Senior Journalist

2 months ago


Cardiff, United Kingdom BBC Full time

Journalism- Fixed Term - Full Time- Cardiff, GB, CF10 1FT- BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST- Job Closing Date: 17/04/24**THE ROLE**:
**Job Package**:
Band - D

Welsh Language skills aren't required for this role / Nid yw sgiliau yn yr Iaith Gymraeg yn hanfodol ar gyfer y swydd hon

Salary - £37,845 - £44,913 per annum depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

**Job Purpose**:
BBC Wales News and Current Affairs is Wales’ leading news provider with an integrated team of journalists working across radio, TV, online and social in English and Welsh. Our aims are excellence, collaboration and innovation - for our teams and for our output. The digital news team is responsible for BBC Wales’ digital news service - in text, video and on social. The team is at the forefront of BBC journalism, combining breaking and developing news with accessible analysis and explanation of events. It aims to deliver the highest-quality journalism, with a focus on younger and underserved audiences, and bring together output from the whole BBC Wales newsroom.

We are looking for a Senior Journalist to work in digital news as part of a wider team of senior journalists who are responsible for content on the BBC Wales news index and its associated digital platforms. This job involves shift working and weekend working.

**Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities**:
Ensuring all content complies with BBC editorial and legal standards, forward planning skills and subbing will also form core duties of the role.

Please see the attached job description for more information on the responsibilities of this role.

**Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience**:
Having a profound understanding of the law as it relates to journalism is key along with in-depth knowledge of editorial guidelines. The following criteria are also essential for the position:

- Ability to work effectively as a member of a team, leading where required, prioritising and assigning tasks, working to deadlines and resolving conflicts as necessary.
- Ability to write creatively in an engaging manner and to adapt with accuracy, clarity and style appropriate to differing audiences and forms of media suitable for multimedia output.
- Working knowledge of the digital audience and of the stories and techniques needed to connect with underserved audiences. This should include familiarity with tools and dashboards such as Social Flow and Crowdtangle.
- Excellent understanding of how best to encourage colleagues from across the newsroom to deliver first-rate, relevant content for digital platforms.
- Demonstrable knowledge of Welsh affairs, including the politics and geography in Wales.

**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.


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