Journalist / Weekend Newsreader (Hampshire & Dorset)

Journalism
- Fixed Term - Part Time
- Southampton, GB, S014 7PW
- BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST
- Job Closing Date: 06/01/2024

**THE ROLE**:
**Package Description**:
**Contract**: 5 months Fixed Term contract / Attachment - Part-Time (Saturdays and Sundays)
**Location**: Southampton (Office Based)
**Band**: C

**Job Reference**: 20099

**Salary**: £27,300 - £32,500 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

1.** Excellent career progression** - the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
2. **Unrivalled training and development opportunities**- our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
3. **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 Local in Southampton is looking for a journalist who is also an experienced News Reader to join the Local Story Team on weekends. Duties will include reading audio bulletins on BBC Radio Solent, reporting, finding stories and producing content for digital platforms. You’ll also have experience of setting up and producing interesting stories and have a passion for creating great content across all platforms. Creativity is really important - you’ll have the ability to tell stories in a dynamic way to engage our audience. You’ll be a good team player, brimming with ideas, contacts and story treatments to share with the audience.

**Main Responsibilities**:
As an experienced news reader a great voice is essential, as is a passion and a natural flair for storytelling. You’ll have good local knowledge or demonstrate an ability to get up to speed very quickly. You’ll know how to get the best out of interviews and know how to write the engaging top lines. As a journalist you’ll be able to identify and develop stories for multiple platforms which include a range of opinions, perspectives and treatments while also meeting high journalistic standards and observing the BBC Editorial Guidelines. You’ll will be reporting to the Senior Journalist Team Manager in the Hampshire & Dorset story team.

You’ll have excellent writing skills, be able to edit audio quickly and effectively and have a keen sense of what makes a good story. You’ll know how to construct a well-balanced bulletin, have loads of creative tricks up you sleeve and know how to tell the story for a broadcast audience. You’ll understand the digital landscape and be aware of the separate needs of different platforms. You’ll recognise opportunities to connect with underserved audiences and consumers of content. You’ll be a team player but comfortable working on tasks on your own. In a continually evolving media landscape we need creative journalists and reporters who embrace change, are flexible and open minded, willing to think differently and be bold in trying new approaches to their work.

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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.