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Job Reference: 20384

Band: C

Salary: £27,000 - £28,500 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Contract type: 10mths Fixed Term Contract / Attachment

Location: Dunstable (office based)

Any offer of employment with the BBC will be conditional upon you having the right to work in UK.

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

• 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.
• Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more. 

If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process please contact the reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk.

Freelancers are eligible to apply for an internal role if they are on a Worker Contract and they have worked continuously for 6 months. If they have worked for less than 6 months continuously or have a break of 3 weeks or more between engagements, they must seek Divisional HR approval to apply for an internal role prior to submitting an application.

If they are unsure which contract they are on, they can speak to their booker or the HR BP, however if it helps - both a PAYE freelance or Modus Gross contract is considered a Worker contract and covered by the Worker terms found here. 

Job Introduction

BBC Three Counties Radio is an exciting multimedia newsroom serving a large but disparate audience in Beds, Herts and Bucks. It is among the most challenging places to cut through the crowded media market place but we consistently punch above our weight. We are looking for a motivated, innovative journalist to help shape our content. We want a driven and passionate person who is keen to reach new audiences with the news that matters to them. You’ll be a creative, self-starter who knows what audiences expect from different platforms and how to turn around a multi-platform story under a tight deadline.The role requires someone who will be keen to do more than just look for press releases – we want original ideas that help reflect the diverse audience that lives in the three counties. There will be some weekend work.

Main Responsibilities

You will need to prepare and output a range of programmes covering topics from news to entertainment, across the schedule. Programmes may be for one local station or shared across a number of stations. You will be creative with good writing and technical skills and you may need to guide a JC and liaise with a presenter as part of a programme team. You will also be responsible for ensuring content is able to reach as wide an audience as possible by using all our platforms as effectively as you can. 

• You will source and produce stories for our audio output.
• You will come up with and pitch original story ideas
• You will Identify great audio clips for an online audience
• You will tailor different treatments for different audiences ensuring that the output reflects the audiences we serve.
• You will deliver tight deadlines while maintaining the highest editorial standards.
• You need to be adept at technology, picking up new skills and adapting to the changing demands of a digital first working environment.

Are you the right candidate ?

• A self-starter who knows a good local story and how to find it, based upon a clear understanding of the BBC’s distinctive news agenda, the requirements of news and current affairs coverage and of the audience.
• Understands how a team works effectively.
• Able to build and maintain effective working relationships with a range of people.
• Demonstrates a commitment to improving diversity in the BBC and understands how individual differences can benefit the BBC.
• Effective planning and organising skills, ability to concentrate on several areas of work at one time, delivering consistently to deadlines and reacting positively to changes and conflicting priorities.
• Demonstrates a creative approach to story-telling.
• The flexibility and adaptability to sustain performance, particularly under pressure to meet deadlines and changing priorities and circumstances.
• An understanding of health and safety procedures and how they apply to broadcasting
• Ability to use technology as required, in order to gather material for broadcast.

About the BBC

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. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours here.

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 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.

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. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here.

Package Description

Job Reference: 20384

Band: C

Salary: £27,000 - £28,500 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Contract type: 10mths Fixed Term Contract / Attachment

Location: Dunstable (office based)

Any offer of employment with the BBC will be conditional upon you having the right to work in UK.

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

• 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.
• Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more. 

If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process please contact the reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk.

Freelancers are eligible to apply for an internal role if they are on a Worker Contract and they have worked continuously for 6 months. If they have worked for less than 6 months continuously or have a break of 3 weeks or more between engagements, they must seek Divisional HR approval to apply for an internal role prior to submitting an application.

If they are unsure which contract they are on, they can speak to their booker or the HR BP, however if it helps - both a PAYE freelance or Modus Gross contract is considered a Worker contract and covered by the Worker terms found here. 

Job Introduction

BBC Three Counties Radio is an exciting multimedia newsroom serving a large but disparate audience in Beds, Herts and Bucks. It is among the most challenging places to cut through the crowded media market place but we consistently punch above our weight. We are looking for a motivated, innovative journalist to help shape our content. We want a driven and passionate person who is keen to reach new audiences with the news that matters to them. You’ll be a creative, self-starter who knows what audiences expect from different platforms and how to turn around a multi-platform story under a tight deadline.The role requires someone who will be keen to do more than just look for press releases – we want original ideas that help reflect the diverse audience that lives in the three counties. There will be some weekend work.

Main Responsibilities

You will need to prepare and output a range of programmes covering topics from news to entertainment, across the schedule. Programmes may be for one local station or shared across a number of stations. You will be creative with good writing and technical skills and you may need to guide a JC and liaise with a presenter as part of a programme team. You will also be responsible for ensuring content is able to reach as wide an audience as possible by using all our platforms as effectively as you can. 

• You will source and produce stories for our audio output.
• You will come up with and pitch original story ideas
• You will Identify great audio clips for an online audience
• You will tailor different treatments for different audiences ensuring that the output reflects the audiences we serve.
• You will deliver tight deadlines while maintaining the highest editorial standards.
• You need to be adept at technology, picking up new skills and adapting to the changing demands of a digital first working environment.

Are you the right candidate ?

• A self-starter who knows a good local story and how to find it, based upon a clear understanding of the BBC’s distinctive news agenda, the requirements of news and current affairs coverage and of the audience.
• Understands how a team works effectively.
• Able to build and maintain effective working relationships with a range of people.
• Demonstrates a commitment to improving diversity in the BBC and understands how individual differences can benefit the BBC.
• Effective planning and organising skills, ability to concentrate on several areas of work at one time, delivering consistently to deadlines and reacting positively to changes and conflicting priorities.
• Demonstrates a creative approach to story-telling.
• The flexibility and adaptability to sustain performance, particularly under pressure to meet deadlines and changing priorities and circumstances.
• An understanding of health and safety procedures and how they apply to broadcasting
• Ability to use technology as required, in order to gather material for broadcast.

About the BBC

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. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours here.

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 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.

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. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here.

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