Journalist (EXTEND) in London

Northampton, GBR, NN1 2BH

JOB BAND: CD

DEPARTMENT: BBC Radio Northampton

LOCATION: Northampton

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £27,600 - £33,900 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.

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

BBC EXTEND

This role is advertised as part of our BBC Extend programme for disabled people. To apply for this role you should identify as deaf, disabled or neurodivergent and must meet either the definition of disability in the Equality Act (2010), or the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) if applying in Northern Ireland.

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 extend@bbc.co.uk.

The BBC is fully committed to providing workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers in the workplace that disabled people face. If you are successful in applying for this role and require workplace adjustments, we will work with you to get your adjustments in place.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Do you want to play a key role in producing BBC Radio Northampton's Breakfast show? We are looking for an ambitious Journalist/Producer who understands what makes a must-listen breakfast programme and knows how to find the strongest guests, stories and treatments.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

Working closely with the Senior Content Producer, you will spend your day setting up the next morning's show — generating ideas, securing contributors and shaping the running order. You may also work within the wider newsroom, contributing stories and supporting output across the station. The role is based at BBC Northampton in Northampton town centre and is predominantly an office-based production role.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• Working as part of a multi-skilled team, developing content for radio and digital.
• Contributing original ideas and treatments for stories, drawing on a wide range of sources for story ideas.
• Researching news stories, including finding case studies and guests for interviews and filming.
• Briefing presenters and reporters on stories.
• Flair for writing creative scripts and succinct, accurate news copy.
• A passion for creating powerful audio by understanding our local audiences and what matters to them.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

You will be an experienced journalist, comfortable writing and producing content for radio.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Significant recent experience as a journalist, with a good knowledge of audio production techniques.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work across the newsroom in a team and under own initiative.
• A positive and tenacious attitude to enable effective story research, setting up case studies for interviews and filming.
• Sound editorial judgment.
• Effective planning and organising skills, delivering consistently to deadlines and ability to work across several stories at a time.

DESIRABLE:

• Ability to react positively and nimbly to changes and conflicting priorities.
• Knowledge of the Northamptonshire area would be preferable but not essential.

If you can bring some of these skills and experiences, along with transferable strengths, we would 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.

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

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.

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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 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.

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 would be happy to discuss: reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk.