News Director

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Journalism

Fixed Term - Full Time

Glasgow, GB, G511DA

BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST

Job Closing Date: 06/01/25

Extend: EX2324

Band: D

Salary: £40,400-£50,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.

This role is advertised as part of our BBC Extend programme for disabled people. To apply for this role you should identify as deaf, disabled or neurodivergent and must meet either: the definition of disability in the Equality Act (2010), or the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) if applying in Northern Ireland.

We are committed to making the process of applying for this role as accessible as possible. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the application process, or have any questions about our Extend programme, please contact the BBC Extend team.

BBC Scotland Operations are looking for an experienced news director to work across all of our news & current affairs television output including Reporting Scotland on BBC 1 Scotland and a new programme on BBC Scotland, Reporting Scotland News at 7. You will also have the opportunity to work on our political output, The Sunday Show and Politics Scotland. The news directors within BBC Scotland also have the chance to work on election coverage and special debates.

As a result of a studio refresh, we have been devoting more effort towards graphics-led story telling.

BBC Scotland's News and Current Affairs department delivers high-quality journalism on Radio, TV, Online, and Social to audiences across Scotland and beyond.

PLEASE NOTE: This role includes shift and weekend working.

You will be required to direct live and pre-recorded programmes or inserts for NCA Scotland programmes in automated galleries and on location.

Directors co-ordinate the planning and production of television news programmes to ensure that editorial intentions are met and the highest production standards are maintained.

We are looking for a real team player who will be fully engaged with the production teams. You will be expected to contribute to editorial decision-making as well as produce ideas, play a key role in production planning, and give guidance and advice on story treatment in terms of production value, graphic design, and technical viability.

The successful candidate will use traditional craft and technical skills as well as new and developing technologies in order to produce the highest standard of news programmes. This role will be managed by a Lead News Director.

We're looking for someone who has an excellent eye for making interesting and entertaining television news programmes to an extremely high standard. You should have demonstrable experience in studio or location directing on live or recorded programmes and experience of live and recorded TV production.

You will need to be at ease with broadcast technology, including automation, digital technologies, and graphics-led story telling facilities.

You will have a broad knowledge of national and international news & current affairs as well as an awareness of editorial priorities and programme objectives.

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants.

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 are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

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.