Journalist - Coventry
BBC Media Action
Warwickshire, UK
GBP 27,600-33,900 / year
JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent - Part-time 0.8 EFT, four days a week.
DEPARTMENT: BBC Nations, News
LOCATION: Coventry
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £27,600 - £33,900 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. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
We are looking for a motivated, innovative online journalist based in our Coventry newsroom working part-time, four days a week (Tuesday to Friday). Regular weekend working is also required.
You will help shape the news agenda and roll out stories across all our platforms in the most effective way, reaching and connecting with our local audiences. It’s a good opportunity for your work to be read by hundreds of thousands, sometimes millions of people. Digital storytelling is at the forefront of the operation. This will be a truly multimedia role with an emphasis on digital-first storytelling and finding and telling stories which will run on our digital and social media channels, television and radio. We want a driven and passionate journalist who wants to reach new audiences with the news that matters to those communities. The role requires someone who will want to do more than just look for press releases – we want original ideas that help reflect the diverse audiences that live in our region, creative treatments of stories, gaining great access to people at the heart of stories and working collaboratively with a wide range of colleagues.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:
- Producing local news content for the BBC website and social media accounts for the region and beyond
- Being ready to produce fast, accurate copy when a big story breaks
- Responsible for originating and producing stories for the BBC website which can also be used on other outlets, as well as turning around content from wires and press releases
- Working with colleagues to ensure all our journalism works across digital, TV and audio platforms
- Come up with investigation and feature ideas that help us represent the many different sides of life in the region
- The role requires regular office working, weekend working and early/late start time
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
- Have sound editorial judgement, making decisions on matters of editorial sensitivity under pressure
- You should be curious in your approach to delivering original journalism
- Able to write clean, accurate and concise copy with quick turnaround times, for publication on the BBC website
- Be familiar with social media in a news context and know how to make the most of various platforms to reach a range of audiences
- Understanding of SEO within a news context to help our stories reach the people most interested in and impacted by them
- Comfortable with creating video content for social platforms, particularly aimed at younger and Working Families audiences
- Be a self-starter and able to work under pressure
- Attention to detail
- Good storyteller
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.
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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.
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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.
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