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JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: 12-month contract
DEPARTMENT: East News
LOCATION: Cambridge – Office based
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £41,200 - £54,500 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
Long Description
This is a crucial role and you’ll lead our political coverage in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough across all our platforms. Your reporting and analysis will help shape and influence public debate. Your judgement and interpretation of political stories will guide our audiences through often complex and confusing issues. You will demonstrate the highest levels of integrity and impartiality at all times.
The task is to look beyond the daily news agenda and use your political expertise and contacts to generate original journalism and analysis, find the next story or develop a new angle for the BBC. The primary editorial focus will be reacting to breaking political stories and also setting the agenda with exclusives.
As part of the wider East News team, you will also be part of the political reporting team covering the region, also making regular contributions to the Politics East programme.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
This is a unique opportunity for a journalist with exceptional editorial judgment, integrity, and a deep understanding of political storytelling. Your insight will help guide public debate and deliver high-quality journalism that informs, engages, and resonates across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and beyond.
We’re looking for a political senior journalist reporter to join our Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Local Story Team, based in Cambridge.The ideal candidate will be brimming with ideas for political coverage, have great contacts and deliver insightful and impact content across online, digital, radio and television. Working as part of the local story team, the role will involve working to deliver daily story targets and ensure the best political stories are covered in depth.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:
* Meet the highest journalistic standards and fully observe the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines at all times - with impartiality at the very centre of the role.
* Ensure that output reflects all our communities - a commitment to diversity of representation, portrayal and thought.
* Use all formats and platforms available to tell the story in the most appropriate way - with a particular focus on reaching underserved and difficult to reach audiences.
* Demonstrate an ability to work within a team; make a positive contribution to a culture of integrity and co-operation.
* Exploit our digital space to ensure that audiences have a digital first offer of trusted news and analysis.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
* Significant track record in journalism with an evidence of editorial judgement under pressure.
* Demonstrate a commitment to impartiality and be able to articulate the differences between impartiality, balance and professional judgement.
* Build and maintain effective working relationships with a range of people. Works with others to be part of a team.
* Know different BBC platforms/services and their audiences, with a particular focus on serving digital and underserved audiences.
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
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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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