Snr Journalist Reporter, BBC Weather in Topsham

Contract Type: 12M Fixed-Term, Full-Time

Department: BBC Weather

Location: Exeter Met Office HQ

Proposed Salary Range: £41,200–£51,200 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range 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.

JOB PURPOSE

The weather is not only the nations favourite conversation topic, it’s also a vital and hugely successful BBC service which brings in audiences in their millions to us every week. The BBC and the Met Office are coming together in a groundbreaking partnership to deliver a new and exciting weather offer for our audiences. This is an opportunity to play a significant role in shaping the first stages of that.

This is a 12-month role based at the Met Office HQ in Exeter working directly with our partners, building our relationship and creating content which showcases the value of the nations’ forecaster and the nations’ broadcaster coming together.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

The partnership with the Met Office is a key priority for the BBC in 2026/27. This role will suit a team player with a passion of weather, loads of ideas and first-class digital production skills. You’ll be a brilliant writer and be able to present on digital and broadcast platforms as required.

It’s a chance to innovate and create, pairing the BBC’s storytelling expertise with Met Office weather insights and intelligence.

When weather is ‘news’ you’ll be at the heart of the story as it breaks and develops but we’ll also need you to be able to turn the everyday wonder of weather into engaging, imaginative content across digital platforms.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

• Creating partnership weather content with the Met Office focused on digital content areas: vertical video, social, online text.
• Working independently and collaboratively with Met Office partner to develop effective relationships which delivers first class Weather content.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Excellent editorial judgement, knowledge of BBC compliance procedures and BBC Editorial Policy.
• Demonstrable understanding of meteorology and related subject areas.
• Digital platform reporting and presenting experience in recorded and live environments to deadline.
• First class writing skills, proven ability to develop original, creative story treatments and production experience for digital platforms.
• Good knowledge of audience analytics and measurement tools.
• Demonstrable experience of working collaboratively with a variety of teams as well as independently in a multi-disciplinary and agile environment.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED

• Experience of working with external partnerships.

The role will require shift work and weekend working.

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.

EEO AND INCLUSION

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

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

BENEFITS

• 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 pensionscheme 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.