Senior Journalist, Long Form Audio

Would you like to put your stamp on Long Form Audio’s award-winning content? Our flagship department makes programmes for BBC radio and podcasts.

OB DETAILS

JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Full Time, Fixed term contract / Attachment (12 months)
DEPARTMENT: BBC News & Current Affairs, Long Form Audio
LOCATION: London Broadcasting House, W1A 1AA
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £41,200 – £65,000 +LW 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.

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PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Would you like to put your stamp on Long Form Audio’s award-winning content? Our flagship department makes programmes for BBC radio and podcasts. We’re looking for a creative Senior Journalist with a strong background in news or current affairs journalism and long-form audio to work primarily on Radio 4’s Profile and AntiSocial. You will lead teams to produce weekly episodes and will need sharp editorial judgement and a keen eye on what connects with audiences.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

We are passionate about making creative programmes. Team culture is important to us, as is reflecting voices from across the UK, both on and off air. If you’re a skilled journalist and you share that vision we’d love to hear from you. As a Senior Journalist you’ll be working primarily on Profile and AntiSocial but with the possibility of working on other programmes and projects across the department. And you will be keen to help to develop our team’s skills.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

Making and leading teams to put together creative live and pre-recorded programmes (mainly Profile and AntiSocial) to a high standard, considering sound, editorial focus, impact and audience strategy
Experience overseeing the work of others in a collaborative and supportive way
Generating creative ideas, and helping others in the team to develop their ideas.
Working with on-air presenters to achieve the best possible content
Complying content, including output editing live programmes, and supporting teams through editorial and legal issues.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

Possess strong news judgement, strong decision-making skills, and experience of operating calmly under pressure.
Experience of output-editing live or as-live content in news or current affairs
Be a creative storyteller with a passion for, and experience of, producing original long form audio.
Meticulous attention to detail and the confidence to take on difficult journalism.
You will have the technical skills required to record interviews and edit audio.
You will have a proven track-record of working to develop a positive working culture across a team and overseeing of other people’s work.
You will need to demonstrate an understanding of the wider BBC objectives and thorough understanding of the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines

DESIRABLE

Experience of making digital video
Experience growing and engaging new audiences on high impact programmes.

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.