Journalism Coordinator : EXTEND

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Job Package

Band : B

Salary : £24,280 - £28,340 per annum dependent on relevant skills and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Location : Salford

This role is advertised as part of our BBC Extend programme for disabled people. To apply for this role you should identify as deaf, disabled or neurodivergent and must meet either: the definition of disability in the Equality Act (2010), or the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) if applying in Northern Ireland. You're broadly defined as disabled under both acts if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative or adverse effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. This definition includes both apparent and non-apparent conditions and impairments, and medical conditions such as Cancer, HIV or Multiple Sclerosis.

We are committed to making the process of applying for this role as accessible as possible. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the application process, or have any questions about our Extend programme, please contact the BBC Extend team via the shared mailbox.

The BBC are fully committed to providing workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers in the workplace that disabled people face. To do this, we have our own dedicated BBC Access and Disability Service that provides assessments and support throughout employment with us. If you are successful in applying for this role and require workplace adjustments, we will work with you to get your adjustments in place.

If you'd like more information on BBC Extend, please visit the BBC Extend webpage.

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.

Job Purpose

BBC Local is the family of services we offer across local communities in England, including radio, online, social media and TV. With famous brands and new platforms, we provide a rich mix of content and programming from news to entertainment.

At BBC Local, we are committed to upholding inclusive values and behaviours. We expect diversity and inclusion to be at the forefront of everything that we do and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply so our workforce reflects the audiences we serve.

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.

We are looking for a talented Journalism Coordinator to be at the heart of our relationship with our local audiences working at BBC Radio Manchester primarily on the Late Show.

The Late Show broadcasts across BBC Local Radio Stations in England and the Channel Islands from 10pm to 1am. This position is part of the team that delivers the programme from Sunday to Thursday from Media City, Salford. We are looking for a creative, ambitious and forward-thinking Journalism Coordinator to work as part of the that team.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

You'll be key to the radio output working in the studio, answering and helping to select callers, clipping and producing audio, along with providing technical and studio support to the team at all times.

The successful candidate will thrive in a live environment and will be part of a team delivering live radio.

We are looking for great collaborators to be part of this team.

We want you to contribute ideas, guests and features to make our programmes sound the very best they can.

You will work with producers on the developing the best systems for planning and assisting with all aspects of the production.

You'll work as part of a team to always put the BBC Local Radio opportunity audience of Traditional Values Audiences centre stage.

You'll use our new visualised studio to spot opportunities for social media and digital content and be the person to make the initial video edit that the Social team will then advance.

You will be responsible along with the rest of the team for ensuring our high editorial standards are adhered to and impartiality is across all content.

Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience

We're looking for someone with brilliant live radio production skills familiar with working in an ops area or studios.

You'll be a great audio editor able to take and turnaround clips and edit interviews.

You'll have skills and experience of answering phone calls during a radio show and being able to spot the callers that will sound great on-air - and be able to filter out the ones who won't.

We're looking for someone who is able to suggest ideas for guests and the sorts of stories that will generate interaction and talkability.

You'll be a great studio desk driver and someone who can fault-find and work with the Producers to find technical fixes and work-arounds for any issues that might occur.

We're looking for a great digital creator who can help the team in producing the very best digital content that can represent and promote the show on BBC Sounds & Social Media

Have a good understanding of the systems used in Local BBC Radio including IMI Social, VILOR, BNCS, Open Media, MS Teams.

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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Location: UK, GB

Posted Date: 11/6/2024