- Job Ref. No
- P763377
- Location
- Multi Location
- Contract Type
- Various
- Contract Duration
- Various
- Job Category:
- Journalism
- Closing date for applications
Department
Quality and distinctiveness lie at the heart of the way in which we serve our local audiences. Across the country we’re driven by delivering high quality regional and local stories. Via a dynamic multimedia environment; TV, local radio and a range of dedicated local websites, we produce around 60% of the BBC’s domestic output for about 7% of the Licence Fee.
Our regional TV service produces daily news in 12 regions of England, weekly current affairs and politics in 11 of them and sports shows in 7. We’re targeted with covering all of the big issues in each region and series such as Inside Out, have an enviable record of breaking news.
If you love your radio, then you can tune into any of over 40 Local Radio Stations and we typically attract over 7 million listeners per year. Our local radio service staged more than 140 constituency candidate debate programmes over the last General Election and our winter weather coverage is an example of our unique ability to support our communities. And of course we offer more than any other broadcaster in terms of serious speech programming.
Online, we’re established as a major provider of quality news stories, with our teams generating over 50% of the BBC’s online news on the web. We also enjoy working closely across the BBC and with our communities in programming.
If you’d like to find out more about working in the English Regions, please visit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/jobs/english-regions/
Roles
We’re creating an internal talent pool of Broadcast Journalists interested in working across TV, Radio and Online within the English Regions.
To give us visibility of your skills, please upload your CV. We recommend that you provide email and/or phone contact details, removing any personal address details and your date of birth.
With effect from April 2nd all Broadcast Journalist roles within English Regions will be selected from the CV pool initially.
Our Recruitment team will put your CV forward for vacancies as they arise, only if your CV shows that you have the appropriate level of skill.
Please note, in some circumstances, we may also ask you to provide us with further information specific to a particular opportunity or complete an application form for specific roles across the BBC.
Requirements
In addition to your journalistic knowledge and experience we will also be looking for a creative way of thinking and the ability to apply that across any platform for all our roles. Excellent planning skills, the capacity to make decisions and be accountable for your actions, the ability to successfully work with others and lead teams to deliver great content to our audiences are all essential requirements.
Please review the attached information and upload your CV if you’re suitably skilled.
In addition to uploading your CV to this pool, we also recommend that you sign up for job alerts and continue to apply for vacancies that are of interest to you.
Manage your career actively at http://www.bbc.co.uk/careers/internal/career-management
As part of the process HR Direct may share your data with HR Managers, Line Managers or Talent Managers. The Pool will be used solely for resourcing purposes.
