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Job Requisition ID: 46526
Job Closing Date: 28 Jun 2026
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JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent
DEPARTMENT: BBC Safety
LOCATION: Hybrid: to be based at one of the Tier 1 offices (London, Cardiff, Birmingham, Salford, Glasgow, Belfast). Some travel required to event/production/office sites.
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £54,000 - £57,000 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.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
Provide specialist safety advice across the BBC, influencing and enabling leaders to manage risk within a fast-paced, creative environment. As a Safety Specialist, you will provide expert guidance, training, and insight to inform safe decision-making, enabling productions and business areas to meet their safety responsibilities while driving continuous improvement and high standards of safety performance.
Working independently and in partnership with specialist teams, you will act as a catalyst for positive change, resolving complex issues and delivering strategic safety initiatives that strengthen safety culture and support the BBC’s commitment to providing a safe working environment for all staff and partners.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
This senior role, reporting to the Safety Manager, plays a key role in shaping safety—coaching leaders, influencing decisions, assuring safety performance, and using your expertise to drive continuous improvement.
At the BBC, you'll influence safety across a diverse organisation, from offices to live productions.
You'll join a collaborative team that champions innovation, flexibility, and shared learning. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on safety, drive high standards, and support the delivery of world-class content.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:
1. Collaborate with the Safety Manager to assist with the execution of the BBC Safety strategy
2. Drive and improve safety performance by coaching leaders, enabling safe decision-making, and assessing the effectiveness of safety systems and culture
3. Lead cross-functional projects, engaging stakeholders at all levels to influence policies, frameworks, and safety outcomes
4. Lead and embed safety strategies and standards, including policies and procedures, while supporting leaders to measure performance, learn from insights, and deliver effective safety improvements.
5. Influence executive and senior stakeholders, positioning safety as a key driver of organisational performance and guiding decisions aligned with safety priorities
6. Work with senior leaders to ensure compliance with regulations, standards, and industry best practice, while driving continuous improvement across the BBC and wider broadcasting industry
7. Build and maintain trusted internal and external partnerships to co-create and deliver a purpose-led, risk-informed safety strategy
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
1. Relevant specialist diploma or equivalent (e.g., NEBOSH, NCRQ) and professional institute membership (e.g., CMIOSH, CIEH)
2. experience in a strategic safety role within a large, complex organisation, with a strong ability to build relationships, influence senior stakeholders, and coach leaders to embed effective safety culture, behaviours, and practices
3. Excellent safety governance, compliance, communication skills, both oral and written, with the ability to write compelling and influential reports, training and presentations to a high standard.
4. Ability to analyse or/and investigate and contextualise complex issues, identify key points to be addressed and develop effective, practical and simple plans to resolve problems
5. Extensive knowledge of health and safety legislation, risk management, and recognised frameworks (e.g. HSG65, INDG guidance), with the ability to apply this expertise to deliver practical, proportionate advice
DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED
1. Be a recognised leader in safety culture transformation and human performance, with experience influencing at board or senior leadership level
2. Recognised training qualification (e.g. Train the Trainer)
3. Experience supporting media, production or events-based environments
This role will require regular travel around the UK.
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 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: [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.
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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.
For any general queries, please contact: [email protected]
We are unable to accept applications via CV and only applications made online will be considered. Please click on the APPLY NOW button to proceed with your application.
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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.
