Journalism Researcher (Audio) 1
Publicerad 2024-12-30
Package Description
Job Reference: 20742 Band: B Salary: Up to £30,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. Contract type: There are two Fixed Term Contracts available: 1 x FTC to 12/09/2025 1 x FTC to 11/07/2025 Location: Salford Please Note: Interviews are expected to take place 22nd and 23rd January 2025
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 . . You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to our candidate pack. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process please contact the k. For any general queries, please contact: k.
Job Introduction
Do you have a demonstrable passion for making radio, podcasts and digital material? Are you ready to work in a team that covers some of the world’s biggest sporting events? And do you love sport? If so we could have the ideal junior role for you to learn about how to produce award winning live coverage and podcasts.
For a century, the BBC has been synonymous with covering the biggest sporting events and reporting on the stories that matter. It’s why sports audiences come to the BBC in bigger numbers than anyone else – on TV, radio and digital. From World Cups to the Olympics, Premier League football to Wimbledon, our teams produce world-class content for audiences every single day.
Radio 5 Live is BBC Radio’s home of breaking news and live sports coverage, bringing its audience major news stories and sports events as they happen, along with programming designed to inform, entertain and involve.
In this role you’ll work collaboratively with colleagues in the team and across the wider BBC to help deliver agenda-setting sport journalism to audiences across the BBC.
Main Responsibilities
You’ll have the opportunity to work on our audio coverage of Premier League, WSL, European Club football and the major men’s and women’s international tournaments. Six Nations rugby, Grand Slam tennis and golf Majors are also likely to feature. When it comes to making podcasts you’ll be vital to the team that produces the Football Daily and other sporting podcasts among the biggest in the industry. You’ll need to show a passion for sport and learn how to edit audio. You will need to communicate effectively with reporters and producers and work closely with the production team before, during and after the production of output. You’ll be expected to come up with ideas, stories and treatments for programmes and digital platforms as well as contributing to the creative treatment of an item or programme. You may be asked to support the production of a specific sport throughout the year your contract, working closely with the whole 5 Live Sport team. Delivering to tight deadlines while maintaining high editorial standards is part of the job. You will be able to work flexibly to deliver live sport programmes from around the world and throughout the day and night. At all times you will carry out duties in accordance with the BBC health and safety policy. Production and editorial guidance will be offered across platforms.
Are you the right candidate?
You will:
Have a proven record of contributing ideas for programmes, items and new treatments. Be a team player and ready to learn. Mindset is important: we want enthusiasm, ideas and creativity. Have demonstrable experience in radio or online journalism, including the ability to identify key ideas, debates and issues within sport. Have a proven ability to work well within a team as well as on own initiative. Have a proven ability Able to build and maintain effective working relationships with a range of people. Have an understanding of how individual differences can benefit the BBC and a commitment to improving diversity in the BBC. Have effective planning and organising skills, delivering consistently to deadlines and reacting positively to changes and conflicting priorities. Have a proven ability to locate relevant sources of information, contributors, guests and other assets using initiative, perseverance and persuasion and an extensive contact base. You will have the ability to establish rapport quickly with a wide range of people within and outside the BBC.
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
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.
