Your Key Responsibilities And Impact

• Maintain a detailed understanding of the domestic and international business news agenda.
• Chair editorial meetings and demonstrate strong news judgement while bringing out the best in colleagues.
• Lead the daily production team and provide clear editorial guidance to journalists on shift.
• Draw up running orders for three distinct strands of BBC business output and select stories that suit each programme’s audience and tone.
• Studio produce Wake Up To Money and the Today business segments, making rapid editorial decisions and communicating clearly with presenters and colleagues in London.
• Develop original stories and secure agenda-setting guests by maintaining rolling bids with major UK businesses. Ensure diversity in story selection, guest booking, and editorial approach.
• Attend daily departmental news meetings, contributing ideas and gathering key information. Maintain strong communication with presenters, the Money and Work department, and the Today team in London.
• Develop ideas for outside broadcasts and lead the planning and production when programmes go on the road.

Essential Criteria

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Extensive journalism experience with strong news judgement.
• Deep understanding of business, economics, and global affairs and how the UK economy works.
• Experienced in output editing live programmes and supporting high performing production teams, including guiding junior colleagues. Clear, effective communicator skilled at processing complex information, briefing presenters, and leading editorial meetings.
• Proven ability to respond rapidly to breaking news, reshape running orders, and make fast, sound editorial decisions.
• Strong grasp of the BBC’s editorial guidelines and confidence presenting ideas to senior stakeholders.

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.