Journalist – BBC Radio Wales

This is an exciting opportunity to join BBC Radio Wales as a Journalist working as part of the team producing our daily breakfast and drive news programmes.

Job Requisition ID: 40978

Job Closing Date: 29 April 2026

Cardiff, GBR, CF10 1FT

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: C

CONTRACT TYPE:Full-time / Fixed-term Contract until 31/07/2026

DEPARTMENT: BBC Radio Wales

LOCATION: Cardiff Central Square

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £27,600 – £33,900 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Welsh language skills are not necessary for this role.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

This is an exciting opportunity to join BBC Radio Wales as a Journalist working as part of the team producing our daily breakfast and drive news programmes. We’re committed to delivering the best content for our Welsh audience and we’re looking for a creative journalist with a passion for storytelling.

In the role you could be identifying stories, chasing guests, writing briefs, gathering voxes, or editing audio. You’ll work with our presenters, journalists, and colleagues across the BBC Wales newsroom, to deliver engaging radio that speaks to our listeners across Wales.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM
This a great opportunity to join our team in a busy election year. We have a fantastic working environment at the heart of the BBC Wales newsroom in Cardiff. We are a passionate and supportive team who are committed to journalism that delivers for our audience.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

This is a hands-on role that will see you working on a variety of shifts supporting our breakfast and drive programmes, as well as our political programme ‘Sunday Supplement’.
Reporting to the assistant editors, you will work alongside a senior journalist to deliver creative and engaging radio that makes an impact beyond the linear broadcast.
As you develop in the role, there may be opportunities to studio produce, to read news bulletins, and to support our weekly news podcast Walescast.
Some weekend working will be required.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

Experience of working on radio or news programmes.
Experience of delivering original, creative journalism.
Knowledge of Welsh politics and current affairs, and an awareness of the issues that affect the Welsh audience.
Understanding of the BBC’s editorial guidelines and importance of impartiality.

DESIRABLE:

Experience of operating broadcast technologies.
Experience of audio editing.

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

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: [email protected]

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.