Deputy Editor - Today

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Job summary

A leading media organisation seeks a Deputy Editor to join the Today team in London. The role involves managing editorial output, fostering creativity, and leading a diverse team to produce high-quality journalism. Candidates should have extensive experience in journalism, strong editorial judgment, and excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in high-profile journalism.
• Strong planning and prioritisation skills.
• Excellent communication across multimedia platforms.

Responsibilities

• Oversee output ensuring quality and compliance with BBC standards.
• Set and deliver editorial vision for all content.
• Coach and develop talent within the team.

Skills

Editorial awareness

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Planning and prioritisation

Creativity

Job description

We’re looking for a creative, highly experienced editorial leader to join the Today team. Today is unique. Its reach, ambition, range, and its importance to BBC News and to the wider BBC are without parallel. Its audience is large, influential and curious about the world.

Package Description

Salary: Up to £95,000 plus London Weighting, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract type: Permanent
Location: London

Job Introduction

You’ll be helping lead the team and working with some of the biggest names in news broadcasting. You will have the confidence and experience to handle anything from breaking news to producing news-making interviews and taking the programme on the road.

You will be central to the successful running of the team and will be a proven, thoughtful, and intelligent manager.

As Deputy Editor, you will work across any of Today’s output including podcasts, social media, and the Today Debates on Radio 4.

Main Responsibilities:

1. Oversee output while in session, ensuring all content meets the target areas' expectations for quality, as well as the BBC’s editorial and legal requirements, and that they are appropriate for the audience.
2. Set and deliver a clear editorial vision for all output and content, and communicate this vision to the teams.
3. Maximise the benefits of technology for our audiences.
4. Promote and reward collaboration, challenge attitudes or processes that block it, share resources, knowledge, ideas, and skills across the organisation, and build helpful, productive relationships within the BBC and outside.
5. Take responsibility for the programme rota, oversee appraisal, training, and staff support, and work with the Editor/Regional Editor to run the management team of Assistant Editors, ensuring management tasks are shared and programme priorities are managed effectively.
6. Coach others to build on strengths and improve weaknesses, provide and listen to regular, honest feedback, and help develop the BBC’s new leaders. Recruit and develop talent from diverse backgrounds.
7. Develop the strategy and agenda for the teams, communicate it effectively, and lead the team towards those goals.
8. Foster a productive employee relations environment, respond to challenges from staff, unions, and audiences.
9. Ensure health and safety policies are implemented, and appropriate safety training is provided. Ensure the team’s output complies with BBC guidelines on health and safety, diversity, and equal opportunities, and embraces new ways of working.

Are you the right Candidate?

1. Extensive experience and a proven track record in producing high-profile journalism, with area-specific expertise.
2. High editorial awareness and judgment aligned with BBC policy.
3. Excellence in broadcast and computer-based technology, staying current with developments.
4. Ability to foster creativity, promote considered risks, and be open to new approaches.
5. Strategic thinking skills, inspiring others and translating long-term goals into actionable short- and medium-term objectives.
6. Commitment to improving diversity and understanding how individual differences benefit the BBC.
7. Strong planning and prioritisation skills considering deadlines, staffing, budgets, and resources.
8. Excellent communication skills across all multimedia platforms and audiences.
9. Ability to manage personal effectiveness, emotions, and maintain motivation and energy under pressure.
10. Awareness of News Strategy implications related to diversity, audience reach, multi-skilling, and health and safety, with the ability to implement policies effectively.

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