Assistant Editor

2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom ENGINEERINGUK Full time

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Job Reference: 21011
Band: E
Salary: £55,000 - £65,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract type: x1 Permanent, x1 Fixed Term Contract (12 months)
Location: London Broadcasting House, W1A

Interviews will take place w/c 3rd February in London.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

Excellent career progression - the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
Unrivalled training and development opportunities - our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym. You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to our candidate pack.

Job Introduction

The Digital Audio News team curates and produces content for the Latest News Playlist and News Live Stream which feature prominently on the BBC Sounds homepage. The playlist includes highlights from BBC News output as well as explainers and topical podcasts that help our audiences understand the top stories of the day. The team is also responsible for the day-to-day running of the Live News stream - a dedicated audio feed carrying the best of the BBC's rolling news coverage, and live podcast episodes. Digital Audio News produces the 5 Minutes On, 5 Questions On and Reporter Reads podcasts for BBC Sounds.
Working to the Editor of the Radio Newsroom, the Assistant Editor will lead this team and work closely with editorial, curation and product teams in BBC News as well as BBC Sounds and other digital platforms.

Main Responsibilities

The Assistant Editor will be someone with a real vision for the future of Digital Audio News, and with strong leadership credentials to lead and manage a team who will constantly need to innovate and change. They will support the team as it continues to innovate and experiment. They will be ahead of the latest audio news trends and technology, and have a large degree of flexibility.

Editorially the role requires a deep understanding of the domestic and international news agenda, and a firm grasp of the BBC's editorial values. A vision for how to deliver a broad, surprising and varied agenda is vital, as well as the depth to deliver analysis, forensic journalism and context to more complex stories. We are particularly trying to attract hard to reach audiences, so a sense of how to deliver news for those audiences is also a must.

It is important that the Assistant Editor is constantly finding new and interesting ways to tell stories; using all the audio tools at our disposal. Evidence of creative treatments of stories is required, and the willingness to try new things is a must.

This role involves liaising with a large number of stakeholders so relationship building and the ability to represent the department across News is vital.

As a senior member of staff, the Assistant Editor will also play a key role in managing the whole newsroom and its staff. They will be an experienced leader and may be called upon to deal with difficult staff situations, manage industrial relations, deliver both positive and negative feedback and manage tight budgets.

They will represent the Digital Audio Newsroom throughout the BBC, especially in relation to the programmes, platforms and networks it serves.

They may be called upon to explain and defend the newsroom's journalism to the public.

The role will work across a full range of shifts seven days a week including early, lates, weekends and bank holidays.

Are you the right candidate?

The successful Assistant Editor in Digital Audio News team will need to have a wide-ranging skillset including the below:

  1. Strong editorial judgment and experience in News at a senior level, with the ability to deliver context and analysis as well as the latest news lines.
  2. Excellent audio writing, editing and audio production skills.
  3. Detailed knowledge of the audiences we serve and experience of interpreting real time audience data to ensure content is created and accessible in the best way for our audiences.
  4. A strong understanding of how to deliver to underserved and hard to reach audiences.
  5. Proven ability to lead teams producing the news, often under pressure. A demonstrable ability to deal with and get the best out of correspondents and reporters, and to work with multiple stakeholders across News and beyond.
  6. Proven recent ability to help senior leadership with management tasks including industrial relations and delivering difficult feedback.
  7. Ability and willingness to work across a range of shifts and to be flexible to meet the needs of a breaking news environment.
  8. An enthusiasm for the BBC's journalism, for telling stories in an engaging and nuanced manner in order to retain existing audiences while attracting new audiences.
  9. An ability to lead and encourage the team to deliver objectives and maintain a good working environment in line with BBC values.
  10. A commitment to the BBC'S wider priorities and editorial values including diversity, inclusion, transparency and accuracy.

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. #J-18808-Ljbffr
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