JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC News, Brasil
LOCATION: London, UK
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £42,000 - £46,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Closing date: 11:59 BST, 12 October 2025
PURPOSE OF ROLE
BBC News Brasil is seeking a Senior Journalist to join our award-winning London newsroom. You will play a key role in planning, producing, and coordinating impactful journalism in Portuguese for Brazilian audiences. This position requires editorial leadership, creativity, and a strong understanding of Brazilian issues. You'll help shape our coverage, ensure BBC standards, and collaborate with teams in London, São Paulo, and Brasília to deliver trusted, high-quality news across platforms.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
Joining BBC News Brasil means becoming part of a dynamic, multicultural newsroom with colleagues in London, São Paulo, and Brasília. You'll contribute to impactful journalism that informs and inspires millions, while benefiting from the BBC's global reputation for integrity and innovation. As part of the BBC World Service, you'll collaborate with talented professionals worldwide, develop your skills, and help shape the future of news for Brazilian audiences and beyond.
Your Key Responsibilities And Impact
* Generate original story ideas and angles that make BBC News Brasil's journalism stand out in the Brazilian market
* Ensure that all content produced complies with BBC values and editorial guidelines
* Edit and sub stories in text and scripts for video and audio
* React quickly to breaking news and help coordinate high-impact journalism across platforms (text, video, and audio)
* Contribute to planning BBC News Brasil's overall coverage, in close collaboration with teams in São Paulo and Brasilia
* Monitor audience metrics closely and help design strategies to grow reach and engagement
Essential Criteria
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
* At least 10 years of relevant experience in a digital news operation, with a proven track record of delivering high-impact journalism under tight deadlines and in special projects
* Experience coordinating teams, handling assignments, and subbing copy
* Strong understanding of audience analytics, with experience using data to inform editorial decisions and grow reach
* Demonstrated expertise in covering Brazilian issues, especially politics, economy, social issues, and health
* Fluency in Brazilian Portuguese, both written and spoken
* Full working proficiency in English
Desired But Not Required
* Experience in scriptwriting and directing for video and audio is a plus
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.
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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.