Senior Political Journalist

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Full Fact Full time

**Job Title**

Senior Political Journalist

**Salary**

£36,700 - £41,700 per annum

**Location**

Remote first with an office available in Central London and regular team meetings in the office

**Reporting to**

Politics Editor

**Employment Type**

Permanent. **We are happy to talk about flexible working.**

**Application Closing Date**

10am on Monday 13 March 2023

**Introduction to the role**

Full Fact, the UK’s independent fact checking organisation, is recruiting a senior political journalist. This is an exciting opportunity to join our brand-new political fact checking team, at a crucial time for UK politics as we prepare for the next general election.

This is a unique chance to do ground-breaking work when it couldn’t matter more. You’ll research and write fact checks, explainers and features across a wide range of political and policy topics, and will learn how to identify and expose patterns in misinformation. You’ll develop new skills, have your work seen by millions and get to see the work you do have a measurable impact in making public debate more trustworthy.

**Job Definition**

Your job is to keep politicians and other political actors in the UK honest. You’ll be responsible for spotting, exposing and tackling misleading claims, writing a number of fact checks each week, and will also be expected to write features and other content as required.

You will need to be able to quickly master and explain tricky, nuanced topics in clear, concise and impartial copy - and must have an eye for a story.

**Key tasks and outcomes**
- Regularly monitor media organisations, social media, public figures and politicians for political misinformation
- Pitch fact checks and features based on a good understanding of the political and policy landscape and Full Fact’s aims
- Produce accurate, engaging and publication-ready copy to tight deadlines
- Working with colleagues, hit weekly and monthly publication targets
- Work with other teams within Full Fact, such as policy and communications, to ensure we have a good overview of political misinformation
- Help Full Fact’s work on ‘fact checking for change’, ensuring that as well as publishing fact checks we identify and act upon solvable problems
- Help live fact check PMQs and other big political events

**What we are looking for from you**
- Strong research and writing skills - we’re ideally looking for someone with significant political journalism experience
- Good understanding of public debate in the UK and sensitivity to the political context Full Fact works in
- Demonstrable knowledge of UK politics and/or key policy topics, with experience working in political journalism preferred
- An ability to understand and master new topics rapidly
- Ability to build on pre-existing political and policy knowledge, for example by developing contacts
- Understanding of digital channels, audiences and formats
- An understanding of what it takes to meet the highest standards of accuracy and balance
- Communication skills, and a track record of communicating with a non-specialist audience in any format
- An understanding of Full Fact’s style and principles
- _Ideally_ experience of identifying and correcting misleading claims in public debate
- _Ideally_ experience using the Freedom of Information Act

**What we offer**
- Salary of £36,700-£41,700 per annum, depending on experience
- Workplace Pension
- Generous holidays
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
- In addition, we close the office and give additional days off for a period between Christmas and New Year.
- Day off for moving home.
- Comfortable, centrally located London office with good transport links.
- Employee Assistance Programme.

**How to apply**

Upload your CV and cover letter using the link below by 10am on Monday 13 March 2023.

Please note that to keep our recruitment process open and fair, we will not negotiate salaries outside the advertised range.

The interview panel will be Steve Nowottny (Editor) and two other senior members of the Full Fact team.

The process starts off with an anonymised covering letter and CV. This will be read by at least two people to produce a shortlist for interview.

The first round interviews will be a phone (not video) interview, lasting no more than half an hour, at a time that’s convenient for you. We will record it so at least two people can review each interview to decide who we invite back for the second round. The recordings will be deleted at the end of the process.

The second round will include a structured interview and a timed task which assumes no prior knowledge. The task can be completed prior to the interview, at a time that most suits you.

The interview will be with the full panel by video and last no more than an hour. We’ll tell you everything you need to know to prepare, including anything we’d recommend reading in advance.

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