Senior Journalist, BBC Sport

Join BBC Sport and play a key role in shaping the biggest sports stories of the day for audiences across the UK.

Job Requisition ID: 37149

Job Closing Date: 25 JANUARY 2026

Salford, MAN, GBR, M50 2QH

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: D
DEPARTMENT: BBC Sport
LOCATION: Media City UK, Salford – Hybrid.
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £44,000 – £54,000 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 BBC Sport and play a key role in shaping the biggest sports stories of the day for audiences across the UK. As a Senior Journalist, you’ll plan coverage of major sports events, sports news and produce high-quality content across BBC Sport platforms. This role is pivotal to delivering trusted, accurate and agenda-setting sports journalism that reflects the breadth of UK audiences.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

The BBC Sport Stories Planning plans news coverage, evergreen content and logistics for online, social, TV and radio. It develops original journalism ideas and works with the wider Stories team to ensure maximum news coverage for our audiences.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

Lead the planning of individual sport events and news coverage
Content commissioning and delivering feedback on ideas submitted.
Manage logistics, planning systems and planning documents.
Work collaboratively with colleagues across Sport and the wider BBC—including radio, TV and regions—to deliver joined‑up and impactful journalism.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

Strong editorial judgement and Journalism experience
Experience of managing key relationships, hosting meetings, and ensuring collaboration between several stakeholders
Drive ideas and creativity across platforms with experience in delivering text, video, or audio content – where experience varies, a willingness to learn and upskill
Experience of commissioning and overseeing content and providing feedback
Strong organisational skills – help manage logistics, planning systems and planning documents

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

Familiarity with how audiences engage with sports content across different BBC platforms.
Experience producing longer‑form journalism such as features, explainers or analysis.
Understanding of social trends and what sports audiences are talking about.
A passion for broadening the diversity and representation within sports coverage.

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.

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.

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.