Senior Journalist Reporter, Newsround

Newsround is the UK’s only integrated news service for children. With bulletins every day and a comprehensive online service, we deliver news in an engaging and innovative way.

Job Requisition ID: 49951

Job Closing Date: 31 August 2026

Salford, MAN, GBR, M50 2QH

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: D

CONTRACT TYPE: Full-time Fixed-term contract until 26/3/2027

DEPARTMENT: BBC News

LOCATION: Salford

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £42,000 – £52,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

PURPOSE OF ROLE

Newsround has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Journalist Reporter. This is a high-profile presenting role for a news programme that reaches more than 3.5 million children a week in schools. Newsround is committed to offering the best cross-platform and on-demand service for all UK children, providing a trusted environment which is enriching and enabling to our 7-12 aged audience. Our content seeks to entertain, inform and empower children, adding real value to their lives.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM
Newsround is the UK’s only integrated news service for children. With bulletins every day and a comprehensive online service, we deliver news in an engaging and innovative way.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

Present live news content in studio and on location for young audiences.
Research, script, and deliver engaging news stories, explaining complex topics in an accessible way.
Create and produce youth-focused news content across Newsround’s digital and broadcast platforms.
Generate and lead original journalism projects, with opportunities to contribute to wider BBC News output.
Edit and package content using Premiere Pro and Quantel, ensuring high editorial and technical standards.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

Substantial experience in journalism (ideally three plus years), showing strong editorial judgement, storytelling, editing and scripting skills.
A dynamic presentation style that resonates with young audiences.
Experience in presenting for a youth audience and a good rapport with children.
Demonstrable knowledge of the audience, what affects their lives and how they access news.
Experience in making youth content for different platforms including TV and social media.
Ability to break youth-focussed stories and present them across BBC News outlets when required.

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.