BBC
Talent Acquisition Business Partner - Talent Intelligence Manager
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JOB DETAILS
Job Band
E
Contract Type
Permanent, Full-time
Department
BBC Group Talent Acquisition, HR
Location
Hybrid (Any BBC Base for Office Days)
Proposed Salary Range
£75,000 - £80,000 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.
The successful candidate will be mapped to the career path framework role of Talent Acquisition Business Partner.
This role is currently advertised as internal only. Freelancers are eligible to apply if they have been on a Worker Contract (more info here) continuously for 6 months. If less than 6 months (or they have had a break of 3 weeks or more between engagements), they must seek Divisional HR approval to apply.
Purpose of the Role
Join the BBC’s Talent Acquisition team and help shape the workforce of the future. As Talent Intelligence Manager, you’ll lead the development of strategic talent and labour market insights, using workforce data, forecasting, and market intelligence to inform hiring decisions, identify future skills needs, and influence workforce planning. Your work will enable the BBC to attract the talent and capabilities needed to deliver its ambitions today and in the years ahead.
Why Join the Team
Join a forward-thinking Talent Acquisition team at the heart of shaping the BBC’s future workforce. You’ll work alongside experienced talent acquisition, HR, and business leaders, influencing strategic decisions with insights that have organization-wide impact. This role offers the opportunity to build a market-leading talent intelligence capability, drive innovation in workforce planning, and develop deep expertise in talent analytics, future skills, and labour market trends, while helping the BBC attract the talent it needs to thrive.
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Your Key Responsibilities and Impact
- Lead the BBC’s talent intelligence capability, providing actionable insight on internal and external talent markets to inform workforce planning and hiring strategies
- Analyse workforce, recruitment, and labour market data to identify talent trends, skills availability, workforce risks, and future hiring opportunities
- Partner with Talent Acquisition, HR, and business leaders to forecast future talent demand and develop evidence-based hiring and talent pipeline strategies
- Deliver talent mapping, market intelligence, and workforce forecasting activities, translating business priorities into targeted attraction and sourcing approaches
- Provide strategic insight and recommendations to senior stakeholders, supporting decision-making on future skills, workforce planning, and long-term talent acquisition priorities
Essential Criteria
Your Skills and Experience
- Significant experience in talent intelligence, workforce planning, and talent acquisition strategy, with a proven ability to use market insights and workforce data to inform hiring decisions and talent strategies
- Strong knowledge of labour market trends, talent supply and demand dynamics, and workforce analytics, with the ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable recommendations
- Demonstrable experience in talent mapping, workforce forecasting, and developing strategic hiring plans across multiple skills, functions, and business areas
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and communicate insights effectively to senior leaders and cross-functional partners
- Proven experience using talent intelligence, people analytics, and recruitment technologies, including labour market intelligence tools, workforce planning platforms, and data visualisation solutions
Desirable
- Knowledge of skills-based hiring approaches, talent segmentation methodologies, and future workforce trends
- Awareness of emerging developments in talent analytics, AI-enabled recruitment, and workforce transformation approaches (e.g., build, buy, borrow, or bot workforce planning models)
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If you can bring some of these skills and experiences, 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.
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: bbchr@bbc.co.uk
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.
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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