Journalist, BBC Brasil

BBC Group and Public Services; London; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

BBC's World Service is seeking a bilingual Journalist for its team at BBC Brasil. The role involves creating impactful multimedia content while upholding high journalistic standards. Ideal candidates should possess fluency in Brazilian Portuguese, strong English skills, and proven experience in delivering high-quality journalism across platforms.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Great career progression opportunities

Comprehensive training and development

25 days annual leave

Defined pension scheme

Discounted health care and gym memberships

Qualifications

• Proven ability to handle complex stories with editorial integrity.
• Experience in producing long-form video content preferred.
• Ability to generate creative and original story ideas.

Responsibilities

• Write and deliver engaging news stories across multiple platforms.
• Supervise and sub-edit content to ensure accuracy and quality.
• Lead special projects and shape editorial direction.

Skills

Editorial judgment

Fluency in Portuguese

Strong English communication

Scripting for video production

Multimedia production

Job description

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Job Closing Date: 11.59 pm BST, 10th June 2025

THE ROLE

Package Description

Job Reference: 23971

Band: C

Salary: £27,300 - £37,300, 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: Office Base is London

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.

Freelancers are eligible to apply for an internal role if they are on a Worker Contract and they have worked continuously for 6 months. If they have worked for less than 6 months continuously or have a break of 3 weeks or more between engagements, they must seek Divisional HR approval to apply for an internal role prior to submitting an application.


• 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 muchmore .

The BBC World Service is one of the world’s most respected and trusted international broadcasters, reaching over 320 million people weekly across TV, radio, and digital platforms. BBC Brasil is a key part of this network, offering world-class journalism to Portuguese-speaking audiences in Brazil and beyond.

BBC Brasil produces high-quality, multimedia content — from compelling text articles to dynamic video and audio — distributed via its digital platforms and trusted media partners. With an audience of around 20 million monthly users, we play a vital role in shaping informed global conversation in Portuguese.

We are now looking for a bilingual Journalist to join our team — someone with a strong editorial voice, excellent journalistic judgment, and a proven track record in creating high-impact, original content across platforms.

Main Responsibilities

As a Journalist at BBC Brasil, you’ll contribute directly to the creation and delivery of news and current affairs content, with a particular focus on impactful storytelling and multimedia journalism.

Key responsibilities will include:

Originate, research, write, assemble, and deliver engaging stories across platforms — including text, video, and audio — to the highest journalistic standards.

Exercise editorial judgment to produce impartial, accurate, and balanced journalism, often under pressure and tight deadlines.

Lead on special projects or investigations and help shape editorial direction within the team.

Occasionally supervise and sub-edit content from colleagues and freelancers, ensuring linguistic, factual, and stylistic accuracy.

Liaise with other BBC teams to ensure efficiency, collaboration, and the sharing of output and ideas.

Create platform-specific content and tailor treatments to different audiences, from in-depth explainers to shareable videos.

Occasionally present content live or recorded on video, audio, or digital platforms.

Help guide production planning and resource allocation, contributing to team development and newsroom efficiency.

Promote and uphold BBC editorial values, policies, and diversity standards at all times.

Are you the right candidate?

We’re looking for someone who combines creative flair with editorial rigour. You should be passionate about storytelling, confident working across formats, and capable of producing original journalism that resonates with audiences in Brazil and beyond.

• Full fluency in Brazilian Portuguese, both written and spoken, and strong English communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience delivering high-impact, original journalism, ideally including investigative or exclusive reporting.
• Proven ability to handle complex and high-stakes stories — especially in areas such as politics, economics, and the environment — with editorial integrity
• Proven experience in scripting for video production
• Comprehensive knowledge of the video production process, particularly for digital content
• Experience in producing long-form video content is an advantage
• Experience producing content across multiple formats: text, video, audio, or all of the above.
• Ability to generate creative and original story ideas consistently.
• Strong skills in writing headlines and scripts that are impactful, impartial, and audience-appropriate.
• Experience sub-editing and coordinating journalistic assignments, with knowledge of BBC editorial policies.
• Ability to perform live on video with accuracy and professionalism.
• Multimedia production experience, including filming and editing, is a strong plus.

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.

We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviourshere .

Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

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.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please clickhere .

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.

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.

BBC Group and Public Services, Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, United Kingdom, W1A 1AA. BBC Studios Distribution Limited, company no: 01420028, registered address: 1 Television Centre, 101 Wood Lane, London, United Kingdom W12 7FA.