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Researcher, BBC Sport +

Publicerad 2024-12-12

Package Description

Job Ref: 19709

  • Band: B
  • Location: Office Base is Salford. This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working.
  • Salary: Up to £31,500 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
  • Contract type: Fixed term contract until 20/03/2026

    • Please note: Due to availability over the festive period, this role will be shortlisted in the New Year and Interviews are anticipated to be held week commencing 20th January 2025. You will hear the outcome of your application in early January.


    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 .


    • If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process please contact . For any general queries, please contact: .

    Job Introductions

    The Sport+ team deliver projects which drive audience growth on iPlayer, Sounds and BBC Sport digital platforms. The content is audience-driven, high-quality long and mid form storytelling which is sport focussed – and which entertains & provides insight.

    We are looking for a Sport+ Researcher to help develop and deliver compelling long and mid form projects. The successful candidate will be passionate about sport and have great communication skills. They will have sound judgement and an instinct for stories and content that resonates with audiences, as well as possessing key skills in researching archive and contributors.

    Sport+ aims to give sport audiences content which keeps them on BBC platforms for longer and makes them feel they get more value from BBC. The Sport+ researcher will be a crucial part of that team.

    Main Responsibilities

  • The Researcher for Sport+ Longform will be involved in planning and development meetings with Editorial Leads, providing in-depth research on projects and assisting with creative treatments.
  • They will source and clear archive and stills from a variety of UK and International copyright holders and governing bodies. This includes making contact, negotiating rates, accurately communicating necessary rights/ terms/ territories, ensuring the material arrives in time and in the correct format, declaring final usage and proofreading license agreements before signature.
  • They will keep an accurate record of quotes and regularly update the Producer and Production Manager with archive costs. 
  • They will maintain an up to date record of copyright contacts.
  •  The role will also require taking on multi-platform responsibility to ensure Sport+ Longform content is easily available to all platforms.
  • As the Researcher for Sport+ Longform, the successful candidate will support the team in the week-to-week planning, setting up and in-depth research of Sport+ Longform projects.
  • They will help generate ideas, stories and contribute to the creative treatments.

    • Are you the right candidate?

  • The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of sourcing and clearing archive.
  • Multiplatform experience is essential, as well as a strong interest in and knowledge of Sport.
  • Knowledge of Dalet is desirable but training will be provided. 
  • The ideal candidate will be able to juggle multiple projects simultaneously, working with different Producers and conflicting deadlines. 
  • You have a proven track record of generating ideas, new treatments + stories for the digital/linear space specifically targeting an audience under 35 and an awareness of the digital landscape, content and contributors/guests/talent.
  • You will have experience in research in television, radio, print journalism or interactive and the ability to identify key ideas, debates and issues within the field.
  • You will have a proven track record of contributing ideas and locating relevant sources of information, contributors and guests using initiative, perseverance and persuasion.

    • 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.

    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.

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