Job Package Band : E Salary : £54,500 - £76,250 per annum depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. Location : Southampton Job Purpose The South’s biggest nightly news programme, BBC South Today, has a rare opportunity for a sharp, motivated Lead Presenter. You’ll be energetic with an engaging personality and an ability to connect with audiences with warmth, wit and authenticity. Our aim is to reflect society in all its different aspects across the region, providing impartial news and current affairs, showcasing local stories, talent and creativity. Key Responsibilities And Accountabilities First and foremost, you will be the trusted face and voice of BBC Local in the South. You will work closely with the production team to ensure the content you produce and deliver is of the highest quality with a focus on what our audience want and expect. As well as nurturing our existing audience, you will be key in creating an offering to attract new audiences by reflecting their diverse lives. You will research, script and present content in an engaging way while always following the BBC Editorial Guidelines. You will have the responsibility of interviewing contributors to bring balanced and rounded stories and features to the audience - keeping impartiality at the core of everything we do. Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience As our lead presenter you’ll have significant television presentation experience, and a proven track record of connecting with the audience. You’ll possess the right skills, but just as important is the right attitude: a willingness to change and adapt, endless curiosity, and the demonstrable ability to connect with people quickly. You will also be expected to provide accurate, insightful, and engaging content to deadlines for digital and audio platforms when required. Your delivery style will be inclusive and engaging while having the capacity to recognise and quickly adapt to changing tones and situations. You will be joining a committed and energetic team covering local news on all platforms, setting the news agenda, and providing content to thousands of viewers every week. We are looking for team players, who will be at the heart of making our team shine. You will be confident in establishing relationships across BBC Local, the wider BBC, and with external individuals and organisations. Your profile will mean you also have a significant ambassadorial role for the BBC across the South region. If you are passionate about news, have a dynamic personality, and are ready to be a key part of our team, we want to hear from you. Key Criteria You’ll be calm and at ease in front of the camera with significant experience of live broadcasting and storytelling having hosted a TV News programme or presented or reported current affairs content. You will need exceptional presentation and writing skills with the ability to engage viewers through sparkling live performance, compelling scripting and interviews whether in the studio or on location. You will have a curious and probing approach, with experience of doing in-depth interviews that draw out the best stories from both the general public and experts. You’ll have a good knowledge of, or the ability to become, an authority on local issues. You’ll need to be skilled at unpacking a diverse range of stories and trends in an accessible and engaging way. 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 .