Researcher - Extend

Package Description

Contract : 1 x 6 month Fixed Term contract / Attachment
Location : Glasgow 
Band : B

Job Reference:  19612

Extend: EX2324

Salary : £25,000 - £29,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. 

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.

1.  Excellent career progression  – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
2. Unrivalled training and development opportunities  – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
3. Benefits - We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days annual leave (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

Extend Role

This role is advertised as part of our for disabled people. To apply for this role you should identify as deaf, disabled or neurodivergent and must meet either: , or the definition of disability in the . 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 . 

The BBC are fully committed to providing workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers in the workplace 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.

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Job Introduction

Do you love live speech radio? Do you enjoy keeping an eye on what’s going on in Westminster just as much as also knowing which Kardashian is rumoured be having a baby?

We are looking for 1 x 6 month FTC researcher based in Glasgow working on Mornings with Kaye Adams and Stephen Jardine which broadcasts Monday-Friday, 09:00-12:00. This is a flagship programme for BBC Radio Scotland and requires individuals to be bursting with ambition, motivation and enthusiasm to ensure the output is imaginative, ambitious and compelling.

No morning will be the same, and that’s just the morning….one moment you’ll be working to find an alpaca to come into the studio with Kaye to the next when you’ll be preparing a brief for a phone-in with the First Minister.

The joy of the Mornings programme is that we’re not tied to the news agenda – we talk about the things that you and your best friend are talking about. And we do that by booking THE most interesting and entertaining people to speak to our presenters therefore we are looking for someone with a thirst for finding those people and putting them behind a mic.

Main Responsibilities

As a Researcher, some of your responsibilities will include:

Are you the right candidate?

You will have: 

About the BBC

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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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