Senior Journalist x 3, BBC Local Investigations

Job title:

Senior Journalist x 3, BBC Local Investigations

Company

BBC

Job description

Package Description

Job Reference: 12860

Band: D

Salary: £37,845 – £59,050. The salary offer will be dependant on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Contract type: Permanent
Location: Salford or London

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. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.

Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.

Benefits – We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and .

Job Purpose

In the BBC Local investigations team, you will originate and work on investigations and high impact stories across TV, online and radio.

You will collaborate on commissions with colleagues across BBC Local and the wider BBC as appropriate; responsible for producing and directing half hour investigative TV for BBC 1 and I-player.

Can you find and tell stories creatively that connect with audiences to get results? Have you got strong journalism skills, bags of determination and an eye for high production?

If the answer is yes then working on the team could be the next role for you, bringing investigations and high impact stories to large regional audiences across TV, online and radio.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

In this role, you will be a creative storyteller able to hold the audiences’ attention using fresh production techniques. You will be required to foster and develop a collaborative culture across all newsrooms and display excellent team working qualities. You will be supporting and developing cross-platform content that drives the news agenda with relevance, innovation and creativity that reflects the best of BBC journalism.

You will show a commitment to seeking out stories that connect and reflect diverse audiences that are currently underserved. In this rapidly changing media world, you’ll be comfortable with multi-platform working, shooting and editing and eager to learn new skills if required like writing for online or delivering radio content.

Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience

We are seeking an ambitious senior journalist with experience of working on complex investigations and ensuring output meets editorial and legal guidelines with a track record producing long form TV content.

With achievement in original, long form and investigative current affairs journalism, you will have the know-how to come up with compelling investigative ideas that drive the news agenda with relevance, innovation and creativity and the experience to develop them using your storytelling skills.

We’re looking for someone who can confidently shoot/edit with a strong creative vision, excellent shooting skills and the ability to write engaging scripts and the directing skills to bring stories to life whilst following the appropriate guidelines and policies to manage editorial and legal risks. You will have knowledge of the latest production techniques and new technology with experience of secret filming, data journalism and open source journalism and managing associated risks.

The job requires strong writing skills to produce persuasive treatments, and the confidence in your ability to pitch ideas. You’ll be a resilient person with a demonstrable ability to speak to truth to power and influence positive outcomes, able to source contributors and negotiate access to institutions whilst positively presenting yourself as a representative of BBC Local.

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.

WHY JOIN US

Senior Journalist x 3, BBC Local Investigations

Journalism

Permanent – Full Time

Salford, GB, M50 2HQ London, GB, W1A 1AA

BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B’CAST

Job Closing Date: 11/02/2024

THE ROLE

Package Description

Job Reference: 12860

Band: D

Salary: £37,845 – £59,050. The salary offer will be dependant on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Contract type: Permanent
Location: Salford or London

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. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.

Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.

Benefits – We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and .

Job Purpose

In the BBC Local investigations team, you will originate and work on investigations and high impact stories across TV, online and radio.

You will collaborate on commissions with colleagues across BBC Local and the wider BBC as appropriate; responsible for producing and directing half hour investigative TV for BBC 1 and I-player.

Can you find and tell stories creatively that connect with audiences to get results? Have you got strong journalism skills, bags of determination and an eye for high production?

If the answer is yes then working on the team could be the next role for you, bringing investigations and high impact stories to large regional audiences across TV, online and radio.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

In this role, you will be a creative storyteller able to hold the audiences’ attention using fresh production techniques. You will be required to foster and develop a collaborative culture across all newsrooms and display excellent team working qualities. You will be supporting and developing cross-platform content that drives the news agenda with relevance, innovation and creativity that reflects the best of BBC journalism.

You will show a commitment to seeking out stories that connect and reflect diverse audiences that are currently underserved. In this rapidly changing media world, you’ll be comfortable with multi-platform working, shooting and editing and eager to learn new skills if required like writing for online or delivering radio content.

Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience

We are seeking an ambitious senior journalist with experience of working on complex investigations and ensuring output meets editorial and legal guidelines with a track record producing long form TV content.

With achievement in original, long form and investigative current affairs journalism, you will have the know-how to come up with compelling investigative ideas that drive the news agenda with relevance, innovation and creativity and the experience to develop them using your storytelling skills.

We’re looking for someone who can confidently shoot/edit with a strong creative vision, excellent shooting skills and the ability to write engaging scripts and the directing skills to bring stories to life whilst following the appropriate guidelines and policies to manage editorial and legal risks. You will have knowledge of the latest production techniques and new technology with experience of secret filming, data journalism and open source journalism and managing associated risks.

The job requires strong writing skills to produce persuasive treatments, and the confidence in your ability to pitch ideas. You’ll be a resilient person with a demonstrable ability to speak to truth to power and influence positive outcomes, able to source contributors and negotiate access to institutions whilst positively presenting yourself as a representative of BBC Local.

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.

INCLUSION

Expected salary

£37845 – 59050 per year

Location

Salford – London

Job date

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 07:13:17 GMT

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