Senior Journalist - Nottingham

JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed-term contract – Full time until 7 August 2026
DEPARTMENT: BBC Nations, BBC News (online)
LOCATION: Nottingham
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: Up to £55,000, 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

The BBC East Midlands region covers the biggest and best stories from the counties of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire – including vast parts of the Peak District – Leicestershire and Rutland. We are a multi‑platform news operation with an approach that prioritises digital first, and seeks to achieve maximum impact across online, TV and radio.

As a senior journalist, you’ll sub stories to the highest standard, help our journalists develop their skills and make important decisions about coverage. You’ll liaise with broadcast colleagues as well as national digital colleagues to ensure we work together to tell stories collaboratively in a region with a bustling and varied news patch, which seeks to serve local, national and international audiences.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

• Subbing and publishing text stories for the BBC News website to the highest standard
• Leading and guiding journalists and playing a key role in steering our news coverage
• Generating story ideas and ideas for follow‑ups that will work for audio and TV, as well as for digital audiences
• To ensure accuracy and due impartiality with all content
• React to breaking news and also have the ability to sub and craft content creatively when stories allow

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Extensive experience working in daily news
• Significant editorial experience and sound editorial judgement
• Significant experience working efficiently and accurately to rolling deadlines and breaking news. The ability to deliver high quality copy that demonstrates the BBC’s values of impartiality and fairness is compulsory
• You will have demonstrable experience of embracing technology, adopting up new skills and adapting to the changing demands of a digital working environment
• An understanding of digital news platforms and how to engage audiences.

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.

For further information about the role, please contact Alex Smith on alex.smith02@bbc.co.uk

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. 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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Find out more about life at 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.

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

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