Journalism Coordinator (Dorset) in Dorchester

CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed Term contract until 29th Jan 2027; Full-time

DEPARTMENT: BBC Radio Solent

LOCATION: Dorchester - Office-based

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £25,100 - £28,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

BBC Radio Solent is looking for a creative and dynamic Journalism Coordinator to join our talented Dorset team which reflects life here today to an audience of two million people. You will be a key member of our Dorchester studio production team, working on our Dorset Breakfast show. You’ll be a collaborative team player, with a passion for storytelling, upholding high production values, and have excellent communication skills.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

A critical member of our studio production teams, you’ll work with our extremely talented producers, journalists and presenter/producers to help curate our output, ensure we’re ready for air, and that our output is the best it can be. You’ll be working in state-of-art visualised studios, where your passion for storytelling and what’s happening locally, will see your content showcased and celebrated across not just the output, but all our publishing platforms.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• As a Journalism Coordinator, you will assist the production, preparation and output of our programmes, supporting a multiplatform approach.
• You will work as part of a programme team and the wider-station team to get your programme to air and assist with studio duties.
• You will offer story ideas and audio treatments, set up guests, write scripts and provide research.
• You’ll undertake a variety of production duties from editing audio and operating broadcast equipment to dealing with callers, contributors and guests.
• You’ll be confident on-air, be comfortable contributing and delivering on-air segments and features.
• 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.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Production – You’ll have experience researching, setting up and producing audio stories for linear and digital platforms; booking guests, writing cues, questions and interview briefings. You’ll understand the important aspects of audio recording, editing, saving and archiving – including operating studio equipment.
• Digital – You’ll know how to share and celebrate audio moments on digital platforms, helping deliver visualised content to other platforms and make your programme content have an after-life on other platforms.
• Planning – Generating ideas for multi-platform stories and treatments. Ideas generation, story research, setting up guests and speaking with the audience.
• Teamwork - You’ll be an adaptable team player, brimming with ideas and creative treatments which will bring stories to life.
• BBC Local - You’ll understand how BBC Local’s content helps the BBC achieve its strategic aims.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

• Digital audio – Experience creating bespoke audio products for digital audio platforms like BBC Sounds.
• Visualisation – experience of turning visualised audio content into videos for social platforms.
• Technical operating – experience of studio set ups and how to tech-op/studio manage live programmes.
• Awareness of the aims of the BBC, Value for all, and the wider BBC South operations and practices.

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.

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.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

We are unable to accept applications via CV and only applications made online will be considered.

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.

Information at a Glance: This is your BBC. At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world’s best loved content, and the BBC’s mission to inform, educate and entertain.

Find out more about the BBC 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 pension scheme 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.

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: reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk.