Journalist - BBC Lancashire

Package Description

Job Reference:18213

Band:C

Salary: £27,300 - £40,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Contract type: Permanent role

Location: Office base is Blackburn - Radio Lancashire.

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, gym and much more.
  
  

If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process please contact the reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk.

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Job Introduction

BBC Lancashire is proud to serve an incredible area, and we reflect that pride through creatively serving our audience and making a difference to where we live. We’re committed to telling amazing stories from our communities, and bringing in new audiences through creating content which generates impact on air and on demand. This is a chance to be part of our friendly and talented team with a real can-do spirit. We’re looking for an experienced, versatile journalist to join the team. You’ll need to be hands on and have a passion for story-telling, with experience in breaking news, have a great news reading voice, production and digital journalism skills. You’ll need to be a motivated, multi-skilled journalist to help shape our content, focusing on bringing to life the stories that matter to our audience. We want a driven and passionate person who is keen to reach new audiences through our various platforms. You’ll know what audiences expect from different platforms and how to turn around a multi-platform story under a tight deadline. The role requires someone who will be keen to do more than just look for press releases – we want original and inclusive ideas that help reflect the diverse audience of the red rose county.

Main Responsibilities

We’re looking for a talented, creative and experienced journalist. You will be organised, meticulous and have sound editorial judgement, as well as being a great team player. You must have the ability to work under pressure; in a team and on your own and be prepared to work across the rota as needed. You’ll know the BBC Lancashire patch and understand the changing demands of our audiences, as well as understanding our diverse and underserved audiences. You should have a strong idea of what makes great content on all platforms and be enthusiastic about continuing to learn new skills.

• The ability to help us tell our stories on radio, TV, online and digitally.
• You will come up with original story ideas and creative treatments and carry out background research.
• There may be shifts which require news reading skills.
• You will have experience of responding to breaking news with the ability to summarise complex issues calmly and clearly under significant time pressure.
• Be comfortable reporting live from a studio or at an outside broadcast.
• Our journalists work with colleagues across BBC News and other parts of the corporation. We expect high quality writing skills and the highest standards of accuracy, impartiality and fair dealing in accordance with the BBC's Editorial values and the law.
• Our audience are using us 7 days a week so there’s an expectation of weekend work or early shifts.
  
  

Are you the right candidate?

• Have you got examples of your stories reaching new and existing audiences?
• We need people who match our ambition for our output.
• The role is demanding and we set high standards, but we also want to have fun.
• If you’re a journalist with plenty of ideas for brilliant storytelling then we want to hear from you.
• Do you have a strong broadcast voice? You will work on a wide range of stories with the audience at the heart of it.