Senior News Editor (Nolan, Podcasts and Special Events), BBC News NI

Journalism Permanent - Full Time Belfast, GB, BT2 8HQ BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST Job Closing Date: 27/11/2024

THE ROLE

Job ID: 018385

Salary: £65,000 – £80,000 per annum, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Band: F

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Belfast

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application.

Benefits

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

Job Introduction

Do you want to be a part of the Senior News Leadership Team at BBC News NI? Do you want to lead a team of journalists working on the award-winning Nolan Show on BBC Radio Ulster? Do you want to be at the helm of BBC News NI’s special events coverage of every significant news event in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland over the next few years? Do you want to drive our digital podcast expansion in BBC News NI, bringing new products to life in a rapidly changing news media landscape?

If the answer is ‘Yes’ to all those questions, and you have the necessary skills and qualities to back that ambition up, then we want to speak to you.

We are looking to recruit a new role of Senior News Editor (Nolan, Podcasts and Special Events) at BBC News NI. This is a new and exciting opportunity for an ambitious and creative senior editorial leader, with a sharp news sense, a can-do attitude, and a hunger to be successful in News at the BBC in Northern Ireland.

Main Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Head of News and Current Affairs, BBC Northern Ireland, the Senior News Editor (Nolan, Podcasts and Special Events) is a challenging and exciting new position.
• You will be the senior editorial leader with responsibility for ‘The Nolan Show’, BBC Northern Ireland’s award-winning weekday daily programme on BBC Radio Ulster, and other related content.
• You will also be the senior editorial lead with responsibility for expanding BBC News NI’s audio digital footprint, through new podcasts on BBC Sounds, with News at their very core.
• Deliver multiplatform coverage across Digital, Radio and Television of major news events and stories in Northern Ireland, the Irish Republic and further afield, as and when required.
• Drive and maintain the highest creative, legal and editorial standards, ensuring the delivery of original, authoritative and high-impact journalism for all our audiences.
• As part of the wider Senior Editor team in BBC News NI, deliver an efficient and effective deployment of people and resources, while being an open, collaborative, strategic, and visionary leader.
• Be a strong advocate for a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming Newsroom, ensuring impartiality is at the heart of our output.

Are you the right candidate?

You will have a strong track record in producing original and high-impact journalism on a multi-platform basis, as well as evidence of leading large news teams in a variety of scenarios. You will also have substantial experience in working on major stories and events, and a proven track record of sound news judgement which demonstrates an ability to deal with complex editorial issues in highly pressurised environments. Resilience, strong leadership, communication, negotiation, and inter-personal skills are essential, as is a strategic mindset and understanding of the radio, television and digital and social media news market.

About the BBC

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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.

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.