Journalism Coordinator - Southampton

BBC Group and Public Services; Southampton; On-site; GBP 24,280 - 26,987; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Career progression opportunities

Training and development programs

25 days annual leave plus options to buy more

Defined pension scheme

Discounted health care and gym memberships

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Journalism Coordinator to join its dynamic team in Southampton. This part-time role involves overseeing the Saturday Breakfast programme, where creativity and collaboration are key. You will play a vital role in producing engaging radio content, originating stories, and ensuring a diverse representation of voices. Join a team that values innovation, inclusivity, and the power of storytelling to connect with audiences across multiple platforms. If you are passionate about radio and eager to make a difference, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in making radio content and audio storytelling.
• Ability to recognize storytelling opportunities on digital platforms.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the production and output of radio programmes.
• Edit audio and operate broadcast equipment as part of the team.

Skills

Audio Storytelling

Communication Skills

Creative Thinking

Team Collaboration

Job description

Journalism Coordinator - Southampton

Journalism

Permanent - Part Time

Southampton, GB, S01 0XR

BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST

Job Closing Date: 31/03/2025

THE ROLE

Job Reference: 21182
Band: B
Salary: £24,280 - £26,987 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 – Part time( 0.2 EFT)
Location: Office Base is Southampton

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.

Job Introduction

BBC Radio Solent is looking for a Journalism Coordinator to join its talented team at our studios in Southampton. This role will be a key part of the studio production team overseeing our Saturday Breakfast programme, which is shared with BBC Radio Berkshire and BBC Radio Oxford serving a TSA of more than three million people across five counties.

We’re looking for someone with high creative, collaborative and communication skills, with experience in making radio content and audio storytelling. As part of the Saturday breakfast team, you’ll help set the agenda on a Saturday morning and ensure we reflect the lives of all the counties’ residents in our content. You’ll have experience setting up and producing radio programmes, originating stories and creating audio content for digital platforms.

Main Responsibilities

A Journalism Coordinator will assist the production, preparation and output of the programmes, supporting a multiplatform approach. You will work as part of a programme team and the wider station in getting your programme to air and assist with studio technical duties and preparing content for our linear services and BBC Sounds. You’ll undertake a variety of production duties from editing audio and operating broadcast equipment to dealing with callers, contributors and guests. As part of the production team, you will also originate story ideas and audio treatments, set up guests, write scripts and provide research. You’ll also be confident on-air, as you may be required to write and deliver travel bulletins and other programme features.

Are you the right candidate?

• You’ll be an adaptable team player, brimming with ideas and creative treatments which will bring stories alive.
• You’ll have experience with audio storytelling, with an ability to recognise how stories could be told on digital platforms.
• You’ll understand how BBC Local’s content helps the BBC achieve its strategic aims.
• You will be keen to bring in new contributors, voices and guests - and really care about making your content reach a wide and diverse audience.
• You’ll be an excellent communicator, whether it be speaking on air or with callers to the programme.
• You’ll be aware of the aims of the wider BBC South news operation and be able to spot opportunities for your content when they arise.

This role is one day a week, on a Saturday. The contractual base will be BBC Radio Solent (Southampton).

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.

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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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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.