Journalist - (south online)

Job Introduction

We are looking for a driven and passionate journalist who wants to help reach new audiences with the news that matters to them. You’ll be a digital journalist who knows what online audiences expect and know how to turn around clean copy under tight deadlines. The role requires someone who will be keen to do more than just look for press releases – we want original journalism that helps reflect the diverse audience that lives in the BBC South region.

There would be a brief writing test as part of any interview.

Main Responsibilities

Producing news content for the BBC website and social media accounts for the South of England and beyond

• Responsible for originating and producing stories for the BBC website which can also be used on other outlets.
• Come up with investigation and feature ideas that help us represent the many different sides of life in the South of England.
• To tailor different news treatments for different audiences ensuring that the output reflects the audiences we serve.
• Use social and video to help your journalism travel further either on your own or working with our video specialists.
• Delivering to tight deadlines while maintaining the highest editorial standards.
• The role requires occasional weekend working.

Are you the right candidate?

The ideal candidate will meet the following criteria;

• Able to write clean, accurate and concise copy with quick turn around times, for publication on the BBC website.
• Be familiar with social media in a news context and know how to make the most of various platforms to reach a range of audiences
• Understanding of SEO within a news context to help our stories reach the people most interested in and impacted by them.
• Comfortable with creating video content for social platforms, particularly aimed at younger and female audiences
• Able to do basic photo editing on software such as Photoshop Elements.

About the BBC

We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below.

Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality, social background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here

Package Description

Band: C

Contract: Fixed Term Full Time Contract (6 months)

Location: Oxford

You are eligible to apply for an internal role if you are either on a BBC Continuing (Permanent) contract, a BBC Fixed Term contract, a casual contract or freelance contract and you have worked continuously for 6 months.

Only internal staff are eligible to apply for the role on an attachment basis. You need to be on a continuing (permanent) or fixed-term contract. You need to have worked for the BBC for more than one year and will also need permission from your line manager. You can find out more on our attachments page.

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

• Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
• Benefits - We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days holiday with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

Please note that the application process will require you to upload a CV and complete the online questionnaire(s). There is no requirement to attach a covering letter or complete the additional careers hub fields (Personal Statement/Skills/Portfolio sections).

The BBC is keen to continue to ensure the safety and wellbeing of people across our sites. Until further notice, all assessments and interviews will be conducted remotely. For more information go to https://www.bbc.co.uk/careers/

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