Senior Journalist Money and Work

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: D

CONTRACT TYPE: Full-time 4 Month Fixed-term Contract Expected start date January 2026

DEPARTMENT: BBC News

LOCATION: London Broadcasting House

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: plus London Weighting depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Were happy to discuss flexible working. If youd like to please indicate your preference in the application though theres no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

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PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

As a Senior Journalist on the Money and Work digital team you will write commission and edit online articles including news stories which may lead the website features analysis live page posts and explainers. We are looking for an experienced Senior Journalist who is confident in running a news desk and working across a broad range of stories.

The job will involve working four 10-hour shifts a week including early mornings from 6am and late evenings until 0030 as well as Sundays.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

The Money and Work team aims to make the economy and business engaging and understandable for our audiences. Its a fun and varied job where youll write report and edit a huge range of stories covering anything from the latest interest rate decision to a drop in the price of cheese to share and bond price movements to how working from home is becoming less common.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

Writing stories for the website with the ability to bring subjects which some readers may find dull to life.

Running the news desk staying calm under pressure and making sensible editorial decisions quickly.

Liaising closely with teams across the BBC including senior website and broadcast editors as well as giving journalists detailed briefs to deliver on stories so excellent communication skills are a must.

Sub editing stories with an eye for detail and clickable headlines.

Reading and making sense of company results and financial market movements and being able to pick out a strong top line that will resonate with a non-business specialist.

Come up with original ideas for stories as well as how to treat them and suggest and carry out interviews with relevant people to make our business stories distinctive.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

Excellent and demonstrable knowledge of business and economics in the UK and globally

At least five years experience of writing and editing fast-paced breaking business news for digital audiences with attention to accuracy context and tone

Proven ability to cut through jargon and make complex stories appealing and understandable to a broad business audience

Experience of writing in a variety of formats to tight deadlines from breaking news and explainers to live page posts and analysis

Proven ability to come up with angles and approaches to the big stories of the day that will help us reach new and diverse audiences

Excellent editorial judgement and understanding of the BBCs editorial values

If you can bring some of these skills and experiences along with transferable strengths wed love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.