DEPARTMENT: Talent & Inclusion

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £86,000 - £125,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.

We are looking for 3 divisional leads with the successful candidate being aligned to one of the following divisions:

• Content: based in London or Salford
• News: based in London
• Nations: based in Cardiff, Birmingham, Salford, Glasgow or Belfast

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.

We will be running a two stage interview process for this role with interviews starting from Friday 28th November.

Purpose of the role

The Divisional Head of Performance, Leadership, Talent and Inclusion plays a key delivery role within the BBC’s central Performance, Leadership and Talent team, supporting the implementation of performance, talent, leadership, and inclusion initiatives across their respective division.

You will work closely with divisional HR teams and key business stakeholders where you will translate group-wide priorities into clear, actionable plans that are tailored to the needs of your division to make a lasting impact. You will also work to identify the levers, interventions and programmes that are required in order to power the divisional strategy.

Why join the team

The BBC is transforming its Talent and Inclusion team to ensure we have the right structure, skills, and expertise to deliver for audiences and meet the demands of a fast-moving media market. You will be part of a team that is building a high-performance, inclusive culture that supports the BBC’s Value for All strategy and wider diversity, inclusion and belonging goals.

Your Key Responsibilities And Impact

• Act as the main link between central Talent & Inclusion and divisional HR, translating group-wide frameworks into locally relevant strategies.
• Lead divisional delivery of performance, succession, career and leadership programmes, ensuring alignment with business needs.
• Champion inclusive practices and support progress against BBC diversity goals, partnering with Workforce Diversity to embed inclusion.
• Drive adoption of performance frameworks and ensure talent pipelines support future needs, using data to inform decisions.
• Identify leadership development needs and support rollout of tailored programmes, working closely with the BBC Academy.
• Collaborate across HR, D&I, and Talent Acquisition to deliver integrated solutions and contribute to the evolution of BBC-wide frameworks.

Essential Criteria

Your Skills and Experience

• Proven experience in Talent, Leadership, Inclusion or broader HR roles within complex, matrixed organisations, with a strong track record of influencing senior stakeholders and driving organisation-wide change.
• Demonstrated success in leading and delivering strategic people initiatives with measurable impact across large business areas, including experience managing programmes through to implementation.
• Deep expertise in embedding inclusive practices and advancing diversity, inclusion and belonging, with evidence of delivering measurable outcomes.
• Strong analytical and decision-making capability, including the ability to interpret complex data, identify patterns and risks, and make timely, insight-led decisions under pressure.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships, challenge constructively, and align diverse groups around shared goals.
• Strategic thinker with high learning agility, capable of translating ideas into practical solutions tailored to divisional and organisational contexts, while navigating ambiguity and change.

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.

For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk

SENIORITY LEVEL

Executive

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Business Development and Sales

Industries

Broadcast Media Production and Distribution