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JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC News
LOCATION: London
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £39,800 - £50,300 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.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
The Senior Journalist role on Curation is to help curate the front pages of the UK and international editions of the BBC News website and app - which are central to our efforts to grow our audience. You will play a key role in presenting and expertly promoting the most important stories and video of the day. You will have the opportunity to work on news and write, edit, sub and commission stories across all our digital platforms.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
Join the BBC News Curation team to play an integral role in shaping the front pages that are by far the most important places for readers to find our journalism. As a Senior Journalist on Curation, you’ll play a central role in our mission to grow and helping us deliver a front page that builds habit with a global audience.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:
• Work with the assistant editor to ensure we are presenting the most important stories and video of the day with the most compelling headlines and images
• Swiftly implement curation plans around breaking news
• Help editors and stakeholders to identify daily promotion priorities and drive a broad and compelling mix of content across the day
• Ensure curation decisions are informed by audience data and research
• Use curation insights to inform newsroom discussions about commissioning and promotion
• Apply curation best practice and contribute to its evolution
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
• Excellent editorial judgement with significant experience working with or in a curation team to execute digital promotion plans in a fast-paced news environment
• Proven experience in covering the UK and international news agenda and delivering insightful, high-quality journalism to digital audiences
• The ability to sift news material at speed and craft sharp headlines and identify the best pictures, while maintaining attention to accuracy, balance, context and tone
• Experience of making decisions under pressure while swiftly rolling out a digital coverage plan
• A track-record of using data to reach new audiences and drive habit
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.
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
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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
BBC Group and Public Services, Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, United Kingdom, W1A 1AA. BBC Studios Distribution Limited, company no: 01420028, registered address: 1 Television Centre, 101 Wood Lane, London, United Kingdom W12 7FA.
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