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Language Log in to Profile BBC Employee Login CREATE JOB ALERT Business Correspondent (Nations & Regions), BBC Northern Ireland - EXTEND Job Description Job Requisition ID: 24243 Job Closing Date: 29/06/2025
JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: E
CONTRACT TYPE: Attachment / Fixed-term Contract, Full-time until Thursday 30th April 2026. This role is a full-time day shift pattern with flexibility expected for output and can be offered as either a four day week or a five day week.
DEPARTMENT: BBC Nations, News Content
LOCATION: Belfast
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £51,000 - £61,833 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 contactextend@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 theBBC Extend webpage. (EXTEND code: EX2324).
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
BBC News NI has transformed its news operation to make it future fit in a rapidly changing and diversifying news media climate, with digital at its heart. We’re looking for a Business Correspondent who can be part of this change and help drive content with a digital focus, as well as across TV and radio. They will work as part of the News Content team and alongside the Economics and Business Editor to deliver strong and authoritative journalism. They will work closely with the Digital News team to target opportunity audiences that aren’t usually reflected across BBC NI News. They will provide comprehensive coverage of business and economic issues in Northern Ireland and have an in depth knowledge of issues arising from this specialist area.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
Joining the Belfast newsroom offers the chance to operate and grow in a busy and fast-paced news environment. Your work will help inform public understanding, drive important conversations across platforms, and make a real impact. It’s a dynamic environment where your voice matters and your decisions will really shape the content we offer to our audiences.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:
* To generate original stories that reflect business issues with a focus on delivering first for Digital.
* To provide content across platforms and work closely with the News Content team to rollout stories in a way that best suits the audience.
* To advise and direct on both breaking and developing stories and provide briefings to that team and Editor, News Content and Network News.
* To build relationships across output to ensure material is delivered to the highest editorial standards.
* Strong editorial judgement, in depth legal knowledge and a thorough understanding of the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines.
* A strong contacts base to ensure BBC NI News is ahead of its competitors in covering business and economic issues.
* Able to analyse and interpret information in order to assess its relative value and importance to the news agenda.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
* Extensive experience of delivering original and impactful content across platforms.
* A track record in working in a Digital first way to break and rollout stories.
* In depth knowledge of business and economic issues and how they impact across communities in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and the UK.
* Able to deal with complex editorial issues calmly and professionally in a pressurised environment.
* Ability to develop exclusive sources of information which deliver stories and enable authoritative and impactful journalism.
DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:
* Ability to function effectively and independently in the field.
* A proven track record of sound news judgement and editorial understanding.
* Evidence of driving original impactful journalism.
* Ability to use new and emerging technologies and embrace new ways of working.
* Values other people and helps create a culture that’s diverse and inclusive.
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.
For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk
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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• 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.
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