Journalist, BBC Selkirk - EXTEND

ENGINEERINGUK; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000

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Job Reference: 21854
Band: C
Salary: £28,000 - £38,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract type: 1 x Permanent
Location: Office Base is Selkirk. This role is office based, with work out in the field.

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 negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.

If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process please contact [e-mail]. For any general queries, please contact: [e-mail].

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Job Introduction

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 contact the BBC Extend team.

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 the BBC Extend webpage.

Job Responsibilities

• Originating and producing stories for BBC Radio Scotland local Selkirk bulletins. You will also be responsible for compiling and broadcasting these bulletins for both radio and smart speaker.
• Originating, researching and producing stories that may travel to a wider BBC Scotland audience on radio / online / digital or TV.
• Using a range of audiovisual equipment to go and gather material including interviews on stories for radio, online and TV bulletins where necessary. You may be working in the office or in the field to gather stories.
• Exercising editorial judgement in developing story ideas and producing fair, accurate, balanced and impartial journalism.
• Excellent communication skills to work within the BBC Selkirk team, but also with colleagues throughout BBC Scotland including online journalists, newsroom reporters, correspondents and editors.
• Delivering work to tight deadlines while maintaining high editorial standards.
• Carry out duties at all time in accordance with the BBC's Health and Safety Policy and Editorial Guidelines.

Are you the right person?

• Have significant experience as a journalist, ideally with a good knowledge of the local area.
• Be a self-starter who knows a good story and how to tell it.
• Have effective planning and organisational skills, including the ability to work to deadlines and react positively to changes and conflicting priorities.
• Demonstrate sound editorial decisions based on a clear understanding of the BBC's distinctive news agenda, and the requirements of news and current affairs.
• You will have demonstrable experience of embracing technology, adopting new skills and adapting to the changing demands of a digital working environment.
• News reading experience is encouraged.
• The successful candidate must be able to drive.

About the BBC

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons 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.

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, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

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