Journalist - Weekend Bulletins

Journalism- Permanent - Part Time- Shrewsbury, GB, SY1 3TT- BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST- Job Closing Date: 03/04/2024**THE ROLE**:
**Package Description**:
Band: C
Contract type: Permanent Part-Time (14 hours per week)
Location: Shrewsbury

**Salary**: 27,000 - 32,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
- **_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 competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days annual leave (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

**Job Introduction**:
BBC Shropshire is looking for a journalist with sharp writing skills and a great broadcasting voice to present weekend news bulletins. The role involves preparing and reading radio and smart speaker bulletins at breakfast time and through the morning on Saturdays and Sundays. You’ll also prep bulletin copy and breaking news stories for the Monday breakfast show. You’ll be an organised, technically competent and self-reliant broadcast professional who is comfortable with lone working, as well as working well in a team. You’ll be skilled at delivering complex news stories in a clear and conversational way. There may also be an opportunity for extra hours to cover our newsreaders who work on weekdays

**Main Responsibilities**:
As a Journalist - weekend bulletin reader, you will:

- Use a range of audio, video and digital equipment to write, assemble, edit and deliver output to the highest professional standards
- Use excellent editorial judgement, and a sound knowledge of BBC values in order to develop stories and producing accurate and impartial journalism.
- Liaise closely with team members in other areas of the BBC - particularly in online, regional TV and BBC Sounds - to ensure material is updated and shared. Deliver to tight deadlines with the highest editorial standards.

The right person will be able to demonstrate:

- Recent experience of live radio production and/or presenting news bulletins
- Sound editorial and presentation decisions based on a thorough understanding of BBC news and current affairs, the BBC’s values, and our local BBC Shropshire audience.
- A thorough understanding of the law relating to journalism
- Ability to use technology as required.
- A passion for the BBC and local broadcasting, and the service we offer listeners.
- Reliability, and a track record of working well on your own and under pressure
- Teamwork - particularly working cooperatively in a large, and sometimes complex, organisation.

Further information please contact Rose Aston, Executive Producer on 07813 813948; or Chris King, News Editor on 07711 349003

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**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.