Senior Journalist

Content- Permanent - Full Time- Southampton, GB, S014 7PW Southampton, GB, S01 0XR- BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST- Job Closing Date: 14/05/2024**THE ROLE**:
**Job Purpose**:
**Salary: £37,845 - £50,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.**

Responsible for multi platform output, including the South Today regional TV news programmes. Focused on
production, news desk and news organiser shifts. Editorial control, selection and compilation of material, leading teams and planning and implementing effective use of resources. Occasional reporting and presenting bulletins for those with the required skills.

**Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities**:

- This role involves newsdesk, planning and producing responsibilities and is not primarily a presentation role.
- Responsible for originating and producing stories which may include scripting, editing, outputting, filming and presenting content across a range of BBC output.
- Initiate, coordinate and supervise multiplatform deployments.
- Commission and select relevant materials ensuring they meet expectations of our audiences and adhere to the BBC’s editorial guidelines.
- May include the production and presentation of location live or recorded material.
- As required, to plan, commission and produce content for the BBC website, TV, graphics, radio and social platforms.
- As required, to allocate work to a team and check progress; ensure the professional contribution of staff and the quality of output.
- Seek ways to increase diversity in our coverage and to ensure that our output reflects the audiences we serve.
- Deliver journalism of the highest standard and within the required timeframe using available resources.
- To act as a facilitator for multiplatform working, clearly communicating and distributing best practices between teams.
- Delivering to tight deadlines while maintaining the highest editorial standards.
- At all times to carry out duties in accordance with the BBC health and safety policy.

**Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience**:

- A high standard of editorial judgment, writing ability and production skills based on substantial broadcast journalism experience.
- Maximises opportunities offered by existing and emerging technologies to their fullest extent.
- Ability to work effectively as a member of more than one team. Resolving conflicts as necessary.
- Ability to manage resources, staff, technical facilities and budgets, in order to make challenging broadcasting in the most cost effective manner.
- Demonstrates a commitment to improving diversity in the BBC and understands how individual differences can benefit the BBC.
- Prioritises and plans activities taking into account all the relevant issues and factors such as deadlines, staffing and resources.
- Ability to write creatively in an engaging manner, adapt, produce and translate with accuracy, clarity and style appropriate to differing audiences and forms of media suitable for multimedia output.
- The flexibility and adaptability to sustain performance, particularly under pressure to meet deadlines and changing priorities and circumstances.

**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.