Journalist Reporter

5 months ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom BBC Full time

Journalism- Permanent - Full Time- Birmingham, GB, B1 1AY- BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST- Job Closing Date: 28/04/24**THE ROLE**:
Job Reference: 13861
Band: C

**Salary**: £26,975 - £42,080 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract type: Permanent - Continuing
Location: Birmingham - office based
- 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, gym and much more.

If they are unsure which contract they are on, they can speak to their booker or the HR BP, however if it helps - both a PAYE freelance or Modus Gross contract is considered a Worker contract and covered by the Worker terms found here.

**Job Introduction**:
BBC Radio WM is an ambitious radio station that puts real people at the centre of everything it does. It knows and loves its audience, serving a TSA of more than two million people across Birmingham, the Black Country and Staffordshire.

This is an opportunity for a creative and equally ambitious journalist to join our motivated team. You will generate original stories across a range of audio, video and digital platforms and be able to research, write, produce and deliver accordingly.

**Main Responsibilities**:

- We’re looking for a reporter who can source attention-grabbing original stories and deliver them in creative and engaging ways across all platforms This might be live or pre-recorded.
- You’ll know that the best stories come from getting out of the office and talking to people. Consequently you’ll regularly be out-and-about sourcing interviews and actuality for our daytime shows, digital services and news bulletins. You’ll also be able to confidently deliver studio or on-location two-ways. You will also be expected to present news bulletins including some weekends.
- As with all journalists in BBC local radio, you may be required to work across a range of roles / shifts, including earlies and weekends.
- It’s a fabulous opportunity to see your journalism reach new and existing audiences with plenty of opportunity to learn new skills in a fast-paced, multi-media environment in the centre of Birmingham.
- You’ll already have experience of working in a radio, television or a multi-media newsroom and be determined to make your mark in ours.
- You’ll be able to show that you can generate original stories and deliver them in creative, thought-provoking and entertaining ways.
- You'll embrace both ‘hard’ news and human-interest content with enthusiasm. Dedicated to serving the audience, you'll understand that digital treatments are essential rather than optional.
- You’ll also be able to tell stories using the written word and pictures for Online just as well as you do for radio using sound and creativity.
- This role requires sound editorial judgment and an understanding of our audience.
- Knowledge of Birmingham and the Black Country is desirable.

**About the BBC**:
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.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here.

**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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