Overnight Senior Journalist BBC Scotland 22325
Overnight Senior Journalist BBC Scotland 22325
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Job Reference: 22325
Band: D
Salary: Up to 41000 prorated depending on relevant skills knowledge and expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract type: 12 Month Attachment PartTime 21 hours)
Location: Office Base is Glasgow
Please note for these roles you will be working overnight.
- 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 inhouse Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
- Benefits We offer a negotiable salary package25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days a defined pension scheme and discounted dental health care gym and much more.
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Job Introduction
Nations and Local are leading on the production of the Overnight radio programme broadcast across our domestic services including BBC Radio 5Live along with the Local and Nations radio networks. We are recruiting 1 SJ producer based in Glasgow.
As a senior journalist you will output edit the show which will become the place to come for companionship and interactivity. It will also seek to reflect major global news events as well as big international sporting moments where the BBC has the rights. The show will also showcase the best of the BBCs podcasts.
We want to tell the highquality stories that really matter to people across the country. We want to combine breaking and developing news with accessible explanation of events. As well as outputting you will work on a rota which includes planning by its very nature there will be a substantial number of overnight shifts.
Main Responsibilities
As a Senior Journalist on the Overnight team your focus will be on producing and outputting the show. You will set the agenda for the show and work with the presenter to develop talking points interactivity and ensure the programme reflects a breath of editorial storytelling.
In this senior role you will need to understand the importance of impartiality; have extensive editorial experience; sound judgement and be assertive in decision making.
Youll be responsible for researching scripting and producing audio content under tight deadlines. You should have firstclass news judgement and audio production skills and have an understanding of how to build a radio show that truly connects.
You will ensure that the output meets BBC editorial policy standards.
Are you the right candidate
- A proventrack record of delivering ontheday radio programmes which includes coordinating the delivery of content by managing practical editorial and technical demands.
- Experience of working closely with a variety of presenters.
- Demonstrable knowledge of the BBCs tools and techniques to produce radio.
- An awareness of UK and international news.
- An ability to work under pressure and operate under tight timescales along with the ability to deal with daily and longterm editorial demands.
- Prioritises and plans activities taking into account all the relevant issues and factors such as deadlines staffing and resources.
- Ability to write creatively in an engaging manner adapt produce and translate with accuracy clarity and style appropriate to differing audiences and forms of media suitable for multimedia output.
- Ability to manage resources staff technical facilities and budgets in order to make challenging broadcasting in the most cost effective manner.
About the BBC
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons 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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We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC whether thats to contribute to our programming or our wide range of nonproduction roles. The more diverse our workforce the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
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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.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Part-Time
