Journalist, Jersey - EXTEND

BBC Group and Public Services; St Helier; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

The BBC Group and Public Services in Jersey is seeking a driven journalist to join the South West digital team, producing online news content for the BBC News website and social platforms.

This role emphasizes digital-first storytelling and requires the ability to adapt stories for radio and television, with training provided if needed. Collaboration and originality are valued to reach diverse audiences.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience as a daily news journalist or equivalent in a newsroom.
• Experience writing tight, accurate, impartial news stories under deadlines.
• Good understanding of media law and BBC editorial guidelines.
• Familiar with social media for sourcing stories and sharing content.
• Familiar with using social listening tools to identify engaging stories.

Responsibilities

• Producing and writing news content for the BBC website.
• Produce fast, accurate copy to tight deadlines.
• Use images, video and headlines to enhance copy for the audience.
• Originating and producing stories for BBC website, also usable on TV/Radio.
• Generate story ideas to reflect life in the region.

Skills

News writing

Editorial guidelines

Media law

Social media

Tools

Social listening tools

Job description

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JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC Nations, BBC South West Online
LOCATION: Jersey
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £28,000 - £33,000depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage

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.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Join the South West digital team and produce content that serves audiences in Jersey, Guernsey, Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly as well as national and international audiences, via the BBC News website and social media. This will primarily be a writing role with an emphasis on digital-first storytelling online and on social media platforms, but you will be expected to tell your stories across radio and TV too and you will be given the training to do that if needed.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM
Are you a driven and passionate journalist who wants to help reach new audiences? The role requires someone who is keen to do more than just look for press releases – we want original ideas that help reflect the diverse audience in the South West, including the Channel Islands. You will work on news stories, features and explainers. The ability to come up with creative treatments, gain great access to people at the heart of stories and work collaboratively are essential.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• Producing and writing news content for the BBC website
• The ability to produce fast, accurate copy to tight deadlines
• Understanding how to use images, video and headlines to enhance your copy and make it appealing to our audience
• Responsible for originating and producing stories for the BBC website which can also be used on TV and radio, as well as turning around content from wires and press releases
• Coming up with story and feature ideas which help us represent the many different sides of life in the region

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Substantial experience as a daily news journalist working on a newspaper, news website, news agency or other newsroom
• Experience of writing tight, accurate and impartial news stories to tight deadlines
• A good understanding of media law and the BBC’s editorial guidelines
• A good understanding of social media platforms both for sharing content and finding stories
• Experience of using social listening tools to find stories which are engaging our audience

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

• Be familiar with social media in a news context and know how to make the most of various platforms to reach a range of audiences
• Understanding of SEO within a news context to help our stories reach the people most interested in and impacted by them
• An understanding of using audience analytics to inform our journalism
• A keen eye for strong imagery to make stories stand out online and be able carry out basic photo editing
• 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.

We are committed to making the process of applying for this role as accessible as possible. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the application process, or have any questions about our Extend programme, please contact [e-mail] .

The BBC are fully committed to providing workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers in the workface that disabled people face. To do this, we have our own dedicated BBC Access and Disability Service that provides assessments and support throughout employment with us. If you are successful in applying for this role and require workplace adjustments, we will work with you to get your adjustments in place.

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 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.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

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.

Information at a Glance

This is your BBC

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Life at BBC

Here you will benefit from:
Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pensionscheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
Excellent career and professional development.
Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
A values‑based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis or on an orchestra conditions contract.

Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.

Candidate pack

You belong

We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.

Diversity, inclusion & belonging strategy

Disability confident

We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we’d be happy to discuss: [e-mail]

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.