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JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC Nations, BBC South West Online
LOCATION: Jersey
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £28,000 - £33,000 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.
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.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
Join the South West digital team and produce content that serves audiences in Jersey, Guernsey, Devon, Cornwall, and the Isles of Scilly as well as national and international audiences, via the BBC News website and social media. This will primarily be a writing role with an emphasis on digital-first storytelling online and on social media platforms, but you will be expected to tell your stories across radio and TV too and you will be given the training to do that if needed.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
Are you a driven and passionate journalist who wants to help reach new audiences? The role requires someone who is keen to do more than just look for press releases – we want original ideas that help reflect the diverse audience in the South West, including the Channel Islands. You will work on news stories, features, and explainers. The ability to come up with creative treatments, gain great access to people at the heart of stories, and work collaboratively are essential.
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Your Key Responsibilities And Impact
- Producing and writing news content for the BBC website
- The ability to produce fast, accurate copy to tight deadlines
- Understanding how to use images, video, and headlines to enhance your copy and make it appealing to our audience
- Responsible for originating and producing stories for the BBC website which can also be used on TV and radio, as well as turning around content from wires and press releases
- Coming up with story and feature ideas which help us represent the many different sides of life in the region
Essential Criteria
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Substantial experience as a daily news journalist working on a newspaper, news website, news agency, or other newsroom
- Experience of writing tight, accurate, and impartial news stories to tight deadlines
- A good understanding of media law and the BBC’s editorial guidelines
- A good understanding of social media platforms both for sharing content and finding stories
- Experience of using social listening tools to find stories which are engaging our audience
Desired But Not Required
- Be familiar with social media in a news context and know how to make the most of various platforms to reach a range of audiences
- Understanding of SEO within a news context to help our stories reach the people most interested in and impacted by them
- An understanding of using audience analytics to inform our journalism
- A keen eye for strong imagery to make stories stand out online and be able to carry out basic photo editing
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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: bbchr@bbc.co.uk
We are unable to accept applications via CV and only applications made online will be considered. Please click on the APPLY NOW button to proceed with your application.
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.
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