Journalist, BBC News Streaming
BBC Media Action
London, UK
GBP 27,900-37,200 / year
JOB DETAILS
Job Band: C
Contract Type: 2 x Fixed Term Contracts until March 2027
Department: BBC News Streaming
Location: London
Proposed Salary Range: £27,900–£37,200 + London weighting depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.The expected salary range 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.
We expect interviews to take place in early June.
JOB PURPOSE
The Journalist role for BBC News Streaming involves running single-story live streams across a range of daily news stories, working in the Streaming Control Centre, sometimes as the sole producer. The ability to rapidly familiarise yourself with a daily news story -planned or breaking-is essential as are the skills and capacity to deliver any or all the stream's production - editorial and operational. All our roles - including Journalists - successfully pitch and execute ideas for streams that will broaden audience reach. As important is curiosity around streaming technology and a willingness to output content without operational support
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
Join BBC News Streaming and help shape the future of digital journalism through our pioneering single story live streams. As a Journalist on the team, you’ll typically own the production of one or more live streams in our Streaming Control Centre. You’ll be a natural collaborator who thrives in a fast-paced daily news environment where taking ownership for your decisions and development is the norm. You will be as comfortable covering breaking news as you are planned live events and identifying off-diary stories that will engage audiences we need to reach. If you are agile, creative and are passionate about redefining live video news, this is the role for you.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:
- As a Journalist on the team, you’ll work with colleagues across the BBC to deliver and to showcase BBC News across platforms including iPlayer, the BBC News Channel, the BBC News website, and social platforms such as YouTube.
- You’ll assist in the production of a wide variety of live news coverage. The successful candidates will be at home with breaking news, or pre-planned major events. With a keen eye for moments, you’ll help spot and amplify the best of the BBC to audiences wherever they are with us, digitally.
- Streaming is a major priority for BBC News across our platforms. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of the industry; you’ll be motivated to embrace the challenge and work with others to seize the opportunity.
- Journalists in the team will be expected to work across a variety of daytime, evening and weekend shifts to deliver always on News coverage across BBC platforms.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
- Good news judgement and knowledge of Editorial Policy and media law considerations for journalistic content across BBC platforms.
- Capability to juggle competing demands and experience dealing with a constantly changing news agenda and priorities.
- Experience producing live daily news output on a wide variety of journalistic subjects, from breaking news to planned coverage of events.
- Demonstrable curiosity around the development of newsroom systems and techniques to produce live video news output.
- An appreciation of analytics around digital publication; how audiences consume video and audio on streaming platforms and the target audiences for News content across BBC platforms.
- Willingness to work inside a data-led, multi-disciplinary team, in an agile, constantly developing and adapting environment; demonstrable experience of being a team player.
This role may include opportunities to work with the News on iPlayer VOD team on stranded or fast turnaround programmes. Therefore, the following skills are also desirable.
- Experience as a producer making long form programmes and developing new on-demand formats
- Proven ability to edit video with demonstrable knowledge of techniques to create video output.
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
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.
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.
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 pension scheme 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 or on an orchestra conditions contract.
Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our 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.
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: reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk
