Correspondent (Nations & Regions) : EXTEND

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Correspondent (Nations & Regions) : EXTEND

Job Package

Band : E

Salary : £51,000-£67,250 per annum dependent on relevant skills and experience

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. You’re broadly defined as disabled under both acts if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative or adverse effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. This definition includes both apparent and non-apparent conditions and impairments, and medical conditions such as Cancer, HIV or Multiple Sclerosis.

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 the BBC Extend team via the shared mailbox.

The BBC are fully committed to providing workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers in the workplace that disabled people face. To do this, we have our own dedicated BBC Access and Disability Service that provides assessments and support throughout employment with us. If you are successful in applying for this role and require workplace adjustments, we will work with you to get your adjustments in place.

If you’d like more information on BBC Extend, please visit the BBC Extend webpage.

Job Purpose

You’ll be part of the Stories and Specialists team, working within the Millbank newsroom with a small BBC Wales team consisting of two Correspondents and a Senior Journalist. You’ll report to the Assistant Editor, Politics and the Editor, Stories and Specialists. The team delivers on-the-day and in-depth news coverage of Wales and Westminster across all platforms.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

You’ll be expected to break stories and be the authoritative voice for Westminster politics for BBC Wales’ output. You’ll develop excellent contacts with Wales’ MPs and the rest of the political world, and be able to lead and advise the rest of the news team on editorial questions.

You’ll be a great writer and superb broadcaster, comfortable on breakfast radio and evening television as well as providing Reels for social channels and copy and analysis for online services.

The role is based at Westminster but there will be requirements to travel to other parts of the UK in line with editorial requirements.

Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience

You’ll have excellent editorial awareness and judgement in line with the BBC’s values and editorial guidelines. You’ll have extensive experience of delivering high quality journalism, and a thorough knowledge of UK and Welsh politics.

You’ll know our audiences and our different programmes and their plans for future growth, and you’ll be flexible and adaptive to the range of styles and techniques needed to improve the reach of our journalism.

You’ll be resilient and able to work under pressure to tight deadlines, and a team player able to build relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.

About the BBC

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons 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.

We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours here.

Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here.

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