Journalist (Bbc Radio Foyle) - Extend

Journalism- Permanent - Full Time- Londonderry, GB, BT48 7JD- BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST- Job Closing Date: 04/10/2024**THE ROLE**:
**Package Description**:
**Extend**: EX2324

**Job Reference**: 18394

**Band**: C

**Salary**: £27,300 - £32,481 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

**Contract type**: Permanent role - Full-time

**Location**: Office Base is Londonderry - Radio Foyle
- 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.

**Job Introduction**:
If you’d like more information on BBC Extend, please visit the BBC Extend webpage.

BBC News NI is looking for a confident and versatile journalist to join the North West Bureau. The successful applicant will join an integrated multi-platform team working on digital stories, radio bulletins, newsgathering and planning.

**Main Responsibilities**:
You will be expected to work on the production of daily output and help in planning material for future programmes and content. You will carry out research, record interviews, write scripts, digital copy, and prepare bulletins exercising editorial and legal judgement targeted at a Foyle and West audience while also covering the major UK and International stories of the day. You’ll need to be able to make sound editorial decisions in a fast-paced environment, while having the technical skills to source and cut relevant material quickly and accurately. You will need to have experience of live broadcasting and be clear and confident in your delivery. You’ll be expected to contribute content ideas across our services, identify what makes a good news story and contribute to a creative team environment. This is an on air and production role.
- Experience of the production methods used in radio and digital news including high quality scripting, interviewing and production to tight deadlines.
- Ability to work on News Content across Digital, Radio and TV.
- Evidence of editorial judgement to bring in and suggest original stories and ideas that serve our audience.
- Evidence of handling breaking news, pre-and post-production work including the use of a range of broadcast and publication equipment and techniques.
- Thorough knowledge of affairs of Northern Ireland, the wider UK and the Republic of Ireland.
- Knowledge of the law as it affects journalism.
- A good knowledge of what issues are important in the North West, as well as an understanding of the geography and politics of the area.
- You’ll exhibit the BBC’s Values and Behaviours and will actively support our strategy of Value for All.

**About the BBC**:
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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.

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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.