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JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: 12 month attachment/FTC, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC Nations
LOCATION: London - Hybrid
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: Up to £35,000 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.
EXTEND
This role is advertised as part of our BBC Extend programme for disabled people. To apply for this role you should identify as deaf, disabled or neurodivergent and must meet either the definition of disability in the Equality Act (2010), or the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) if applying in Northern Ireland. You’re broadly defined as disabled under both acts if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative or adverse effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. This definition includes both apparent and non-apparent conditions and impairments, and medical conditions such as Cancer, HIV or Multiple Sclerosis.
We are committed to making the process of applying for this role as accessible as possible. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the application process, or have any questions about our Extend programme, please contact extend@bbc.co.uk.
The BBC are fully committed to providing workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers in the workface that disabled people face. To do this, we have our own dedicated BBC Access and Disability Service that provides assessments and support throughout employment with us. If you are successful in applying for this role and require workplace adjustments, we will work with you to get your adjustments in place.
If you’d like more information on BBC Extend, please visit the BBC Extend webpage. (EXTEND code: EX2324).
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
This an opportunity to work in a friendly but busy newsroom working on stories about one of the world’s great cities, with its many and diverse communities. The successful Journalist will have the opportunity to work on original and diary stories producing - with training and expert help - lively, multi-platform content that often appears on the front page of the BBC News website and is read by millions of people every week.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
As BBC London Online Journalist you will be joining an award-winning newsroom where you will work alongside TV, radio and Social teams to create high quality multi-media content about the capital city for local and national indexes. You will be expected to not only work on big breaking news but also come up with your own original ideas that connects with Londoners. It’s a chance to build your Online skills and experience, and develop in other areas.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT
* To write sharp, accurate and engaging stories and also to have a keen awareness of still images, video and audio for the site
* This will include covering stories for news-led local and national indexes online as well as developing original stories and features.
* You will also develop index management and newsdesk skills as part of a team which co-ordinates online news coverage across the capital city.
* This role offers an opportunity to work with colleagues across London and the wider BBC News to provide the strongest news-led online output for local, national and international audiences
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE – KEY CRITERIA
• Substantial experience as a journalist in a daily newsroom environment
• Excellent news writing skills and an understanding of the power and limitations of an online medium
• A solid working knowledge of media law
• Demonstratable ability to consistently generate original ideas and turn them into engaging multimedia material
• An understanding of using social media as a newsgathering and promotional tool
* A knowledge of video and audio production skills
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.
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.
Information at a Glance
This is your BBC
At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world’s best loved content, and the BBC’s mission to inform, educate and entertain.
Find out more about the BBC
Life at BBC
Here you will benefit from:
• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pensionscheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.
Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis.
Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.
Candidate pack
You belong
We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.
Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.
Diversity, inclusion & belonging strategy
Disability confident
We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we’d be happy to discuss: reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk
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