Journalist – Newsbeat

Job Requisition ID: 47518

Job Closing Date: 26/06/2026

Birmingham, GBR, B1 1AY

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Full-time/Fixed-term until 31st December 2026
DEPARTMENT: BBC News
LOCATION: Birmingham
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £27,600 – £31,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We work on a 7-day rota with a range of shifts including earlies, lates and weekends.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Newsbeat is an industry leading multi-platform team delivering bold, original journalism for 15–24-year-olds across BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra, Asian Network, BBC News Online and social platforms. We’re looking for a journalist who can do it all — write and read for radio, craft compelling online stories, and film and edit standout social content.

We work on a 7-day rota with a range of shifts including earlies, lates and weekends.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

In this fast-paced, creative newsroom, you’ll play a key role in the BBC’s mission to reach young and underserved audiences with journalism that’s trusted, relevant and genuinely speaks to them.
You’ll need to understand what matters to young people and find fresh, inventive ways to tell those stories — pushing our editorial ambition and driving innovation along the way.
Are you full of great ideas? Have a knack for finding amazing guests and case studies? Love making radio that is fun and informative? Know where to look for stories? Or how to make engaging vids for socials? Are you passionate about engaging those hard-to-reach audiences?

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• You will be responsible for writing, reporting on and reading content – including stories and video for the BBC News website and Social platforms
• Demonstrate sound editorial judgment and a strong understanding of young and diverse audiences to inform content strategy and decision-making.
• Leverage excellent editorial judgment and audience insight to create content that resonates with young and diverse communities.
• You will use analytics and data to drive our journalism.
• You will be full of boundary-pushing ideas for stories and guests.
• You will be passionate about engaging 15-24s with national and global news

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• A great broadcast voice
• Interest in national and global news and current affairs, including politics, sport and entertainment.
• Excellent writing, production and organisational skills
• A track record of delivering content with young and diverse audiences in mind.
• Good at generating original ideas
• Excellent editorial judgement: making the right decisions based on a clear understanding of the BBC’s distinctive news agenda
• Comprehensive understanding of modern digital trends, formats, platforms and analytics.

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.

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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.