Senior Wellbeing Manager

Overview

JOB BAND: E
CONTRACT TYPE: 2 x Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: Chief Operating Group
LOCATION: London - Hybrid.

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £60,000 - £75,000 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

We are looking for a HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist to join the BBC as a Senior Wellbeing Manager. This pivotal role brings expert psychological insight to shape and deliver our strategic approach to mental health and wellbeing across a diverse, global workforce. You'll be working in a fast-paced media environment, supporting teams who often operate in high-risk and demanding settings.

Why join the team: At the BBC, we inform, educate and entertain audiences worldwide. Our people-journalists, producers, content makers, and support staff-are at the heart of everything we do. We are deeply committed to their mental health and wellbeing, fostering a creative and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. Joining our team means being part of a mission-driven organisation that values integrity, creativity, and care.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic development and delivery of evidence-based mental health and wellbeing initiatives across the BBC.
• Provide expert clinical advice and psychological support to teams exposed to wellbeing risks, especially in journalism and newsgathering.
• Collaborate with HR, Safety, and Editorial teams to identify and mitigate psychological risks in the workplace.
• Design and implement proactive interventions that promote psychologically healthy working environments.
• Support critical incident responses and trauma-informed care following major news events.
• Champion a culture of openness, inclusion, and psychological wellbeing across all levels of the organisation.
• Use data and research to evaluate impact and continuously improve wellbeing programmes.

Skills and Experience Essential criteria

• HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist with substantial post-qualification experience.
• Proven track record of applying psychological principles in complex, high-pressure environments.
• Deep understanding of the psychological risks associated with journalism, trauma exposure, and/or frontline reporting.
• Strategic thinker with experience in designing and delivering organisational wellbeing programmes.

Desired but not required

• Experience working within media or similarly dynamic industries.
• Knowledge of trauma-informed care practices in global or cross-cultural contexts.
• Familiarity with data-driven approaches to wellbeing programme evaluation.
• Passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion in workplace wellbeing.

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. Please note, the successful candidate will be mapped to the role of Clinical Psychologist.

Policy and Compliance

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment 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.

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.

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.

Information at a Glance

This is your BBC

At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world's best loved content, and the BBC's mission to inform, educate and entertain.

Find out more about the BBC

Life at BBC

Here you will benefit from:

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pensionscheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.

• Excellent career and professional development.

• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.

• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis.

Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.

Candidate pack

You belong

We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.

Diversity, inclusion & belonging strategy

Disability confident

We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we'd be happy to discuss:

BBC Group and Public Services, Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, United Kingdom, W1A 1AA. BBC Studios Distribution Limited, company no: , registered address: 1 Television Centre, 101 Wood Lane, London, United Kingdom W12 7FA.