Journalism Coordinator, Bristol

BBC; Bristol; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading public broadcaster is seeking a team member for its Radio Bristol division. The role involves presenting live travel bulletins, managing events, and collaborating with guests. You will need strong technical knowledge of live radio operations and excellent organization skills. Preference for candidates with the ability to work flexible hours, including weekends, to support a dynamic broadcasting schedule.

Benefits

Excellent career progression

Unrivalled training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Ability to write scripts and present live on air.
• Experience in sourcing guests under pressure.
• Good knowledge of running events safely.

Responsibilities

• Present Travel Bulletins live on air.
• Help run live events and edit audio for broadcast.
• Sourcing guests while a show is on air.

Skills

Knowledge of live radio studio operations

Ability to source guests

Excellent organization skills

Technical expertise in event running

Tools

Open Media

Dira

Bionic

Job description

Overview

JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: B
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent Part-time (0.8 EFT/ 28 hours per week )
DEPARTMENT: BBC RADIO BRISTOL
LOCATION: Bristol
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: Include salary range including currency icon e.g. £24,800 - £33,400 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Please note this role is to work on live radio shows in the studio and on live events so working from home is not possible.

Purpose of the role

Join the BBC Radio Bristol team and work on exciting programmes like the Joe Sims Breakfast Show, helping them put the show together and be involved in live outputting of the programme. You will have ideas for what to do on the programme that day, find and set up guests, record and edit audio, read travel reports on air and have the technical ability to share our best bits with other BBC platforms. This role will also focus on putting on events in our communities. It will require some weekend working and a good knowledge of how to run events safely.

Why join the team

Join an energetic and fun team striving to reach new audiences across Bristol and beyond. Live radio is a buzz and fast moving. It’s a rewarding role, whether you’re putting a smile on listeners’ faces or tackling the issues that make a difference to the way people live their lives or finding new audiences. You’ll be part of the team working on outside events and work alongside the online and TV newsroom. 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.

Your Key Responsibilities And Impact

• Ability to work flexibly across a range of shift times and days – some shifts start at 6am, others don’t finish til 10pm. Ability to work to a rota across a 7 day a week broadcasting schedule, so you work 4 x 8 hour days including a lunchbreak. Rota is published 5 weeks in advance, locked at 2 weeks.
• Writing and presenting Travel Bulletins live on air as well as talking confidently on air with the presenter
• Ability to help run live events
• Editing and processing audio from all platforms for broadcast and sharing radio material with all BBC outlets
• Sourcing guests to a deadline while a radio show is on air
• Understanding of legal media law and BBC Producer Guidelines where relevant to live radio

Essential Criteria

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• A good knowledge of how to run events including technical expertise, branding and safety.
• Ability to write scripts for and to present Travel Bulletins live on air under pressure and talk to presenter on air as required.
• Technical knowledge of live radio studio operations. Including use of Open Media, Dira and Bionic and the ability to edit material from all platforms for broadcast.
• Excellent organisation and people skills when dealing with callers and members of the public.
• Ability to source guests to a deadline while a radio show is on air.

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

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Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC 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.