Senior News Editor, East Yorks & Lincs

BBC; Hull and East Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 67,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading broadcasting corporation is seeking a Senior News Editor in Hull to oversee a multi-platform news operation. You will lead a dynamic editorial team, ensuring high-quality journalism that serves diverse audiences. The ideal candidate will have proven leadership skills, a track record in creative content development, and the ability to adapt to changing audience needs. Join us in shaping the future of local news.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams in complex environments.
• Capability to inspire and drive performance.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.
• First-rate editorial judgement with original journalism.
• Ability to adapt to ongoing business change.

Responsibilities

• Lead news output across all platforms including Online, TV, and social.
• Manage and motivate production teams to deliver creative content.
• Promote a collaborative team culture focused on audience value.
• Ensure audience data guides story choices and production.
• Collaborate with leaders to develop engaging local content.

Skills

Leadership

Communication skills

Multi-platform production

Editorial judgement

Collaboration

Job description

Job Details

JOB BAND: F
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC Local
LOCATION: Hull
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £67,000 – £90,000 per annum 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. 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.

Purpose of the Role

BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire is one of the 12 regions making up BBC Local in England. Here, we cover the cities of Hull and Lincoln and a great section of the east coast of England, from the proud city folk of the Humber to seaside folk in Skegness to the rural Yorkshire wolds. It’s a diverse and vibrant area full of community spirit and local pride. Our multiplatform newsroom needs a dynamic leader with a great understanding of the area to oversee our daily editorial. We are looking for a Senior News Editor to lead our news output across all platforms. This role oversees our news operation across Online, TV, radio, on demand and social and is responsible for guiding the team to meet annual audience targets. The Senior News Editor is based primarily in Hull and works to the Senior Head of the Yorkshire & Lincs region, Katrina Bunker. They oversee a large team of journalists and producers working in our bases and out in our communities in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire to deliver high quality content and engaging journalism.

Why Join the Team

This is a pivotal leadership role with a creative and dedicated team. Our online growth over the last couple of years has been exceptional and our flagship 1830 programme is one of the most distinctive and popular in England.
We have spent the last two years transforming our services to make them fit for the future. However, wherever licence fee payers consume us, live or on demand, we want to be there for them with the objective we reach at least 50% of audiences across the region every single week. You will get the opportunity to continue to drive that change and innovation – helping to ensure the BBC continues to serve audiences wherever they are.

Your Key Responsibilities and Impact

• The Senior News Editor is responsible for an integrated, multi‑media news operation spanning bases in Hull and Lincoln. You will set the standard when it comes to promoting and embracing a collaborative team culture focused on delivering value to all audiences across our platforms.
• In this role, you will ensure the delivery of outstanding, distinctive journalism when and where the audience wants it – across online/mobile, on demand, TV, radio and social. We want the BBC to serve new and existing audiences and grow new habits across live and on‑demand services. You will lead a process of continuous change to embed a culture where all news teams work together as one for the benefit of our audiences.
• You will manage and motivate production teams across multiple sites to deliver creative and innovative content, ensuring that programmes and content meet their audience objectives whilst driving improvements in the diversity of the workforce to ensure the full diversity of local life and communities is reflected on air.
• You will work closely with the Senior Head of Content Production, the Leeds Senior News Editor and audio Executive Editors as part of a multi‑media leadership team within the region and act as an ambassador for the BBC. You will collaborate with other leaders to develop and deliver content that engages local audiences across multiple local broadcast areas, striving to ensure that the audio and news teams work effectively together in partnership.
• You will ensure audience data and insights are at the heart of story choices and treatment and that innovation and visual storytelling help shape the output on a daily basis.

Your Skills and Experience

Essential Criteria

• You will be an experienced leader with a track record of inspiring teams, establishing positive and engaged cultures, and driving performance in complex environments.
• To succeed in this role, you will need the ability to adapt to ongoing business change and help others to do so. You will have the capability to provide inspirational leadership, support career development and talent retention and act as a role model to your teams and colleagues.
• You should have experience of multi‑platform production models, with the ability to look ahead and develop creative content in response to changing audience consumption patterns.
• You will have excellent communication and influencing skills with experience in managing complex relationships and ensuring outcomes are met through a culture of collaboration, dialogue and engagement across all levels.
• You should be able to demonstrate first‑rate editorial judgement with experience of supporting the delivery of high impact and original journalism, taking challenging editorial decisions, assessing risk and dealing with matters of legal sensitivity under pressure.

Desired but Not Required

• Experience leading large, multi‑site operations within a broadcast or digital news context.
• Experience embedding data‑led and insight‑driven editorial decision‑making.
• Experience of working closely with audio or radio teams in a multi‑platform environment.

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.

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