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Senior Journalist - Birmingham
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JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed-term, Part-time until 2 April 2027 (30 hours per week)
DEPARTMENT: Nations and Regions
LOCATION: Birmingham Mailbox
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £40,200 to £69,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge, and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
When much of the UK is asleep there is a thriving community of listeners who want to be kept informed and relish companionship, from key workers to people living alone. Stories that will shape the next day are already unfolding. Based in Birmingham we are looking for an exceptional Senior Broadcast Journalist to help lead and produce overnight programming across BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Nations, and BBC Local Radio.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
The BBC is one of the world's most respected media organisations, serving audiences with impartial journalism, creativity, and ambition. You will work alongside talented journalists while developing your career through industry-leading training and development. As a Senior Broadcast Journalist, you will play a key editorial role in planning and delivering overnight output across multiple networks and services.
Your Key Responsibilities And Impact
- Leading and producing live overnight radio programming on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday mornings.
- Making editorial decisions in a fast-moving news environment.
- Identifying and developing original stories and treatments.
- Responding confidently to breaking news and major events.
- Ensuring output meets BBC Editorial Guidelines and legal standards.
- Supporting and developing colleagues within the production team.
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Essential Criteria
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Understanding of how to get the best from a team and the presenter.
- Significant experience in broadcast journalism.
- Proven experience producing live radio or audio output.
- Strong editorial judgement and understanding of media law.
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to make calm and effective decisions under pressure. A strong commitment to fairness, accuracy, and impartiality.
Desired But Not Required
- Experience of producing Overnight live output.
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.
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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
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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.
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