Political Editor, Times Radio

Political Editor, Times Radio

**Location**:
London

Department:
Times Radio

Salary Details:
Not Specified

**Advertising End Date**:
16 Feb 2025

**Job Description**:
**Political Editor, Times Radio (permanent contract)**

**Closing date: Sunday 16 Feb**

**Times Radio** is the fastest-growing quality speech station in the UK, setting new records in the most recent radio industry listening figures (Q4 2024) for amount of time listened. We are The Voice of The Times, and since our launch in June 2020 have built up a strong reputation for well-informed, thoughtful and intelligent live news and debate, covering the key stories of the day. We have combined the famous journalistic expertise of The Times and The Sunday Times with the radio experience of News Broadcasting to create a station that has over 600,000 weekly listeners.

**Your Role**:
As an ambitious Political Editor, with substantial experience of working in and around Westminster, you will break stories and give listeners trusted, accessible analysis of the biggest political topics.

**Day to day you will**:
+ Break original political stories for Times Radio which you also write for The Times and Sunday Times

+ Appear frequently on-air across the Times Radio schedule delivering authoritative and informed commentary and analysis in an accessible and lively way that makes sense of the latest developments from Westminster and beyond.

+ Be the main liaison point for political parties and Government press offices, ensuring the UK’s most important politicians and ministers appear for interviews on Times Radio.

+ Maintain excellent relationships with MPs, SpAds and key figures in politics and be present out and about in Westminster in order to obtain comments and record interviews on the fly to enhance your on-air reporting

+ Conduct pre-recorded interviews with politicians for our radio output and highly popular video platforms

+ Use social media regularly to update listeners with the latest lines and to share and promote our political content

+ Use your extensive contacts book to support all Times Radio’s political coverage

**What we’re looking for from you**:
+ An experienced and respected political journalist with a track record in getting and breaking stories

+ Excellent political judgement and integrity and the ability to deliver informed, lively on-air commentary while remaining impartial

+ Impressive broadcast skills, with strong print journalism a real advantage

+ A wide range of political contacts and willingness to get stuck in and advocate effectively on behalf of Times Radio at the highest levels

+ Willingness to learn and use technical kit so you can record and send back interviews and deliver audio and video content as needed

+ Collaborative approach: Times Radio is at its best when everyone on the station works together for our common goal.

**News UK** is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling, we represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter.

**Life at News**

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

We offer a flexible working arrangement where employees are expected to be in the office a minimum of three days per week. For the remaining two days, there is the option to work remotely if desired.

**Benefits**

Some of our benefits include:
+ Maternityleave up to 18 weeks full basic salary &paternityleave up to 2 weeks

+ Wide range oftrainingavailable, plus full LinkedIn Learning access

+ Private medical insuranceincluding coverage for pre-existing conditions

+ Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes

+ ‘Bikes for Work’and ‘Electric Car’ scheme

+ Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books

+ Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities

+ Access towellbeing benefitssuch as EAP, physio/massage and counselling

+ A generouspensionscheme with employer contributions of up to 5%

+ 25 daysholiday, plus bank holidays and up t