Journalist/Assistant Producer – Glasgow
We are looking for someone with a strong interest in current affairs and investigations, who relishes the opportunity to create content that makes headlines, challenges and exposes wrongdoing, informs, educates, and which can create positive change.
JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed-term Contract, Full-time (10 months) until 25 April 2027
DEPARTMENT: BBC Nations, BBC Disclosure/Long Form Journalism team (BBC Scotland)
LOCATION: Glasgow, Pacific Quay
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: Band C: £27,600 – £34,000 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. 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.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
Join the award-winning BBC Disclosure team and work at the forefront of BBC Scotland’s investigations and Long Form Journalism output. As an Assistant Producer you’ll play a key role in developing and delivering investigative content for TV, iPlayer, our new podcast strand and more. Please note, this is a 10-month role.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
This is a friendly team based within BBC Scotland’s Pacific Quay headquarters. We are looking for someone with a strong interest in current affairs and investigations, who relishes the opportunity to create content that makes headlines, challenges and exposes wrongdoing, informs, educates, and which can create positive change. The successful candidate will be someone who is bursting with ideas and who is ready to take on the challenge of being part of a dynamic investigations team.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:
- As part of the award-winning Long Form Journalism team, you will find, develop and pitch investigative story ideas for TV, radio, and online whilst demonstrating innovation, a desire and determination to tell untold stories and a passion for original journalism that appeal to our diverse audience across all our platforms.
- You will identify and select stories predominantly for the Disclosure strand in a way which demonstrates strong journalistic skills and editorial judgement, as well as good legal knowledge and sensitivity to the dilemmas involved in and the people affected by these decisions.
- You will drive films, both in terms of visual style and structure, encouraging innovation but always working within BBC editorial guidelines.
- To help or in some instances lead on the creative and journalistic process as part of a team of producer/directors delivering compelling content from complex material, including shooting some elements of films and working across the wider News and short form output produced by the BBC.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
- Demonstrate ability to originate and develop investigative stories;
- Ability to communicate effectively with the Long Form Journalism team and talk confidently to contributors, persuading them to share their stories;
- Experience of self-shooting for long form projects;
- Understanding of the goals and objectives of the Disclosure programme and the ability to communicate these to others;
- Knowledge of BBC editorial guidelines and media law including privacy, defamation, contempt of court etc. and how these relate to investigative programme making
DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:
- Experience of working within a team setting in a fast-paced environment;
- Knowledge, or practical experience, of video and audio editing;
- A strong understanding of long form podcast output, and storytelling techniques;
- Evidence of having successfully taken ownership of a piece of journalism
If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.
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