Journalist (Radio Nottingham) - Extend

BBC Group and Public Services; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in broadcasting seeks a talented journalist to join their Radio Nottingham team. The role involves producing engaging audio content, collaborating across teams, and reaching new audiences. Applicants should demonstrate creativity, strong social media knowledge, and the ability to work in a fast-paced news environment.

Benefits

26 days annual leave

Flexible working options

Defined pension scheme

Discounted health care and gym

Qualifications

• Experience in producing audio content tailored for various platforms.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and manage long-form commissions.
• Excellent knowledge of audience engagement strategies.

Responsibilities

• Produce engaging audio content across various platforms.
• Collaborate with teams to identify and share relevant content.
• Engage target audiences with innovative ideas and formats.

Skills

Creativity

Social Media Knowledge

Content Production

Tools

BBC ViLOR broadcast desk

Open Media

dira! playout and editing software

Job description

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Journalist (Radio Nottingham) - Extend

Journalism

Fixed Term - Full Time

Nottingham, GB, NG2 4UU

BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST

Job Closing Date: 04/06/2025

THE ROLE

Contract: 6 months attachment/ Fixed Term contract; Full-Time
Location: Nottingham (Office based)
Band: C

Job Reference: 24068

Extend: EX2324

Salary: £27,300 - £35,000 pro rata depending 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. 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.

1. Excellent career progression– the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
2. Unrivalled training and development opportunities– our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
3. Benefits- We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days annual leave (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

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

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 the BBC Extend team via the shared mailbox .

The BBC are fully committed to providing workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers in the workplace 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.

BBC Radio Nottingham aims to set the agenda for our city and county and we’re looking for a talented, creative journalist to join our brilliant team. We give our audiences everything they need to know about life in Nottinghamshire combined with a big dose of entertainment and fun. We strive to reflect everything that’s great about Notts - from the buzzing city of Nottingham to the world famous Sherwood Forest. We pride ourselves on shining a light on what’s not quite right too – asking tough questions on behalf of our audiences and holding our local and national officials to account on the issues that matter.

You’ll be a journalist working across our audio output from our mid-morning show to content for BBC Sounds. You’ll love working across all our teams to identify content that we can share across our platforms and be full of ideas on how to collaborate with colleagues across the East Midlands and the wider BBC.

Main Responsibilities

We’re looking for a driven and passionate journalist who wants to help us reach new audiences with the content that matters to them. You’ll know who our target audiences are, and understand what they’re looking for both in digital and linear output. You will be full of creative ideas on how to engage those audiences in new and innovative ways. You’ll know how to turn content around to a tight deadline but be equally comfortable taking on a long term, long-form commission too. We’re looking for a journalist who enjoys working in a busy news environment, who can collaborate across multiple teams and feel at home with breaking news, human-interest stories and organising hold to account Hot Seat segments. You’ll also have an ability to produce a steady stream of your own original ideas.

Are you the right candidate?

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate creativity in producing audio content and have experience of producing output that can be tailored for publication in a variety of ways. You will also be able to forward plan and contribute to a strategy to maintain BBC Radio Nottingham as the number one station in its marketplace.

You will have an excellent knowledge of what works on social media across all platforms and how to use it to drive audiences to our brand. Confidence in using the BBC ViLOR broadcast desk; Open Media and dira! playout and editing software is desirable.

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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.

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