Job Introduction

BBC South West is looking for a journalist to join our digital team who will be based in Jersey. As part of the role you will be writing text stories and features covering the Channel Islands and Devon and Cornwall for the BBC News website.

The stories we tell for our local audiences also reach national and international readers on a daily basis and we work closely with our regional colleagues in TV and radio to deliver world-class and multi-platform storytelling.

Role Responsibility

This role involves using your skills to write sharp, accurate text and also to have a keen awareness of still images, video and audio for use on one of the world’s most heavily-used news websites. This will include covering stories for news-led local and national indexes and topic pages online as well as developing original stories and features. You will also develop index management and newsdesk skills as part of a team which co-ordinates online news coverage across the region.

This role offers an opportunity to work with colleagues across Devon, Cornwall and the Channel Islands as well as BBC News to provide the strongest news-led online output for local, national and international audiences.

The Ideal Candidate

You will have significant experience in daily news journalism, proven writing ability, good IT skills and a clear vision of how to translate stories into lively multimedia material. The ability to integrate into a new team and draw effectively on the BBC’s wide range of resources is essential to this post.

You must be able to think up creative treatments for stories and present ideas for original journalism. Additionally, we are looking for individuals who have a good understanding of our audiences to ensure we accurately reflect all under-represented communities within the region.

For more information, please feel free to contact Kate Marshall – kate.marshall@bbc.co.uk

Package Description

Band: C

Contract: Permanent

Location: Jersey

Applications are welcome from people who are entitled to live and work in Jersey.

Please note, if the successful candidate is not locally entitled to live and work in Jersey, appointment will be subject to the Government of Jersey granting ‘registered’ status to live and work in Jersey. More information is available here: https://www.gov.je/Working/Contributions/RegistrationCards/Pages/ResidentialStatus.aspx

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 â€“ the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities â€“ our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
• Benefits - We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days holiday with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.​

Please note that the application process will require you to upload a CV and complete the online questionnaire(s). There is no requirement to attach a covering letter or complete the additional careers hub fields (Personal Statement/Skills/Portfolio sections).

The BBC is keen to continue to ensure the safety and wellbeing of people across our sites.  Until further notice, all assessments and interviews will be conducted remotely. For more information go to https://www.bbc.co.uk/careers/

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About the Company

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 in the document attached below.

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, sexuality, social background, religion and/or belief.  We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise. 

Closing Date06 October, 2022